Trump trails top Democrats in new Minnesota Poll

[TexasTowelie]

President Donald Trump trails several leading Democratic candidates, as well as U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, at this point in the presidential campaign in the state, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.

The two current front-runners for the Democratic nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, both beat the president by double digits among Minnesota voters. Voters polled picked Biden over Trump by 12 percentage points, 50% to 38%.

Warren, who attracted a large crowd at an August campaign rally in St. Paul, tops Trump 51% to 40%. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who places third in most national polls of the Democratic field, is ahead of Trump 49% to 40%.

The survey also asked voters about a hypothetical match-up between Trump and Minnesota’s Klobuchar, who trails in the crowded Democratic field. The third-term senator finished ahead of Trump by the widest margin, 55% to 38%. The poll of 800 registered voters, conducted Oct. 14-16, has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/trump-trails-top-democrats-in-new-minnesota-poll/563399592/

[TwilightZone]

1. MN is a weird state, politically.

It's good to see that it's generally in line with the national polls in that Trump is down roughly double-digits to many of our candidates.

Perhaps Klobuchar would be a good choice as a VP candidate should she not win the nomination. I know that her lead over Trump there is in large part because she represents the state (and is popular there), but perhaps she would be an asset in politically-similar Wisconsin and other Midwestern states we will need to get rid of Trump.

[NewJeffCT]

3. I like Klobuchar

but, I don't think she ever recovered from that "mean boss" story right after she launched her campaign.

That said, if Warren, Sanders or Biden end up winning, I would expect a person of color to be the running mate.

[sheshe2]

2. KnR

Trump failing and trailing!