Erik Simonson

The Weekly Wrap 9-30

September 30, 2012

It was a good week for Minnesota Democrats. The Minnesota Supreme Court let them switch candidates in Duluth, and some excellent poll numbers came out

by Tony Petrangelo
Numbers

Partisan ID in polls

September 27, 2012

The release by the StarTribune of their latest Minnesota Poll sent various bloggers around the state into a tizzy over its partisan ID numbers

by Tony Petrangelo
Vote!

A new LeftMN feature, Election Resources

September 26, 2012

A discussion of the new LeftMN Election Resources page and the goodies contained within

by Tony Petrangelo
Pile of Cash

Minnesota House Fundraising Totals

September 25, 2012

Belated doesn’t even begin to describe this posts timing

by Tony Petrangelo
Mark Ritchie

The Minnesota Poll Returns

September 24, 2012

The StarTribune is back in the field with a new polling partner and numbers on the two constitutional amendments

by Tony Petrangelo
Tim Pawlenty is out of his league

The Weekly Wrap 9-23

September 23, 2012

This week’s wrap, like last weeks wrap, is light on prose, but heavy on embedded YouTube videos.

by Tony Petrangelo
Minnesota State Capitol

Minnesota Legislature generic ballot tests from last week’s polls

September 17, 2012

Last week both SurveyUSA and Public Policy Polling released polls of the state. I’ve already covered the amendment portions of both polls, as well as the Presidential and Senatorial portions of those polls. Uncovered by me so far are the generic ballot tests for the Minnesota legislature that appeared in both of those polls. The Minnesota […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Jesse and Terry Ventura

The Weekly Wrap 9-16

September 16, 2012

It was a week of polls and ads. And then more polls and then more ads. The campaign season is officially in full swing.

by Tony Petrangelo
Obama Klobuchar Franken

Obama ahead, Klobuchar cruising

September 14, 2012

The two Democrats running statewide in Minnesota this year, President Obama and Senator Klobuchar, are at or above 50% in both of the polls released this week

by Tony Petrangelo
Vote No at the Minnesota State Fair

Another day, another poll on the amendments

September 13, 2012

This poll shows both an increase in support for the Marriage amendment and increase in opposition to the Photo Voter ID amendment

by Tony Petrangelo
Evil Dan McGrath

Marriage and Photo Voter ID amendments both ahead

September 12, 2012

But the opposition has gained ground since the last poll

by Tony Petrangelo
Jim Graves

Michele Bachmann finds herself in an actual race

September 11, 2012

The second internal poll released by the Jim Graves campaign shows him only two points behind Representative Michele Bachmann

by Tony Petrangelo