Rasmussen: Klobucher(D) inches ever so close to the 50% mark against Kennedy(R)

[OC]

New Poll: Minnesota Senator by Rasmussen on 2006-08-28

Summary: D: 47%, R: 40%, U: 6%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[So the Heroes Fall]

Almost time to stick a fork in little Marky.

[Conan]

Yea, Klobuchar will definately win this year and in 2008 Coleman will be gone.

[True Federalist]

Overton, when you add polls to the polls section, could you please! please! remember to add in the numbers for the third parties when available.  Fitzgerald has 8% in this poll and you misentered it as 0%.  This isn't the first time you've slighted the third parties when entering poll results, and not all of us care to limit out vision to only the Republicrats.  Either enter full results or let someone else do it.

[OC]

It is only for premium members, I am not a premium member.

[True Federalist]

It is only for premium members, I am not a premium member.

No it's not.  They didn't put it into the fancy tables on the public page but the second paragraph of the text is: "Independent candidate Robert Fitzgerald attracts 8% of the vote."  Try reading the text next time instead of being so eager to post a poll before someone else does.

[MSUfan]

Kennedy is a Bush clone. That will sink him in the end.

[© Tweed the Younger]

Kennedy hasn't led a single poll yet.  Unless something changes radically, he doesn't have a chance.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

Kennedy smells.

[So the Heroes Fall]

Note that with the Independence Party candidate factored in, it's impossible for Kennedy to win, even if he gets all the undecideds.

I'd still rather see Amy get over 50%. Then again, she probably will, even with these numbers. I don't see why the IP candidate will get 8% though. The polls seem to be overestimating IP support, then again that's common with third parties.

[OC]

It is like the republicans trying to put a Green party candidate on the race for governor here in IL, thinking that the green will cyphen votes away from Blagojevich. It may cyphen 3 pts off but I think Blagojevich and Klobucher will win by 5-8 points.

[So the Heroes Fall]

IP candidates typically take votes from both sides, which one more depends on the candidate and the race, plus they have a dedicated base of about 4% or so that honestly believe voting IP can help them acheive centrist reform and all that and don't draw from either major party. I'd say Fitzgerald is probably drawing a little bit more from Klobuchar, but unless it's really close it won't a make a difference, and it won't be really close.

[So the Heroes Fall]

Wow.