MN: Rasmussen: Coleman Starts Out Leading Franken by 5% (MN)

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

New Poll: Minnesota Senator by Rasmussen on 2007-11-19

Summary: D: 41%, R: 46%, U: 6%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

Coleman 46%

Franken 41%

Other 7%

Not Sure 6%



Coleman 46%

Ciresi 42%

Other 6%

Not Sure 6%

[opebo]

Haha, this is great!  Five percent isn't much considering well-known incumbent without a profound negative rating against a guy people either don't know or know only as a comedian.

[jokerman]

I'm worried that Franken is going to reach a ceiling of support (and that the undecided voters will mostly break for Coleman).  Perhaps the only way for Franken to win is going to go on the jugular.  If Indepedents are sick of both candidates they'll probably break the way that the state does on the Presidential level (Democrat).

[© tweed]

Romney or Huckabee likely would lose by 10%+ here so maybe Hillary can give Franken or Ciresi some coattails.

[auburntiger]

Romney or Huckabee likely would lose by 10%+ here so maybe Hillary can give Franken or Ciresi some coattails.

I wouldn't be so sure Huck would lose THAT much in Minnesota. I agree he wouldn't win Minnesota, but it most likely be around 4-5%, given the RNC's being held there could offset a more catastrophic loss. Also, Huckabee could choose Pawlenty as his VP, which could help make MN close

[Alcon]

given the RNC's being held there could offset a more catastrophic loss.

I really don't see that as a particularly big effect on the General.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

How is clogging up our traffic and space, keeping our cities under lockdown, and being an all around annoyance to our state going to HELP the Republicans?

[Padfoot]

How is clogging up our traffic and space, keeping our cities under lockdown, and being an all around annoyance to our state going to HELP the Republicans?

And I'm sure that same logic applies to your prediction that Colorado will go Democratic right?

[Gabu]

How is clogging up our traffic and space, keeping our cities under lockdown, and being an all around annoyance to our state going to HELP the Republicans?

The convention generally results in the media only covering the one single party, which results in your typical "convention bump" where the retarded masses react more favorably towards that party's candidate because they haven't been told anything negative about him in a week.

I do agree that I see no reason why to expect the state in which the convention is held to display this convention bump to any greater degree than the rest of the country, however.

[Adlai Stevenson]

Romney or Huckabee likely would lose by 10%+ here so maybe Hillary can give Franken or Ciresi some coattails.

I wouldn't be so sure Huck would lose THAT much in Minnesota. I agree he wouldn't win Minnesota, but it most likely be around 4-5%, given the RNC's being held there could offset a more catastrophic loss. Also, Huckabee could choose Pawlenty as his VP, which could help make MN close

Considering Bush lost Minnesota by 4% in 2004, 51%-47%, I seriously doubt the Republicans could do as well as that.  My prediction for the state in 2008 is about 54%-45% for whoever the Democratic candidate is.  The GOP nominee will be lucky to get the 45% Bush did in 2000.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

How is clogging up our traffic and space, keeping our cities under lockdown, and being an all around annoyance to our state going to HELP the Republicans?

And I'm sure that same logic applies to your prediction that Colorado will go Democratic right?

That has nothing to do with holding the convention there.