Poll: Obama leads McCain by 10 points in Minnesota
By Ian Swanson
Posted: 08/21/08 12:38 PM [ET]
A new poll of likely Minnesota voters suggests GOP presidential hopeful John McCain is entering enemy territory during the Republican convention next month in St. Paul.
The telephone poll shows McCain’s Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) with a 10-point lead over the Arizona senator among likely voters, with 48 percent saying they intend to vote for Obama.
McCain gets 38 percent in the poll, conducted by Minnesota Public Radio and the Humphrey Institute. The Star Tribune in the Twin Cities reported on the findings on Thursday.
Ten percent of voters said they did not know who they would vote for or refused to participate. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percent.
McCain would get a boost among Minnesota voters by selecting the state’s GOP governor, Tim Pawlenty, as his running mate, according to the poll. Twenty-five percent of undecided voters or initial Obama supporters said they would be likely to flip if McCain chose Pawlenty.
The Minnesota governor is thought to be on McCain’s shortlist for VP.
The GOP convention begins on Sept. 1 in St. Paul.
Source
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No surprise there, the ag community in MN is huge, and they have been screwed by the gopers. Plus, I really don't put much stock in polls, but some are more accurate than others, I do not trust Zogby at all, it is a huge corporation, and they get big tax breaks, so of course they are going to ask loaded questions, same as the Gallop polling.
QUOTE (Deke @ Aug 21 2008, 01:09 PM) 
Poll: Obama leads McCain by 10 points in Minnesota
By Ian Swanson
Posted: 08/21/08 12:38 PM [ET]
A new poll of likely Minnesota voters suggests GOP presidential hopeful John McCain is entering enemy territory during the Republican convention next month in St. Paul.
The telephone poll shows McCain’s Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) with a 10-point lead over the Arizona senator among likely voters, with 48 percent saying they intend to vote for Obama.
McCain gets 38 percent in the poll, conducted by Minnesota Public Radio and the Humphrey Institute. The Star Tribune in the Twin Cities reported on the findings on Thursday.
Ten percent of voters said they did not know who they would vote for or refused to participate. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percent.
McCain would get a boost among Minnesota voters by selecting the state’s GOP governor, Tim Pawlenty, as his running mate, according to the poll. Twenty-five percent of undecided voters or initial Obama supporters said they would be likely to flip if McCain chose Pawlenty.
The Minnesota governor is thought to be on McCain’s shortlist for VP.
The GOP convention begins on Sept. 1 in St. Paul.
Source
By Ian Swanson
Posted: 08/21/08 12:38 PM [ET]
A new poll of likely Minnesota voters suggests GOP presidential hopeful John McCain is entering enemy territory during the Republican convention next month in St. Paul.
The telephone poll shows McCain’s Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) with a 10-point lead over the Arizona senator among likely voters, with 48 percent saying they intend to vote for Obama.
McCain gets 38 percent in the poll, conducted by Minnesota Public Radio and the Humphrey Institute. The Star Tribune in the Twin Cities reported on the findings on Thursday.
Ten percent of voters said they did not know who they would vote for or refused to participate. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percent.
McCain would get a boost among Minnesota voters by selecting the state’s GOP governor, Tim Pawlenty, as his running mate, according to the poll. Twenty-five percent of undecided voters or initial Obama supporters said they would be likely to flip if McCain chose Pawlenty.
The Minnesota governor is thought to be on McCain’s shortlist for VP.
The GOP convention begins on Sept. 1 in St. Paul.
Source
That poll is by Minnesota Public radio and shows Obama having far more suppoert than the other polls. Did they just poll their members? Sorry, not believable and not a professional polling outfit.
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