Obama leads GOP hopefuls (including Pawlenty) in Minnesota
Thursday, December 09, 2010 at 8:55 am
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If the 2012 election were held last weekend, President Obama would’ve easily won Minnesota, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday. The poll of 949 Minnesotans was conducted Dec. 4 and 5 and found that Mitt Romney was the only potential Republican challenger that could keep Obama below 50 percent. Romney also beat out Gov. Tim Pawlenty in his own state for the best showing against Obama.
“Minnesota went only narrowly Democratic in 2000 and 2004 before Obama broke the state open in 2008,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling in a statement. “It looks like 2012 is more likely to be a repeat of 2008 than a return to the competitiveness of earlier in the decade.”
The poll found that Obama had a net positive approval rating although he is under 50 percent: 49 percent of those surveyed approve of Obama while 46 percent disapprove. Pawlenty had a high disapproval rating from Minnesotans with 53 percent disapproving of his job performance and only 43 percent approving.
In matchups, Obama led Romney 47 to 42 percent, Pawlenty 51 to 43 percent, Mike Huckabee 50 to 40 percent, Newt Gingrich 51 to 38 and Sarah Palin 54 to 36.
Here’s the full release and crosstabs from PPP:
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Comment posted December 9, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
Obama would easily win in Minnesota. No doubt, any state that would put Jesse Ventura and Al “loony” Frankin in office would certainly vote for a well spoken left wing “progressive.” No doubt, the Twin-Cities has a significant sway over who gets elected in this state. Obviously the majority living in the metro area lean left and they are significant enough in numbers to push almost any liberal over the hump in a presidential election. What other state would have voted for Walter Mondale? Only Minnesota!
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