Double-digit lead for Klobuchar?

Posted at 8:18 AM on September 22, 2006 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)

I think we can safely say that Rep. Mark Kennedy is trailing DFLer Amy Klobuchar in their bids to be the next senator from the great state of Minnesota. So many polls seem to be coming out now that the only question is "by how much?"

I'll post the MPR survey on this race very early Monday morning.

The latest is the U of M Humphrey Institute poll

The Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate, Amy Klobuchar, holds a commanding 52 to 36 point advantage over the Republican Party nominee, Mark Kennedy, according to a Humphrey Institute survey of 1,023 Minnesota voters in the week following the primary. Kennedy’s campaign is being badly hurt by President George Bush’s unpopularity and by deep concerns about the direction of the country and state. Klobuchar is strongly benefiting from extraordinary concern over Iraq and a huge lead among women voters even as she holds her own among men. The issue of terrorism works strongly for Kennedy but it is not playing a dominant role in voters’ minds as they weigh the country’s challenges. Kennedy’s difficulties are not at this time pulling down Republican Tim Pawlenty in his bid for reelection as Governor. Voters who support Klobuchar are crossing party lines to support Pawlenty. The survey was conducted between September 13 and 18, 2006.

The survey was conducted by Lawrence R. Jacobs, Director of the Humphrey Institute’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota and Joanne M. Miller, a Research Associate at the Center and an Assistant Professor in the University’s Department of Political Science.

The full report can be found:
here

Comments (1)

What I find interesting, having gotten involved in some of the discussion / name-calling over at the strib's 'Big Question' blog, is that Kennedy supporters generally responded to the MN Poll as an 'outlier,' but now some use the Humphrey poll to show a gain for Kennedy!

Posted by bsimon | September 22, 2006 10:29 AM

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