Dayton's still strong in Hennepin County after data fix

Posted at 11:29 PM on November 2, 2010 by Paul Tosto
Filed under: Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor

Hennepin County has corrected data on their website and the result is that DFL-er Mark Dayton's still holds a strong lead over Republican Tom Emmer.

Hennepin over-reported votes in some districts earlier this evening and posted incorrect data on its website indicating a huge vote lead for Dayton over Emmer.

When the fix was made, the vote gap for Dayton fell. Overall, though, it doesn't appear to have reduced Dayton's overall proportional lead in the county, says the Humphrey Institute's Larry Jacobs.

Fixed data shows Dayton with 51 percent, Emmer with 35 percent and Independence Party candidate Tom horner at 12 percent in Hennepin County.

Compare that to 2006, when 51 percent in the county voted for Democrat Mike Hatch, 41 percent voted for Tim Pawlenty and about 7.5 percent for Independence Party candidate Peter Hutchinsno.

Comparing the two elections, "it looks like five percent of Emmer's support seems to have slid to Horner," adds Jacobs.

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