MN-Gov: Waiting for Tom Emmer's budget, A Samuel Becket play in many acts
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectTom Emmer has now released parts 1 and 2 of his budget plan, and yet we still wait for Tom Emmer's budget plan.(peers into shoe)Part 1, the "jobs" part,...
View ArticleMN-Gov: GPI update; SurveyUSA's Dem Downer Tour
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectSurveyUSA has shown some particularly bad numbers for Democrats this cycle and while their latest poll on the Minnesota governors race isn't bad news, it...
View ArticleMinnesota House Race Ratings
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectDue to the dearth in information about the competitiveness of the Minnesota state legislative races I decided doing race ratings for the house and senate...
View ArticleMN-Gov: GPI update; the new normal
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectLet's just get to it:
View ArticleMN-Gov: GPI update; mo' polls mo' problems
Cross-posted on Minnesota Progressive ProjectThe StarTibune released a poll of the governor's race on Sunday with very different results from the last three polls to come out on the race, but with...
View ArticleMinnesota Senate Race Ratings
Last week I posted ratings for the Minnesota House races, this week it's the Senate's turn.Quick OverviewThe Senate is also up for grabs, if the Republicans run the table in the Toss-ups they would...
View ArticleMN-Gov: GPI update; what happened to a tight race?
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectMPR/Humphrey released a new poll of the governor's race today and it's good news for the blue team. Not only do they show Mark Dayton with an 11 point...
View ArticleThe Pollsters Dilema
--or--What's up with SurveyUSA's 18-34 polling and other observationsCross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectThis post is the result of a back and forth I had with Aaron Klemz at The Cucking...
View ArticleMN-Gov: GPI update; Ras now says no to leaners
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectRasmussen (10/6, likely voters, 9/22 in parentheses): Mark Dayton (D): 40 (34) Tom Emmer (R): 38 (36) Tom Horner (I): 15 (18) Undecided: 5 (2) (MoE: ±4%)...
View ArticleMN-Gov: The Horner Effect, Part 1
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectWhile Minnesota has a rich history of third party successes, the recent era began in 1998 with the election of Jesse Ventura as Governor. Since then there...
View ArticleMN-Gov: The Horner Effect, Part 2
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectWhile history suggests that the Independence Party candidate in Minnesota tends to have success at the expense of the DFL candidate, there is reason...
View ArticleMN-Gov: GPI update; SurveyUSA is back in the field
Cross-posted from Minnesota Progressive ProjectSurveyUSA (10/14, likely voters, 9/15 in parentheses): Mark Dayton (D): 42 (38) Tom Emmer (R): 37 (36) Tom Horner (I): 14 (18) Undecided: 4 (4) (MoE:...
View ArticleMN Redistricting Maps! Round Three - The Court Map, Outstate Edition
Cross posted from MNProgressiveProjectThis is the second part of a post I started two weeks ago going over what I think will be the most likely outcome of the now court lead redistricting process. The...
View ArticleMN-Redistricting: Draw the Line Minnesota
On Friday, the Citizens’ Redistricting Commission, a group brought together by Draw the Line Minnesota, submitted it's maps to the Special Redistricting Panel. Here's a statement for the group's chair,...
View ArticleMN-Redistricting: Partisan numbers for proposed maps
I tried to resist the urge to break this up into multiple posts and instead just do one big post comparing all the proposals. That post quickly grew to unmanageable proportions though, so I'm going to...
View ArticleMN-Redistricting: The Parties' Proposals, Metro edition
Yesterday I posted the partisan numbers of the proposed districts, today I'm going to look at the districts themselves, starting today in the metro and going outstate tomorrow.Before I get into that I...
View ArticleMN-Redistricting: The Parties' Proposals, Outstate edition
Friday of last week was the deadline for parties in Minnesota's redistricting lawsuit to submit their maps. Three groups submitted maps; the Britton, Hippert (GOP) and Martin (DFL) intervenors. On...
View ArticleMinnesota Primary Preview
With the Minnesota Primary fast approaching on Tuesday, here's a rundown of the competitive races.This content originally appeared on LeftMN as three separate posts; congressional preview, state senate...
View ArticleRoger Goodell defends legacy of racist
There are four teams in Major League Baseball and the National Football League that still use Native American themed names and imagery for their team identities; the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Braves,...
View ArticleMinnesota Senate hPVI, 2013 edition
As readers of DailyKos Elections, you are no doubt familiar with PVI. For the last few years I have been doing a version of PVI for Minnesota Legislative districts that I very creatively call hPVI,...
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