Minnesota Poll: Obama leaps ahead of McCain (Obama 55 vs McCain 37)

[maddezmom]

Source: Star Tribune

Minnesota Poll: Obama leaps ahead of McCain
The Democrat's lead in the state is tied to the economy, the debate and new party strength.

By BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune

Last update: October 5, 2008 - 7:50 AM

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a commanding lead in Minnesota over Republican John McCain, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.

The poll, conducted last week among 1,084 likely voters, found that 55 percent support Obama, while 37 percent back McCain.

That's a huge difference from the last Minnesota Poll, conducted in September, which showed the race dead even, with each candidate backed by 45 percent of likely voters. The new poll shows that Obama's surge in the state can be attributed to voters' belief in his ability to deal with the nation's worsening economy, his performance in the first presidential debate and an increase in the number of Minnesotans who call themselves Democrats.



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[MNBrewer]

1. Must be the Obama sign I put in my front yard having an effect.

[shadowknows69]

3. Whoo hoo!

Keep up the good work B-)

[CLANG]

14. Speaking of yard signs

I was just out and about and decided to cruise around the neighborhoods in my small town and saw about 30-35 yard signs for president. Final tally: Obama +14

GOBama!

[dennis4868]

2. Yesterday....

many DUers were all stressed out with anoter Minn poll that showed it very close....this should help relieve some stress!

[Xipe Totec]

4. It's reflected now, in the electoral map:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

[MNBrewer]

6. If that map holds on election day

It'll be a landslide for Obama.

[HopeHoops]

12. (Need sinister music) BWAA-HA-HA-HA - I am DIEBOLD MAN! Prepare to be scammed!

Machines don't lie, do they? Huh? I mean, they're programmed to be accurate and fair, right? Hello? Aw crap.

[kikiek]

15. We elected a Democrat as Secretary of State last election. He has my confidence.

[dflprincess]

25. And we have same day registration AND we use scanners

so we do have a paper trail.

[thecrow]

17. That's why we need a double digit lead in every state

So they will have a REALLY hard time stealing it.
I'm sure their methods have improved since 2004.

[flygal]

27. Montana - bless our pink heart - WE'RE TRYING!!!!!

We're getting 'er into the barely column but at least she's not bleeding dark RED anymore!

[Xipe Totec]

28. If Montana can't come to Obama,

Obama must go to Montana...

:bounce:

[MNBrewer]

5. I live in north Minneapolis

and there are only Obama signs up here (Keith Ellison's district; the first muslim elected to Congress).

I drove through Edina (a wealthy suburb) on accident yesterday, and the McCain signs were quite jarring. There were still some Obama signs there, though.

[dflprincess]

24. There are a lot of McCain signs in Bloomington as well

I figure Obama signs are harder to come by and I take comfort in remembering that both Edina & Bloomington narrowly went to Kerry last time. And if those two 'burbs did that after 4 years of Bushco, I would think 8 years might cause a landslide.

[jpgray]

29. I live close to the river, near Midway in St. Paul--total sea of Obama

Except for a few Coleman signs here and there near pricey Summit Ave. houses, we've got this district. Above all, we went for Mondale. We've got an unbeaten streak of Dem electors. :)

[MadMaddie]

32. I lived in Edina several years ago

played basketball with some of the MN Vikings....

Cleanest town I have ever been in.

I love MN!

[shotten99]

7. Anyone have word on Colorado?

Just hoping that Colorado goes blue. If Obama pulls ahead there, it's in the bag.

[Imagevision]

8. 55 percent, I hope Rachel Maddow brings that up, by then it'll be... more?

[ckelly181]

9. MN Poll

Yay! Holy cows, the polls have been heart-attack inducing here lately. I'm in central MN, and on my way north yesterday, the road was strewn with McSame/Failin' signs. All I've seen are the negative McSame attack ads around here. At our local DFL meetings, folks have been worried about the lack of Obama TV campaigning.

Finally saw a positive Obama ad on health care today. And now this good news. Nice to wake up to!

If you're in MN - look for these ads on WCCO. I suddenly love this station: Politcal Ad Break

[dhpgetsit]

10. Keep up the good work everyone!

Thank you, Minnesota, and to all Americans, be sure to confirm your eligibility to vote!
Confirm early and often!

[workinclasszero]

11. Woo Hoo!

GOBAMA!!:toast:

[Jackpine Radical]

13. Wow, Go Goofers--

uh, Gophers. I knew ya had it in ya.

[lonestarnot]

16. woodamnwhooooooo!

[lady lib]

18. EXCELLENT!

/deep sigh of relief/

[tclambert]

19. How's Franken doing?

I'm hoping he will keep his promise and use the brief time between the new Congress taking office and the new President taking office to impeach Bush and Cheney.

[calimary]

20. That will also be good news for Al Franken.

Plus, if the numbers remain that lopsided, they're going to trigger a discouragement factor among GOP voters who see the writing on the wall and the seemingly insurmountable lead and figure there's no use - why the hell even bother this time - fuck it, let 'em have it - what's the point - let's just stay home.

And that will be good for EVERYONE with a "D" at the end of his/her name, all the way down the line.

[elocs]

21. That is nothing short of incredible.

I hope a lead that size has some fallout into Wisconsin.

[bulloney]

22. It looks like the convention bounce has ended for McCain/Palin in Minnesota.

[crossroads]

23. Great job and excellent news! Go Obama... nt

[OakCliffDem]

26. Obama is ahead and will stay there until November 4

[goforit]

30. Survey USA has McCain ahead 47 to 46 percent in Minnesota if you read on.

I never heard of that pollster before, I gather it only talks to conservatives.

[Doctor_J]

31. Which is the outlier - this one or the dead heat from last week?

and why isn't Obama campaigning for Franken?

[Amonester]

33. hey... the gop effed up the world... so who they gonna call?

gop busters!!

and to think they were red (as in 'communi$t$ for riche$' but didn't know it yet) last month...

so who's gonna have to pick up the pieces and save the country again? The Democratic Party, of course...

why do they always seem to forget that reality? ahhh, yeah... the republicon's "catapults" full of bull