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MINNESOTA POLL: REPUBLICAN SUPPORT STEADY, DFL SUPPORT DOWN

By Michael B. Brodkorb | May 16, 2006

Minnesota Poll: Equal numbers identify with GOP, Democrats

Republican support is holding steady, while DFL is down despite dissatisfaction with Washington.

A new Minnesota Poll shows that Minnesota's political landscape is almost equally divided between Republican and Democratic voters.

In the poll, conducted last week, 29 percent identified themselves as Republicans, exactly the same percentage as a year ago, despite President Bush's record-low approval ratings and the conventional wisdom that Republicans are likely to suffer net losses in this fall's election.

Those who identified themselves as Democrats stood at 25 percent, close enough to be considered even, given the margin of sampling error, but down from 31 percent a year ago.

"While people are upset with issues on the national front," those with core beliefs are still aligned with a party that hasn't changed," said Republican Party chairman Ron Carey. "The conventional wisdom says we're way down, but Democrats better keep the corks in their champagne bottles." Read more: Star Tribune, May 16, 2006

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