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EVEN DAILY KOS QUESTIONS THE ACCURACY OF MPR’S POLL ON THE U.S. SENATE RACE
By Michael B. Brodkorb | February 4, 2008
Even Daily Kos is questioning MPR's poll on the U.S. Senate race:
"Before you get too excited, the voter screen may be too heavily titled to Democrats. In 2004, the Minnesota party ID breakdown was D-38, R-35, and I-27. For this poll, it's D-52, R-34, and I-14. Of course, after the last two years, Democratic identification is up, so that might have something to do with it." Source: Daily Kos, February 1, 2008
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MN Publius trashed MPR's poll on the presidential race which also asked questions about the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota. MN Publius' post was titled "MPR Poll has NO Predictive Value Whatsoever."
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Tags: 2008 U.S. Senate, Al Franken, Mike Ciresi, Norm Coleman, Polls
Topics: 2008 U.S. Senate, Al Franken, Mike Ciresi, Norm Coleman, Polls | 3 Comments »
3 Responses to “EVEN DAILY KOS QUESTIONS THE ACCURACY OF MPR’S POLL ON THE U.S. SENATE RACE”
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February 4th, 2008 at 11:12 AM
It’s nice to know that there is on at least one occassion an honest liberal blogger. Though he is hoping that percentage of dfl is closer to 52% than 38%.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
February 4th, 2008 at 5:42 PM
A bit of me does believe party identity could be up that much though. It’s up at record numbers all over the country (for Democrats) and I thought that I believe it was Rasmussen that has been doing these polls and it showed the country was nearing 50% Democrat. If the country was nearing that, I don’t see how Minnesota wouldn’t be 52% DFL. But, that Independent percentage does seem awfully low and to see that the Republican total is still consistent does bring some concern.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:12 PM
No way 52% of the voter in November are going to self Id as Democrats.
In 2006, a very good Democratic year, the CNN exit poll broke down voters in Minnesota as 40% Dem, 36% Rep and 24% Ind. So recalculating the poll with those numbers gives Senator Coleman a 45% to 39% lead.