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Public Policy Polling

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2013

    Al Franken takes commanding early lead

    The election is still 18 months away, but Al Franken already holds a commanding lead over all potential challengers, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. If the election were to take place tomorrow, Franken would jaunt to an easy victory, according to these poll results. Partly because ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2013

    Bipartisan medical marijuana bill to be introduced today at Capitol

    Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle will introduce companion bills to legalize medical marijuana today at the Capitol.SEE ALSO: MNGOP spent $10,500 on study that supports legalizing medical marijuana According to a press release distributed by the pro-marijuana law reform group Minnesotans for Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2013

    Medical marijuana supported by vast majority of Minnesotans, but won't be legalized this year

    A survey conducted by Public Policy Polling earlier this month found that nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans support medical marijuana. But don't expect to see pot prescriptions written in the state anytime soon.SEE ALSO: Minnesota law enforcement's last word on pot: "We do not support legalization fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2013

    Amy Klobuchar is second most popular Senator in the entire country

    In the holy trinity of things popular in Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar is right up there with hotdish and Prince, apparently.SEE ALSO: Amy Klobuchar: "For the first time, there was a traffic jam in the Senate women's bathroom"According to Public Policy Polling's breakdown of every U.S. Senator's populari ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2013

    Pete Hegseth on lady soldiers: "You don't want to have to deal with Matt's feelings toward Mary"

    Yesterday, in a surprising move, outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed an order allowing women to partake in armed combat for the first time in American history.SEE ALSO: Decorated war vet Pete Hegseth seeking GOP endorsement to challenge Klobuchar [VIDEO]Panetta's move had the strong suppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2013

    Minnesotans overwhelmingly favor assault weapons ban

    Despite what the Pine County Sheriff thinks, the latest Public Policy Polling survey of Minnesota voters indicates Minnesotans overwhelming favor an assault weapons ban.SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota Republicans want Norm Coleman vs. Mark Dayton in 2014-- Minnesota Republicans want Michele Bachmann vs. Al Fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2013

    Minnesota Republicans want Norm Coleman vs. Mark Dayton in 2014

    With a 53 percent approval rating, Mark Dayton looks like he'll be tough to beat in 2014. But as of right now, polling indicates Norm Coleman has the inside track to become the Republican who gets a shot to knock him off.SEE ALSO: Minnesota Republicans want Michele Bachmann vs. Al Franken in 2014The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2013

    Minnesota Republicans want Michele Bachmann vs. Al Franken in 2014

    Michele Bachmann for U.S. Senator? Believe it or not, new polling suggests Minnesota Republicans like the sound of that.SEE ALSO:-- Al Franken doesn't want mobile app companies to sell your location data without permission-- Michele Bachmann goes on apocalyptic radio show, says Obama supports Sharia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2012

    Mark Dayton looks safe in 2014, according to Public Policy Polling

    Yesterday, Public Policy Polling -- the folks who surprisingly but accurately pegged the voter ID amendment as going down just days before last Tuesday's election -- took an early look at the 2014 gubernatorial landscape.SEE ALSO:-- Mike Parry says Governor Dayton is a drug addict, pops "15 or 16 pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2012

    Voter ID amendment fails in Minnesota

    In an outcome that seemed nearly impossible just a few weeks ago, Minnesotans have defeated a controversial amendment to the state constitution that would have created stricter voting laws in the state, including a requirement for voters to bring a government-issued photo I.D. to the polls. With 94 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2012

    11th-hour surprise: Voter ID, marriage amendments both set to fail, says latest polling

    Voter ID has looked like a sure bet to be approved since it first became clear the amendment would be on this year's ballot -- until this weekend.MORE VOTER ID COVERAGE:-- Minnesota Majority wants you to follow buses leaving polling places on election day-- Majority of MN college students favor vote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2012

    Big Bird emerges as somewhat divisive figure in Minnesota, new polling says

    By now, you know the backstory. Last Wednesday, during the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney vowed to cut federal funding for PBS, saying "I love Big Bird... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it."SEE ALSO:-- Obama up 7 in Minnesota, Klob ... More >>

  • News

    September 19, 2012

    The Fracking Fiasco

    America's latest gold rush portends the greatest environmental disaster of a generation

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2012

    Obama up 7 in Minnesota, Klobuchar up 19, says new poll

    SEE ALSO:-- Romney has halved Obama's Minnesota lead since May, says new SurveyUSA poll-- Pro-Romney group will air misleading 'Janesville' ad in Minnesota [VIDEO]Barack Obama has a comfortable, if not insurmountable lead over Mitt Romney in Minnesota, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2012

    Minnesota marriage amendment "looks like a toss up," says new poll of likely voters

    SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota marriage amendment supported by 50 percent, opposed by 43, new poll says-- Support growing for gay marriage in Minnesota, new polling suggests-- Marriage amendment means it's a great time to be in Minnesota's media businessPolling is an inexact science, ya'll.Yesterday, we told ... More >>

  • News

    June 20, 2012

    Archbishop John Nienstedt crusades against gay marriage

    But increasingly, his flock of Minnesota Catholics isn't following

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2012

    Tim Pawlenty undergoing "intensive review" as Romney's possible VP choice

    One of presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's advisers describes Tim Pawlenty as "an incredible warrior," prompting us to wonder whether the T-Paw Minnesotans know and are ambivalent about has been abducted by aliens and replaced with an imposter.Whatever the case, Pawlenty, along with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2012

    Norm Coleman most popular prominent MN GOPer; Bachmann "most unpopular politician"

    The Republicans we like the best are the ones we see and hear from the least, apparently.New polling released yesterday by Public Policy Polling reveals that "the most prominent Minnesota Republican with the best favorability numbers" is former Senator Norm Coleman, who we've barely heard from durin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2012

    Minnesota voters of all stripes agree: 'Let us buy booze on Sundays'

    Minnesota Democrats, Republicans, and independents all agree on one thing -- we should be able to buy booze on Sundays.A new poll released by Public Policy Polling shows that just about everyone except our elected officials agrees that there is no good reason those of us who fail to plan ahead shoul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Support growing for gay marriage in Minnesota, new polling suggests

    Mark Dayton dreams of Vikings stadiums and Minnesota becoming the first state to vote down a constitutional amendment against gay rights. This year, both dreams may be fulfilled.A new SurveyUSA poll suggests there is more support for gay marriage in Minnesota than there was four or six months ago. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    DeLeSalle student, during anti-gay school assembly, holds up sign: "I love my moms"

    In today's Strib, Jon Tevlin details a recent anti-gay marriage presentation made by representatives of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to DeLaSalle seniors.While making the case that homosexuality is wrong, a priest and Catholic volunteer couple suggested that kids who are adopted or li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Decorated war vet Pete Hegseth seeking GOP endorsement to challenge Klobuchar [VIDEO]

    ​Army National Guard Capt. Pete Hegseth's announcement that he is running against incumbent Amy Klobuchar for one of Minnesota U.S. Senate seats represents an "upgrade" over other GOPers already in the race, The Hill writes. The Hill cites Hegseth's national fundraising network from his time runni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Marriage amendment means it's a great time to be in Minnesota's media business

    ​Now is a great time to be in Minnesota's media business. Between now and November, millions will be spent on ads pertaining to the state's full spectrum of political campaigns. But perhaps the most expensive political battle will be over the constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Poll: Obama crushes all GOP candidates in Minnesota [GRAPHIC]

    ​All signs point toward a blue November in Minnesota, at least as far as the presidential race is concerned.A new Public Policy Polling poll indicates that Barack Obama is on track to cruise to a comfortable win here no matter which Republican contender ultimately emerges as the GOP candidate.In a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Poll: Dayton very popular, legislative Repubs have "horrible numbers"

    ​Minnesotans apparently haven't held last summer's government shutdown against the governor. Instead, they're blaming Republicans.14 months after defeating Republican Tom Emmer by less than one percent of the vote, Mark Dayton is now "one of the most popular Governors in the country."A poll releas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Michele Bachmann running for reelection this November

    ​Just a day after new polling indicated she's less popular in Minnesota than ever, Michele Bachmann announced she will seek a fourth term in the U.S. House this November.The Public Policy Polling poll showed that she has a 34/57 favorable/unfavorable split with Minnesota voters, and only 37 percen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Poll: Minnesota is Gingrich territory

    Somehow, Newt is more popular than Romney even with MN women.​Minnesota is Newt Gingrich territory. That's the conclusion emerging from a new Public Policy Polling poll of likely Republican voters in the state.The poll, conducted last weekend, just over two weeks ahead of the February 7 Minnesota ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    New poll: Bachmann, Pawlenty unpopular with Minnesotans

    ​The ill-fated presidential campaigns of Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty cost them the support of Minnesotans. That's the conclusion that emerges from recent polling conducted by Public Policy Polling, a respected polling firm based in Raleigh. Sometimes, familiarity really does breed contempt. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Poll: Klobuchar "close to unbeatable," Franken solid

    ​Apparently the PIPA debacle hasn't significantly hurt the political fortunes of Al Franken or Amy Klobuchar.A new Public Policy Polling poll conducted over last weekend concludes that Klobuchar will be very tough to beat this year. Franken's favorable numbers, while weaker than Klobuchar's, indic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Michele Bachmann takes the lead in national poll

    Bachmann's ahead of Romney when Palin's not in the game.​Oh, God, it's really happening. Michele Bachmann is the leading Republican presidential candidate, according to a poll released this morning by Public Policy Polling.  Bachmann took a tiny lead -- 21 percent to 20 percent -- over Mitt R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Sonny Perdue, Joe "You Lie" Wilson join Team Pawlenty

    Perdue and Wilson: Happy Republicans in white shirts and blue ties.​While Michele Bachman's chief operative is calling Sarah Palin names, Tim Pawlenty keeps adding GOP marquee names to his roster. In a couple of moves that ought to endear him to southerners, he scooped up former Georgia Gov. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann will debate in New Hampshire

    So friendly looking.​Will he call her a "pain in the ass" and threaten to "rip her lungs out" in person? Will she remember to look into the right camera and get her Revolutionary War history straight? Those questions and more may be answered when Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty show up fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Michele Bachmann says God's calling her to run. Republicans? Not so much

    God's given her the all-clear.​Michele Bachmann just spent the day in New Hampshire, glad handing around and attracting a bunch of reporters who treated her like a Sarah Palin stand in. Because right now, she's acting like a presidential candidate, as opposed to a biker chick. And she says Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Pawlenty and Bachmann not worthy of any office, most Minnesotans tell pollster

    Minnesotans aren't buying what these two are selling.​Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann are spending a lot of time these days introducing a version of themselves to voters across the country blessed with not having had to endure them lo these many years. But in Minnesota, where we know these ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2011

    Most Wisconsin voters don't believe Gov. Scott Walker's union talk

    Walker's even lost the zombie vote.​He's a hero to tea partiers, but Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker keeps getting bad news from statewide polls. The latest survey finds that just 31 percent of folks in Wisconsin have apparently bought into his line that he wants to strip public employees of thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Pawlenty and Bachmann compete for last place in GOP poll

    Pawlenty tells CNN he's a tortoise. The hare is still beating him.​In his "I'm running for president" interview with Piers Morgan, Tim Pawlenty said he wasn't troubled by a new CNN poll showing Donald Trump leading the field of potential GOP White House contenders. "I'm just getting known, Pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Scott Walker tanking in another Wisconsin poll [UPDATE]

    Scott Walker is falling in the polls.​There's more bad poll news for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who insists he's going to stand firm in his budget battle to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Rasmussen Reports is out with a new survey of Wisconsin voters showing that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Scott Walker: Wisconsin has buyer's remorse

    Maybe Wisconsinites are embarrassed by Scott Walker's epic phone fail.​Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker gives his big budget address today in Madison, where he's expected to defend not just trying to neuter public employee unions, but also slashing funding for public education and local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Michele Bachmann doubles down with birthers on GMA

    ​Michele Bachmann can't bring herself to state a very simple fact: Barack Obama is an American citizen. "That isn't for me to state. That's for the president to state," she said today on "Good Morning America." That's pretty loud dog whistle from the queen of the tea party.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Rich Stanek vs. Amy Klobuchar for U.S. Senate? [UPDATES]

    Rich Stanek: He beat Kitten. Is Klobuchar next?​Norm Coleman generated some headlines the other day when he confirmed that he has no intention of running against Sen. Amy Klobuchar when she's up for re-election in 2012. So, who will? MPR asked around and found buzz building for Hennepin County Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Amy Klobuchar is the most popular U.S. Senator

    Amy Klobuchar: What's not to love?​We knew Amy Klobuchar was funny, maybe even funnier than Al Franken, but now we've learned that she's popular, too. And more popular than Franken.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Tom Emmer quitting race. Mark Dayton will govern Minnesota

    Mark Dayton will be the next governor of Minnesota.​It's over. Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer will concede the race to Democrat Mark Dayton in an official announcement at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in his hometown of Delano. Emmer decided to quit his recount battle against Dayton just h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty who? New poll, familiar result

    Tales from the basement.​Maybe it's time for Tim Pawlenty to get his own TV reality show. Because what else is it going to take for him to eclipse the likes of Sarah Palin in GOP presidential contender polls? Maybe he can talk smokin' hot wife Mary into a Dancing With the Stars slot. She's g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Mark Dayton and Tom Emmer enter recount territory

    Dayton, left, jumps out to an early lead.​Maybe you were expecting to wake up and see that either Mark Dayton or Tom Emmer was your new governor? Sorry. It looks like 2008 deja vu all over again. The governor's race entered automatic recount territory in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. Al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty may be a drag on Tom Emmer's campaign

    Tim Pawlenty: Is this guy the problem?​Is outgoing Gov. Tim Pawlenty proving to be a drag on Republican Tom Emmer's campaign for the governor's mansion? Public Policy Polling's Tom Jensen asks that in the wake of his survey released over the weekend giving Democrat Mark Dayton a 43-40 percen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty again trails badly in a New Hampshire poll

    ​Tim Pawlenty has been making the media rounds, giving speeches and spreading campaign cash in the Granite State, but New Hampshire Republicans just don't seem to care when it comes to his potential race for the White House. He finds just 3 percent support there in a new Public Policy Polling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Bachmann leads in new poll; most say she prefers DC limelight

    The District 6 congresswoman is crazy like a fox, but maybe a little too in love with Fox.

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Pawlenty's still a mystery to most voters in new poll

    Does this mean Tim Pawlenty will be out of the state even more, trying to boost his national profile?

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