In what some may consider a bit of an anticlimax – or underscoring the obvious – the long awaited results of the SurveyUSA poll of MN5 voters commissioned for KSTP (and conducted over five days last week) was released Sunday. Their breakdown: Ellison 49%, Fine 24%, Lee 22%, Pond 2% and Undecided 3%.
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11 Reader Comments
3:23 pm
I hoped Lee would at least be in a close second, but that’s obviously wishful thinking.
4:11 pm
This can’t be correct, Dizzy told us that the Washington Times has reported a significant bump for Lee!
4:24 pm
Yes, I did say the Washington Times said that.
So?
They did say that. I linked to it – I didn’t say “this is 100% airtight accurate.”
Didn’t know the “rules” were that if you linked to an article, it necessarily meant that you swore it was true on a stack of Bibles.
Or, in Keith Ellison’s case, a stack of Korans.
5:00 pm
Some would say 22% for an IP candidate *is* significant.
Some may also say that since SurveyUSA also has Bachmann up 49-42-7 as of Saturday, we shouldn’t rely on ANY of their polls, because how could Wetterling be so far behind? (DISCLAIMER: I’m not one of the people who would say that.)
We’ll know in about 30 or 31 hours, I’m sure.
5:31 pm
Wow, that’s very discouraging to see Ellison in the lead and Lee coming in 3rd place behind Fine. Not looking to good for Wetterling either I see. I fear the media fueled build-up for the Democrats is going to fall short of expectations tomorrow night!
6:02 pm
Ellison is right at the 50% point I was (privately) figuring. If Bachmann wins with 4%, then I’ve really got my fingers on the pulse.
6:10 pm
6:38 pm
I may have to vote for Lee just to help her get more votes than Fine.
And 22% for an IP candidate in a heavily DFL district is damned respectable.
6:44 pm
I wonder why KSTP TV and Survey USA waited until the last moment to publish a poll, regarding the 5th district race? Maybe they found out that Ellison was more likely to win as a whole and the media doesn’t want to deal with the reality for his own beneift. Other than Fine and Lee are nothing but a comical joke to the local voters there: Jesus Freak nazi versus “Republican lite.” They could pick someone that was more in synch to the public’s interests etc.
7:10 pm
I would assume it’d be an issue of putting the polling in races that weren’t gimmes. Polling ain’t cheap by any stretch, so why spend the bucks on a race that isn’t a race?
9:21 am
Damn,
My prediction of Tammy getting 10% was low. I guess no one remembers how many votes the LOSER gets, so I’m off the hook.
I hope Dizzy has a big bowl of Cheesy Poofs to console him later today.