Poll: Nader could cost Kerry in Minnesota

[PSU84]

The State Columbia, SC Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004

Poll: Nader could cost Kerry in Minnesota

FREDERIC J. FROMMER,
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - A new poll by the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute found independent candidate Ralph Nader polling at 5 percent, enough to possibly cost Democrat John Kerry the state. The poll, which showed Nader with more support than other recent polls, had President Bush and Kerry in a statistical dead heat: Bush at 47 percent and Kerry at 44 percent, within the survey's margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

In a two-way race, Kerry led Bush among the crucial independent voters, 47 percent to 39 percent. But in a race that includes Nader and Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik, independents split evenly between Kerry and Bush, with 15 percent choosing Nader and 1 percent choosing Badnarik.

The survey of 690 likely Minnesota voters was conducted Oct. 21-26 by the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut. A poll last week by the St. Paul Pioneer Press, for example, showed Nader getting 2 percent, compared to 47 percent for Bush and 45 percent for Kerry (with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.) The previous week, a Star Tribune of Minneapolis poll also put Nader at 2 percent, with Kerry leading Bush 48 percent to 43 percent (the margin of error was plus or minus 3.4 percentage points).


http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/politics/10031050.htm

[Thrill]

1. That Poll doesn't sound right

in my opinion

[lancdem]

16. No way Nader gets more than 2 percent in Minn.

[mzmolly]

2. Friggin creep.

:(

[DaveinMD]

3. 15 percent choosing Nader

Sure and monkeys can often be seen flying out of my ass.

[Jeff1965]

4. Nader was also doing well in New England

Luckily those states are locked up for JFKerry.

[cubsfan forever]

12. Uh, no. n/t

Professor 2

[npincus]

5. crazy old bastard

[Dickie Flatt]

6. Has any other poll shown Nader at this level in MN?

[cubsfan forever]

10. No. Zogby has Kerry with a 5 point lead n/t

Professor 2

[fujiyama]

7. Bullshit

Nader won't even get half the support he got in '00. He got about 5% then. NO WAY N HELL HE's GETTNG MORE!

And if they do vote for Nader, I hope they're the first drafted. They deserve it - even before the young republicans.

[Deja Q]

8. When did he get a 3% jump? And it's a poll, too.

Last I heard, he had only 2% of the vote.

And it's a poll. Who did they call to get their results?

[lightbulb]

9. As much as I'm compelled to scream at Nader

It's hard, since he's only the symptom, not the problem. It's the people who actually vote for Nader rather than Kerry who are the problem. But it's just so much easier to hate the man who enables the dumbos to act on their stupidity.

The greatest justice would be to see the arrogant bum fall on his face by getting 3 or 4 votes.

[Randi_Listener]

13. Bum?

He's a worthless shitbird.

[sonicx]

11. MN exit poll 2000 was...

36% Democrat, 31% Republican, 33% Indie

this poll has too many goper, i think

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. What kind of ballot/voting is MN using? Paper? Optiscan? Touchscreen?

[Mz Pip]

15. Who are these people?

Anyone who votes for Nader this time needs to be taken out to the woodshed. Honestly, I do not know what they think they are accomplishing by contributing to the election of someone who has nothing to offer their best interests.

MzPip
:dem:

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. They are just mad that Kerry is a corporate centrist and only slightly

better than * on most policy decisions.

[Viking12]

18. Here's a link directly to the poll

http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/csp/elections/MNSurvey.htm

In 2000
Gore 47.90%
Bush, George W. 45.50%
Nader, Ralph 5.20%

No way Nader will garner those numbers in MN again.

[Shadow30]

19. Goddamn you Nader,you selfish prick!

God I loath him,he's just a repug puppet!I wish he had enough dignity to see GW pulling his strings.