Reports - Elections

2012:

President

• Obama Faces Competitive Race with Pawlenty and Romney - Sept. 30, 2010
  

2010:

Minnesota Governor

• Dayton Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Emmer and Late Trends May Favor Democrats - Oct. 28, 2010
• Politics of Economic Uncertainty: Dayton Gains from Current Pain, Emmer Gains from Future Worries - Oct. 1, 2010
  
• Dayton Jumps to Double-Digit Lead over Emmer - Sept. 29, 2010
• Anger at Washington Helping Emmer, But Tea Party Backlash - Sept. 2, 2010
• Dayton and Emmer Deadlocked - August 31, 2010
• Dayton Starts with Edge in Democratic Primary and Fall Election - May 19, 2010

Minnesota State Races

• Election Mandate and the Politics of Rage - Oct. 29, 2010
• Pawlenty Under Fire for National Campaigning; DFL Legislative Majority at Risk - Sept. 1, 2010
• Republicans Win Capitol Budget Battle - May 21, 2010

2008:

President

• Obama Surges by Building Broad Support and Eroding McCain Strengths - October 30, 2008
• Obama Propelled by Financial Crisis and Vice Presidential Debate - October 7, 2008
• Obama Leads But Race Remains Fluid with Possible McCain Lift from Choosing Pawlenty - September 14, 2008
• Minnesota Contests for Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominations - January 29, 2008
• "It's the Delegates, Stupid." February 5th Primaries Are Historic First - January 24, 2008
  

Minnesota Senate

• Backlash Gives Franken Slight Edge, Coleman Lifted by Centrism and Faith Vote - October 31, 2008
• U.S. Senate Race is a Toss Up: Anti-Republican Winds Help Franken, Coleman Bolstered by Swing Voters and Centrism - August 22, 2008
• Senator Coleman's Battle for Re-Election: A Tenuous Approval Rating and Franken's Challenge - January 29, 2008
• Unlocking the Challenged Ballots in U.S. Senate Recount - November 26, 2008
• Potential for Change in the Senate Recount - November 20, 2008
• Coleman Lead Neutralized by Financial Crisis and Polarizing Presidential Politics - October 8, 2008

Minnesota State Races

• Democrats Lead in Elections for the State Legislature and Congress - October 31, 2008
• Voters Turn On Bachmann while Strongly Supporting Coleman - October 24, 2008
• Will Governor Pawlenty Become Irrelevant? DFL Close to Override Majority - October 20, 2008
• Minnesota State Politics: Battles Over Constitution and State House - October 9, 2008
• Free Thinking Minnesota: Approval of Governor and Opposition to New Sales Tax but Support for Democrats in State Legislative Races and Doubts About Lt. Governor - August 25, 2008
• The Political Battle for Minnesota's Suburbs - February 5, 2008
• Approval for Governor but Not Legislature - February 3, 2008
• Domestic Issues Dominate Campaign but Democrats and Republicans Differ - February 2, 2008

2006:

 

Minnesota Governor

• Hatch Opens Narrow Lead Over Pawlenty - October 31, 2006
• Gubernatorial Toss Up in Bread and Butter Campaign - September 20, 2006

Minnesota Senate

• Klobuchar Builds Commanding Lead in U.S. Senate Race - November 1, 2006
• The Bush Drag: Kennedy Trails Klobuchar in U.S. Senate Race - September 21, 2006

Minnesota State Races

• Democrats Hold Advantage in Battle for the Minnesota Statehouse - November 3, 2006
• A Tradition of Split Ticket Voting - October 16, 2006
• Minnesota Voters Turnout - October 9, 2006

Midwest Races

• Democrats Poised to Pick Up Seats in Wisconsin State Legislature - November 6, 2006
• Battle for Control of the Iowa State - November 6, 2006

2005:

Twin Cities Mayoral

• Divided Minnesota: The Gulf of Race and Income in Minneapolis and Saint Paul - November 3, 2005
• Partisan Backlash Against Kelly Propels Coleman - November 2, 2005
• Rybak Enjoys Lead in 2005 Minneapolis Mayor Race - November 1, 2005
• The Incumbent Advantage in Twin Cities Mayoral Races: The Economy is Good and Crime May Not Drive Voters - October 11, 2005
• Don't Be Fooled by the Primary Results: Mayoral Races in St. Paul and Minneapolis Remain Wide Open - September 19, 2005
• Mayoral Primaries Set the Stage for Competitive Fall Elections - September 15, 2005
• Twin Cities Mayoral Historical Overview - August 25, 2005
  

2004

President

• "Moral Values" Take Back Seat to Partisanship and the Economy in 2004 Presidential Election - November 25, 2004
• Bush Opens Lead Among Protestants, Catholics, and the Religiously Active - October 30, 2004
• Kerry Opens Leads Among Youngest and Older Voters; Middle-Aged Voters Prefer Bush - October 30, 2004
• Kerry and Bush Battle for Rural Voters - October 29, 2004
• Nader and Libertarian Play King Makers in Deadlocked Minnesotan Race - October 27, 2004
• Crucial Votes in the Race for President: Independent Voters in the Upper Midwest - October 25, 2004
• Bush and Kerry Deadlocked in Wisconsin - October 20, 2004
• Kerry Pulls Even in Humphrey Survey of Iowa Vote - October 5, 2004
• 2004 Presidential Election Too Close to Be Forecast - October 1, 2004
• Candidates in the Spotlight: The Presidential Race In The Upper Midwest - August 17, 2004
• Policy Trumps Politics - February 22, 2004

Midwest Races

• Regional Poll Roundup - November 1, 2004
• Regional Poll Roundup - October 18, 2004
• Regional Poll Roundup - October 7, 2004
• Candidates in the Spotlight: Legislative Races to Watch in the Upper Midwest in 2004 - August 24, 2004
• Candidates in the Spotlight: 2004 State House Races to Watch in Minnesota - August 10, 2004
• Humphrey Survey: The Upper Midwest Battleground - July 21, 2004
• Narrow Gender Gap in Upper Midwest - July 1, 2004
• Regional Poll Roundup - June 7, 2004
• Rumbles on the Prairie: June Primaries in the Upper Midwest - May 27, 2004
• Regional Poll Roundup - April 25, 2004
• Regional Poll Roundup - March 18, 2004
• Regional Poll Roundup - February 25, 2004
• Republican Surge in the Upper Midwest - January 14, 2004