MN-Sen: M-D poll says Franken down six

Mason-Dixon is now out with a poll showing Al Franken down 42-36.  Is this another GOP-leaning M-D poll, or is Al really tanking?  M-D does seem to suggest that Dean Barkley is hurting Franken a lot more than Coleman.  I am definitely beginning to worry about this one.

From Political Wire:

Though Sen. Barack Obama holds a decent lead in Minnesota’s presidential race, his party’s U.S. Senate candidate is lagging behind.

A new NBC News/Mason-Dixon survey finds Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) leading challenger Al Franken (D) by six points, 42% to 36%, with 12% favoring Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley.

Analysis: “If Coleman puts daylight between Franken’s numbers and his own on Election Day, he may have Barkley to thank.  While he has shored up 89% of voters who identify as Republicans, with  only 4% defecting to Barkley’s camp, only about three out of four Democrats say that they support their party nominee, with 17% of Democratic voters favoring the Independence Party candidate over Franken.”

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18 thoughts on “MN-Sen: M-D poll says Franken down six”

  1. I’m going to blame Franken, not Obama. There must have been a better candidate we could have run for this seat. It makes me sick to think Coleman could skate.

  2. If there were ever a race where an Obama ad would help, this is it.  I am guessing this has not happened yet because Obama’s handlers don’t want him directly tied to a controversial figure, but it would be very helpful at this stage.  

    I still believe if Obama wins MN by double digits, Franken will come too.  If Obama wins by 10+ and Franken loses, it speaks to his liabilities as a candidate.  It’s that simple.  

    This is definitely annoying because Norm Coleman should never have won in 2002..

  3. ….like I said, the fact that the Star Tribune refused to endorse Franken was not a good omen.  I know most people worship at the shrine of Mason-Dixon polls, but I’ve never been particularly impressed with them.  A six-point spread seems suspicious (Franken is almost as far behind as Obama is ahead????), but I don’t believe Franken will win.

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