56 percent of Minnesotans are 'embarrassed' by Michele Bachmann: poll

[marmar]

.....and 44 percent of Minnesotans need their heads examined. :freak:



Poll: Majority of Minnesotans ‘embarrassed’ by Bachmann


A new survey of Minnesotans shows that a majority of residents — 56 percent — are embarrassed by Rep. Michele Bachmann. The release of the survey, commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America and Credo Action, follows recent high-profile statements by Bachmann that she believes President Barack Obama wants to “annihilate” conservatives, that the U.S. faces a “curse” – and extinction — if it fails to support Israel, and that government must “wean” Americans off of social safety net programs like Medicare and Social Security.

The Bachmann survey results, released exclusively to the Minnesota Independent, measure responses to the question, “Do you think Congresswoman Michele Bachmann does Minnesota proud in Congress or embarrasses Minnesota?” While 56 percent of respondents statewide said they were embarrassed by Bachmann, 29 percent answered that they were “proud” of the Sixth Congressional District Republican, and 15 percent were “not sure.”

Predictably, 87 percent of Democrats polled said they were embarrassed, while only 12 percent of Republicans agreed (58 pecent of Republican respondents said they were proud of Bachmann).

The survey of 600 Minnesotans gauged feedback based on gender (by four percentage points, more women favored Bachmann than men), race (55 percent of whites are embarrassed by the congresswoman, while 80 percent of people of other races held that sentiment) and congressional district.

Some surprises: While the Minneapolis-area district represented by Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison led the state in finding Bachmann an embarrassment, the relatively conservative District 8, the northern Minnesota area represented by Rep. James Oberstar, came in second, with 69 percent of respondents responding negatively to Bachmann. In Bachmann’s own district, only 39 percent found her embarrassing. However, a majority of surveyed independents — a population likely to tilt the scales in Bachmann’s November election against either DFL Sen. Tarryl Clark or Dr. Maureen Reed — responded negatively to Bachmann, with 62 percent answering that she was embarrassing. .............(more)

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Except for her district.

And that's the way it should be.

[ashling]

8. And it really doesn't matter what the rest of the state thinks

maybe her constituents will refuse to respond to the census.

[annabanana]

2. as well they should be.. .

She's nutz :silly:

[Omaha Steve]

3. R #5

[livetohike]

4. Good. I hope she loses in a landslide n/t

[bluestateguy]

5. But what about her wingnutty district?

That's what counts in the end. It doesn't much matter if I think Steve King from Iowa is a nutjob when I live in another state.

[struggle4progress]

6. She 'barrasses me way down heah t'Nuth Caolina. My condolences t'th'Publicans

and t'th'Minnysotans and t'her fambly

[Bitwit1234]

7. The area around Minneapolis has always been republican

the main reason Bachmann is accepted there is the support of that mega TV church. That campaigns for her urges people to vote. They also fund a lot of her campaign. How this church can get away with this I don't know. They should be investigated. The pastor was being investigated himself at one time.

[MineralMan]

10. Actually, her district is more around St. Paul. It's a long, skinny

district that encompasses a lot of rural and second and third ring suburban territory, but includes St. Cloud, which is not really a suburb at all.

District 6 is demographically white as the driven snow, and skips areas with much ethnic diversity altogether. It's rural and suburban, mostly in white-flight suburbs.

The opinion of Minnesotans in general is valueless in regard to her election chances. Only her district matters.

It is notable that the 2008 election, however, was pretty darned close. With a strong effort during the campaign, I think we can convince enough people to vote for her opponent to swing this one. That's where all my campaign energy will be going, even though I'm not in her district, but in District 4.

[Historic NY]

9. Well hopefully her district doesn't do the census...so she can eliminate herself.