It's a good thing I'm not a gambler. Were I then I might have wagered on Tuesday's election returns. I can't believe to tell you how wrong I was in my predictions. In fact, the only one more wrong than me was the Star Tribune.
Which brings up a point I've made before but will make again--how many times does the Strib get to undercount GOP votes in the famous "Minnesota poll" before they simply admit that they do it on purpose?
Indeed, is there now anything which is more predictable than the fact that the Strib will claim that (fill in the blank GOP candidate for major MN office) trails by 10 percent a week before the election.
And, perhaps in no other year has this undercount been more important. Let me tell you why.
I've had a few people come up to me and say that they initially wanted to vote for Horner; then decided to vote for Emmer because they didn't want to "waste their vote" and far preferred Emmer to Dayton; but ultimately voted for Horner because they assumed that Dayton had a lock on the race and thus wanted to vote for Horner to send a message to the GOP about moderate candidates.
Now, clearly my anecodotal information is totally unscientific. But, it at least illustrated to me how the Strib's poor polling can influence a tight race which they claim really isn't tight.
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