DU this poll please - "On whom do you place the most blame for the Minnesota state shutdown?"

[mzmolly]

Please let the Pioneer Press, and the people of Minnesota know who you feel is responsible for the Minnesota state government shutdown.

http://www.twincities.com/index.html?_requestid=489769&_requestid=491660

Currently the poll reads
The GOP 44%
Dayton/DFL 28%
All of the above 27%

Thanks for your help DU. :hi:

Update - after posting the poll on DU, the poll now reads

The GOP 39 %
Dayton/DFL 43 %
All of the above 17 %

So much for DU helping out with the poll, eh? :hide: The trolls are winning, it seems. :(

[Zoeisright]

1. Of course it's the GOPigs.

I cannot believe that in MY home state this shit is happening. I can't believe the Repigs took over the MN legislature last year.

[mzmolly]

2. I'm so glad that Dayton is standing between Republicans and their desire for

insane policy. :(

[Zoeisright]

25. He's the only person standing between this state and total economic and social collapse.

We've got to take back the legislature from those pigs next year.

[mzmolly]

34. Hear hear!

:toast:

[hfojvt]

3. Why is this the first I am hearing about a shutdown?

What is the back story on this?

I still remember 1998 or so and Minnesota had this big surplus and Jesse the Body promised every voter about $5,000 in tax rebates if they voted for him. But then once he was elected, he quickly backed off and said the legislature had already spent the surplus.

[mzmolly]

4. Ventura sent out surplus checks for a few hundred bucks.

I think he realized that the surplus wasn't as large as he anticipated. ;)

Here's more on the shutdown.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/minnesota-government-shutdown_n_887722.html

Dayton has proposed making $1.8 billion in cuts to the state budget, delaying payments for the state's education system and raising another $1.8 billion by adding a fourth bracket to the top of the state income tax. Republicans, for their part, have resisted any tax increases, preferring instead to balance the budget solely by cutting funding for education, health care, social services and other state programs.

[Generic Brad]

48. I have back story for you

Pawlenty never balanced a budget in his eight years as governor. He kicked the proverbial can down the road and the GOP run house and senate decided this is the year we suddenly have to be responsible. So we started the year $5 billion short and now they insist that we hold to a self imposed $32 billion spending limit.

The GOP is demanding that Dayton sign a budget that slashes $5 billion from education, health, and human services. Dayton is holding firm. He wants a 3% increase on the top 7700 wage earners in the state. The GOP would rather see everyone suffer than make the wealthy pay taxes. And the wealthy in Minnesota pay way less than their fair share because Pawlenty severely cut their taxes over 8 years which is the god damned cause of this $5 billion budget shortfall in the first place.

GOP = Slaves to the richest 2%, professional hypocrites, and immoral assholes.

[Bozita]

5. numbers...

On whom do you place the most blame for the state shutdown?
Total Votes = 134
The GOP
63 Votes, or 47.01 %
The DFL and Governor Dayton
45 Votes, or 33.58 %
All of the above
25 Votes, or 18.65 %
I'm not sure
1 Votes, or 0.746 %

[mzmolly]

6. Bizarre. There have been many new votes, but the poll now reads

Total Votes = 195
The GOP
81 Votes, or 41.53 %
The DFL and Governor Dayton
80 Votes, or 41.02 %
All of the above
32 Votes, or 16.41 %
I'm not sure
2 Votes, or 1.025 %

:freak:

Someone also unrec'd this thread. Strange.

[EleanorR]

8. Dayton was at 26% before this posted

Now he's at 43% and the gop is at 39%?

bizarre

[mzmolly]

10. Yes it is.

:shrug:

[mzmolly]

7. .

:kick: in a likely futile effort to undo troll damage.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Done!

Who's to blame?
On whom do you place the most blame for the state shutdown?

Total Votes = 231

The GOP
93 Votes, or 40.25 %

The DFL and Governor Dayton
99 Votes, or 42.85 %

All of the above
37 Votes, or 16.01 %

I'm not sure

[mzmolly]

11. Thanks Rhiannon.

:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

27. Anytime...

And we're getting closer. *sigh* :hi: :kick:

[mzmolly]

33. Yes we are!

http://www.twincities.com/index.html?_requestid=489769&_requestid=491660

[Morning Dew]

12. The Pioneer Press is a rightwing rag

Too bad. It's the paper I grew up on and I have fond memories.

[calimary]

13. Done! But I see Dayton has fallen behind, a bit.

For the GOP: 41.89%
For Dayton/DFL: 42.29%

[mzmolly]

15. Dayton was only at 28% when I posted the poll

here. :freak:

Goodnight Calimary. :hi:

[murielm99]

14. After I voted,

The GOP was one vote ahead. Get busy, people!

[mzmolly]

16. Thanks Muriel.

:hi:

[mzmolly]

17. "I cannot accept a Minnesota where people with disabilities..."

"I cannot accept a Minnesota where people with disabilities lose part of the time they are cared for by personal care attendants, so that millionaires do not have to pay one dollar more in taxes." ~ Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton

[rhett o rick]

18. Done. K&R

[Viking12]

19. Done

[HelenWheels]

20. Explain "DFL" please

I voted for GOP because you can't go wrong with that but I don't know what DFL stands for.

[hfojvt]

21. In Minnesota the Democratic Party is called Democratic-Farmer-Labor

I guess those were three smaller parties that merged at one point, although that only seems to be local Minnesota history, although nationally the Democrats absorbed the nascent Populist (Farmers') Party when they also nominated the Populist candidate William Jennings Bryan as their Presidential candidate in 1896. Some state legislatures at that time in places like North Dakota and Kansas were controlled by the Populist Party, but that party did not last long.

[mzmolly]

31. Democratic/Farmer/Labor Party.

Here's more info > http://dfl.org/

[bahrbearian]

22. 35% DFL... 41%Gop

[EleanorR]

23. other way around

Unfortunately the DFL and Dayton are at almost 42% and the gop is at just over 35%.

[bahrbearian]

26. Yep brain fart. 38% Gop.. 39% DFl now.

Its getting DU,d

[mzmolly]

30. Thankfully.

:hi:

[mzmolly]

28. It's flipped as of today.

On whom do you place the most blame for the state shutdown?

Total Votes = 4835
The GOP = 2060 Votes, or 42.60 %
The DFL and Governor Dayton = 1740 Votes, or 35.98 %

PHEW.

:)

[LuckyLib]

24. This is a mirror of the national scene: the Republicans say "our way or the highway".

Dayton is reasonable, his crazy loon legislature not so much.

[mzmolly]

29. Agreed,

I'm so thankful for Governor Dayton.

[hifiguy]

36. You and I both!

He's a good man.

[mzmolly]

32. "What’s at Stake for Minnesota?"

(Snip)

The GOP Budget Protects the Richest 2% at a Huge Cost to Everyone Else

Special Education is at stake ... $370.00 per ever Special Education child in every school district in Minnesota would be cut.

Higher Education and Higher Tuition is at stake ... The GOP’s $422 million cut in higher education would result in a $1,300.00 tuition increase for University of Minnesota undergraduate students.

Healthcare for 140,000 Minnesotans is at stake ... The GOP budget eliminates healthcare funding for 140,000 Minnesotans.

Over $1 Billion in Property Tax increases are at stake ... The GOP budget raises property taxes on Minnesotans by eliminating the Homestead Credit and cutting Local Government Aid (LGA).

Affordable Transit is at stake ... The GOP budget would increase fares by $250 a year for a full time rider and result in nearly 24 million fewer rides to work or school.

Our seniors are at stake ... The GOP budget jeopardizes seniors, thousands of seniors would pay hundreds more in rent; and thousands more will be moved out of their own homes and into nursing homes.

Public Safety is at stake ... Minnesotans would see cuts to Public Safety under the GOP budget – including cuts to prisons, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the State Patrol, police officers, firefighters, sheriff’s deputies, and other law enforcement personnel across Minnesota.

Courtesy of the Minnesota http://dfl.org/news/what%E2%80%99s-stake-minnesota">DFL

[a kennedy]

35. here are the totals now.....@ 2:27 July 1st.

On whom do you place the most blame for the state shutdown?
Total Votes = 4971

The GOP
2141 Votes, or 43.06 %

The DFL and Governor Dayton
1765 Votes, or 35.50 %

All of the above
1038 Votes, or 20.88 %

I'm not sure
27 Votes, or 0.543 %

[mzmolly]

37. Current totals are -

The GOP 42 %
The DFL and Governor Dayton 41 %

Too close! :scared:

[butterfly77]

38. ..

[StarsInHerHair]

39. 42.3% GOP 40% Dems

[SDuderstadt]

40. Doesn't having to...

"DU" or "freep" a poll just demonstrate how unreliable online polls with self-selected respondents actually are?

Does anyone really take these polls seriously?

[yellerpup]

41. Coming back now. The GOP takes the blame by a small

margin. :hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

43. My guess is that the right-wing radio jocks have urged their

zombies to vote.

But the Facebook page "I Support Governor Dayton" reached 1000 "likes" at about 4PM and is now at nearly 2500.

(Hint-hint to all you Minnesotans who are on Facebook).

[yellerpup]

51. I think your guess is probably on target.

Zombies, zombies everywhere!

[TriMera]

42. Done. n/t

[Name removed]

44. Deleted message

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[likesmountains 52]

45. You are an ass...bye,bye. And apologies to all asses.

[AsahinaKimi]

46. I DUed it...

[slipslidingaway]

47. Voted earlier today, happy to see the GOP is now winning. n/t

[Snoutport]

49. done and kicked

[mitchtv]

50. done we are ahead

On whom do you place the most blame for the state shutdown?
Total Votes = 7959
The GOP
3568 Votes, or 44.82 %
The DFL and Governor Dayton
3039 Votes, or 38.18 %
All of the above
1315 Votes, or 16.52 %
I'm not sure
37 Votes, or 0.464 %

[myrna minx]

52. Free Republic has probably been at it - don't worry - we Minnesotans

know what's really going on. :hi:

[mzmolly]

54. Hear hear!

:toast:

[Lucian]

53. ...

:kick: