Why the Polls Were Wrong

Minnesota and National Report One of the reasons certain voters, read Trump supporters, are legitimate is their distrust of the news media, is because of the polls they continue to report. The reason news organizations do polling is to manufacture a story or a series...

Disaggregating Statewide Polls

When viewing all political races in Minnesota we have a Checks & Balances Rule of Thumb, the DFL base is 43% and the Republican base is 37% with 20% Independent/Undecided. In each contest, we analyze we measure each candidacy thus. This means if a candidate falls...

KSTP Polling Stories from Survey USA Are Pure Propaganda

We have been watching Tom Hauser’s show on KSTP for years and always have known it is a right-leaning show where the guests are either biased or uninformed. We understand when it was first conceived Stanley Hubbard wanted the Democrats who appeared to be the most...

Wellstone & Coleman Match-Up

Checks & Balances has obtained the polling results of the statewide survey of voters conducted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee in February between the 25-27.  In a 500-person sample with a margin of +/- 4 % the following results occurred: George W....

Janezich Poll

US Senate candidate State Sen Jerry Janezich (DFL-05, Chisholm) opponents were quick to notify Checks & Balances about the low amount of support that he was receiving in an online poll in the found at virginiamn.com. The question is State Sen. Jerry Janezich,...