test man//June 22, 2011
Guests at Tuesday’s Leaders in Public Policy event were invited to participate in informal text polling to gauge where they stand 10 days out from a potential state government shutdown. (For a full list of winners and finalists from the event, hosted by Politics in Minnesota and the Capitol Report, click here.)
The results are, of course, of limited prescriptive use. But given the prevalence of elected officials, politicos and prominent interest groups at the event, the answers provide a glimpse at the St. Paul equivalent of “inside the beltway” thinking.
Perhaps the most notable result? A plurality (40%) of respondents think the looming state shutdown will last at least a month before the governor and legislators reach a budget agreement.
Republicans – 27%
Democrats – 27%
Neither – 46%
Total Results: 37
GOP House/DFL Senate – 30%
DFL House/DFL Senate – 34%
GOP House/GOP Senate – 23%
DFL House/GOP Senate – 14%
Total Results: 44
Minneapolis – 29%
Arden Hills – 46%
LA – 24%
Total Results: 41
July 1 – 14%
July 15 – 33%
August 1 – 40%
October 1 – 14%
Total Results: 43