Minnesota Lawyer

The 2012 Minnesota exit poll contains findings that shed much light on the current state of Minnesota politics. The survey of 1,641 voters involved a random sample of 25 precincts by Edison Research and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

We may just be reaching a consensus on what most Minnesotans and most Americans really believe about taxes and the size and role of their governments in an increasingly diverse state and nation.

As voters across the country showed this week, most Americans are willing to accept higher taxes as long as the money is used for something with tangible benefits.

When I was growing up, one of the first things I learned was that voting wasn’t just a right, but our obligation as citizens.

One-issue voters have always seemed like cranks to me. It’s natural enough to have priorities, but who thinks one of them is more important than all the other political issues combined?

The biggest conceit of the intellectual class, and in particular of the media, is that money corrupts politics and that it should be limited.

Mitt Romney has a George W. Bush problem. In fact, that’s Romney’s biggest problem.

President Barack Obama practically had the election sewn up prior to the first debate. He had a great post-convention bounce giving him a national lead.

This U.S. presidential election has come down to a candidate without real policies against a candidate without a compelling vision.

Mitt Romney’s winning performance in last week’s presidential debate has reinforced his campaign’s belief that this election parallels the one in 1980: In troubled times, Republicans inevitably defeat an unpopular Democratic president.