KSTP/SurveyUSA poll: MN voters weren't riveted by political conventions, but major interest in debate

For all the millions of dollars and energy the Republican and Democratic parties poured into their national political conventions, they didn’t get much bang for their buck in Minnesota.

According to our exclusive new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll, 24% of “likely voters” in Minnesota say they watched a lot of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Another 43% said they watched a little of the DNC and 33% said they didn’t watch at all. We found similar numbers for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The poll shows 18% watched a lot of the RNC, 51% watched a little and 31% didn’t watch at all.

“The electorate is pretty divided and opinions are pretty well fixed and therefore it’s unlikely that you’ll get big movements of public opinion during the conventions and you may not get it between now and Election Day,” says Carleton College political analyst Steven Schier.

As for the impact of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s endorsement of Donald Trump shortly after Kennedy dropped out of the race, 18% of respondents in Minnesota say the endorsement will help Trump a lot, 35% say it will help a little, while a combined 10% say it will hurt Trump a little or a lot.




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