I guess we now know why Gov. Tim Walz is ducking debates with his GOP opponent Scott Jensen. He's just trying to run out the clock.....because he can.
The Walz lead over Scott Jensen is significant geographically and demographically. On most issues cited as important to voters, Walz leads. In May, before abortion court ruling and barrage of attack ads, Jensen trailed by 5 points. Four years ago, Jeff Johnson trailed Walz by 7. pic.twitter.com/991cnjIww2
— Tom Hauser (@thauserkstp) September 6, 2022
A couple observations: First, this is a survey of only 600 registered voters. History tells you that polls of likely voters tend to be more accurate. But still, 18 points?!?! Yikes! And secondly, lying works. Walz has made abortion an issue by targeting Jensen's "no exceptions" view, hence voters favoring Walz by a whopping 77% to 13% margin on handling the issue. Walz has also succeeded in convincing many voters that a GOP Legislature and Governor will ban the procedure in Minnesota should they assume power in St Paul. That won't (and can't) happen of course given that infanticide abortion is a Constitutionally protected "right" in this state. However, Jensen and his running mate Matt Birk continued to double down on their staunch pro life views while not clarifying that, in spite of their personal worldviews, there's nothing they'd be able to do politically.
So is there no hope for Jensen? I have no idea, but an email sent out by the Jensen campaign Tuesday evening indicates they're finally going to purchase coveted TV spots, specifically seven figure ad buys in the month of September. Hopefully it's not "too little, too late," but the Jensen team indicates they will finally address Walz's falsehoods.
Make it count, gang.
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