As we’ve noted, Tim Walz has begun his run for a third term as governor of Minnesota from a position of weakness. Local ABC affiliate KSTP 5 reports,
KSTP/SurveyUSA poll: Walz has net approval of zero as he begins campaign for 3rd term.
And by net zero, they mean he is at 47-47. After seven years in office, Walz is a known quanyity. Voters have already made up their minds and he can’t convince a plurality of his effectiveness. 47 percent may represent his ceiling, rather than the floor of support.
Should he run for an unprecedented third term? The KSTP poll,
When asked whether Walz should seek a third term, a slim plurality said they don’t think he should run again: 43% said they would prefer to see a different DFL candidate in 2026, while 42% said he should run.
In this measure, he’s in the negative, 42-43.
This result reinforces the finding of a poll conducted by John’s American Experiment organization. They found
And those who haven’t made up their minds yet, have probably already made up their minds.
KSTP polled Walz against a few Republican names. He leads, but cannot crack 50 percent against any of them.
Regardless, Walz sees himself running against TRUMP!, not any local Republican. Walz will have the advantage of incumbency, name recognition, ballot harvesting, and a supportive local media.
But he is just not the same candidate he was before his craptacular run for Vice President last year. He humiliated himself on the national stage, where he was weighed in the balance and found wanting.
In my more than 30 years of living in Minnesota, I have observed that voters can tolerate just about anything in a candidate, except one that embarrasses them.
Walz biggest vulnerability is the multi-billion-dollar frauds committed against state-taxpayer-funded welfare program on his watch.
As we also noted, there was another waves of federal criminal indictments handed down this week. Today, the Walz-friendly Minneapolis Star Tribune had this headline,
Minnesota officials alerted to housing fraud two years before indictment.
Embarrassing and corrupt. Four more years!!
I will remind skeptical readers: every trend continues, until it doesn’t.
