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Where do Minnesota fairgoers land on hot-button political issues?
Fairgoers backed an assault-weapons ban and a pause on new data centers, while 92% supported regulating driverless vehicles, lawmakers said.
- The Minnesota House and Senate polled fairgoers over 12 days on numerous legislative issues, revealing strong public support for banning semiautomatic military-style assault weapons, regulating driverless vehicles, and pausing data center development.
- Data center development faces public scrutiny as Big Tech seeks Minnesota locations for hyperscale facilities; 48% of respondents supported pausing approvals, while 55% of Senate respondents opposed allowing autonomous vehicles like Waymo in the state.
- Polling 9,605 people, The House found 75% support for prohibiting semiautomatic military-style assault weapons, while 57% of House respondents opposed requiring voter ID to receive a ballot.
- While assault-weapons bans previously struggled in the Legislature, lawmakers found bipartisan support for banning NDA use by local governments and Big Tech, a practice that has faced resident backlash.
- DFLers and Annunciation parents plan to continue pushing for gun violence prevention policy; meanwhile, Minneapolis is debating its own ordinance requiring a driver in autonomous vehicles like Waymo.
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Where do Minnesota fairgoers land on hot-button political issues?
Polls by the Minnesota House and Minnesota Senate lend some insight into public opinion on guns, data centers and Waymo, among other issues lawmakers have looked at in recent sessions.
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Leaning Left0Leaning Right6Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Center
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- 57% of the sources are Center
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