Minnesota

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

October 31, 2007

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

18% Excellent

20% Good

14% Fair

48% Poor

1% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that Tim Pawlenty is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

25% Excellent

26% Good

30% Fair

18% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Senate Election

Minnesota: 2008 Senate Match-Ups
Coleman	49%	Coleman	46%
Franken	42%	Ciresi	43%
Other	5%	Other	4%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	7%

4* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Clinton	44%	Clinton	47%	Clinton	47%
Giuliani	41%	Thompson	43%	Romney	40%
Other	10%	Other	7%	Other	9%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	4%	Not sure	3%

5* Favorables

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Romney	Coleman	Franken	Ciresi
Very Favorable	22%	13%	16%	10%	25%	16%	8%
Somewhat Favorable	27%	36%	37%	30%	31%	27%	35%
Somewhat Unfavorable	14%	24%	24%	28%	18%	14%	22%
Very Unfavorable	35%	17%	20%	22%	24%	34%	18%
Not sure	1%	9%	3%	10%	3%	8%	16%

6* How do you rate the way that Governor Pawlenty handled the Interstate 35W bridge disaster?

28% Excellent

34% Good

23% Fair

14% Poor

1% Not sure

7* How do you rate the way that Governor Pawlenty has handled the financial problems exposed at the Minnesota Department of Transportation?

14% Excellent

28% Good

26% Fair

27% Poor

5% Not sure

8* How do you rate the way the State Legislature responded to the Interstate 35W bridge disaster and to the state transportation problems?

7% Excellent

29% Good

36% Fair

25% Poor

3% Not sure

9* Which of the following is the most important issue in the upcoming Legislative Session?

31% Health Care

29% Education

23% Taxes

9% Transportation

4% Vikings Stadium

4% Not sure

10* Which DFL Senate candidate is most likely to beat Norm Coleman—Al Franken or Mike Ciresi?

30% Franken

37% Ciresi

22% Neither

12% Not sure

11* Which Democratic Presidential candidate is most likely to win the White House if nominated??

34% Hillary Clinton

21% Barack Obama

20% John Edwards

26% Not sure

12* Which Republican Presidential candidate is most likely to win the White House if nominated?

34% Rudy Giuliani

10% Mitt Romney

17% Fred Thompson

13% John McCain

26% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence