Minnesota

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

September 6, 2007

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

11% Excellent

22% Good

14% Fair

52% Poor

0% Not Sure

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

23% Excellent

26% Good

29% Fair

21% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Senate Election

Minnesota: 2008 Senate Match-Ups
Coleman	46%	Coleman	46%
Franken	41%	Ciresi	42%
Other	7%	Other	6%
Not sure	6%	Not sure	6%

4* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Minnesota: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups
Clinton	50%	Clinton	51%	Clinton	52%
Giuliani	37%	Thompson	40%	Romney	34%
Other	10%	Other	8%	Other	9%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	1%	Not sure	4%

5* Favorables

	Clinton	Thompson	Giuliani	Romney	Coleman	Franken	Ciresi
Very Favorable	23%	14%	14%	7%	22%	16%	10%
Somewhat Favorable	34%	35%	37%	30%	32%	30%	30%
Somewhat Unfavorable	11%	27%	25%	31%	22%	16%	26%
Very Unfavorable	31%	15%	20%	20%	24%	31%	17%
Not sure	1%	10%	4%	12%	1%	7%	17%

6* Now, I’d like to ask you a few quick questions about issues facing the state… First, should the state of Minnesota raise the gasoline tax?

31% Yes

59% No

10% Not sure

7* Should the state use tax money to pay for a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings?

15% Yes

79% No

6% Not sure

8* On a different topic, how important is it for the State Legislature to hold a Special Session to deal with transportation issues and flood relief?

51% Very important

34% Somewhat important

8% Not very important

5% Not at all important

2% Not sure

9* How would you rate the performance of the state government in responding to the 35W Bridge collapse? Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor?

30% Excellent

47% Good

17% Fair

4% Poor

1% Not sure

10* How would you rate the performance of the state government in responding to the flooding in Southeastern MN?

19% Excellent

48% Good

20% Fair

4% Poor

8% Not sure

11* If Governor Pawlenty was selected to run as the Republicans Vice Presidential nominee, would you be more or less likely to vote for the Republican Presidential candidate?

38% More likely

30% Less likely

28% No impact

4% Not sure

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