Survey of 500 Likely Voters
April 22, 2008
1* How do you rate the way that Tim Pawlenty
is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
19% Excellent
25% Good
32% Fair
23% Poor
1% Not sure
2* 2008
Senate Election Match-Ups
|
Coleman |
50% |
|
Franken |
43% |
|
Other |
3% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
3* I’m
going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know
if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very
unfavorable impression.
|
|
Norm
Coleman |
Al
Franken |
|
Very Favorable |
19% |
19% |
|
Somewhat Favorable |
36% |
29% |
|
Somewhat Unfavorable |
22% |
18% |
|
Very Unfavorable |
20% |
29% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
5% |
4* Will Al
Franken’s lack of experience make you more or less likely to vote for him?
20% More
likely
43% Less
likely
33% No impact
4% Not sure
5* Will
Senator Norm Coleman’s ties to President Bush make you more or less likely to
vote for him?
24% More
likely
51% Less
likely
22% No impact
3% Not sure
6* Will Al
Franken’s years spent as a political satirist make you more or less likely to
vote for him?
24% More
likely
36% Less
likely
37% No impact
2% Not sure
7* Is it a negative ad when one candidate accurately describes
the position of another candidate?
14% Yes
64% No
22% Not sure
8* Do
negative campaign advertisements make you more or less likely to vote for the
candidate who produced the ad?
7% More likely
61% Less
likely
30% No impact
2% Not sure
NOTE: Margin
of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence