Toplines - Minnesota Senate Election - July 10, 2008

Minnesota Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 10, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

Not Sure

2* In the 2008 Election for the United States Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Norm Coleman or Democrat Al Franken?

Coleman	42%
Franken	44%
Some Other Candidate	7%
Not sure	8%

3* Suppose Jesse Ventura decides to enter the Senate race as an Independent candidate. If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Norm Coleman, Democrat Al Franken or Independent Jesse Ventura?

Coleman	36%
Franken	34%
Ventura	22%
Not sure	9%

3* Favorables for Senate Candidates

	Coleman	Franken	Ventura
Very Favorable	21%	13%	11%
Somewhat Favorable	28%	36%	22%
Somewhat Unfavorable	21%	16%	25%
Very Unfavorable	26%	30%	39%
Not sure	4%	4%	3%

4* Governor Tim Pawlenty has been mentioned as a possible Vice-Presidential candidate and has appeared on many national news programs recently. Do you have a more favorable or less favorable impression of Pawlenty as a result of this exposure or has it had no impact on your impression of him?

12% More favorable

16% Less favorable

70% No impact

3% Not sure

5* Does having the Republican National Convention in Minnesota make you more or less likely to vote for John McCain or does it have no impact on your vote?

3% More likely

15% Less likely

82% No impact

0% Not sure

6* Will having the Republican National Convention help the economy in Minnesota, hurt the economy in Minnesota or have no impact on the economy in Minnesota?

63% Help

6% Hurt

25% No impact

7% Not sure

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