Minnesota Toplines - September 6, 2007
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
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Minnesota: 2008 Senate Match-Ups |
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Coleman |
46% |
Coleman |
46% |
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Franken |
41% |
Ciresi |
42% |
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Other |
7% |
Other |
6% |
|
Not sure |
6% |
Not sure |
6% |
4* 2008
Presidential General Election Match-Ups
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Minnesota: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups |
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Clinton |
50% |
Clinton |
51% |
Clinton |
52% |
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Giuliani |
37% |
Thompson |
40% |
Romney |
34% |
|
Other |
10% |
Other |
8% |
Other |
9% |
|
Not sure |
3% |
Not sure |
1% |
Not sure |
4% |
5* Favorables
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|
Clinton |
Thompson |
Giuliani |
Romney |
Coleman |
Franken |
Ciresi |
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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
