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Toplines - Minnesota Senate Election - August 13, 2008

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Minnesota Survey of 700 Likely Voters
Conducted August 13, 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?

22% Excellent

27% Good

31% Fair

19% Poor

1% 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?

Without

Leaners

With

Leaners

Coleman (R)

45%

49%

Franken (D)

45%

46%

Some Other Candidate

5%

1%

Not sure

6%

4%

3* Favorable Ratings

Coleman

Franken

Very Favorable

24%

19%

Somewhat Favorable

29%

29%

Somewhat Unfavorable

20%

18%

Very Unfavorable

24%

30%

Not sure

3%

4%

4* Is it a negative ad when one candidate accurately describes the position of another candidate?

17% Yes

64% No

19% Not sure

5* Do negative campaign advertisements make you more or less likely to vote for the candidate who produced the ad?

8% More likely

58% Less likely

32% It has no impact

2% Not sure

6* Has the Minnesota senate race become too negative this year?

44% Yes

31% No

25% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence