Toplines - Minnesota Senate Recount - December 4, 2008

Minnesota Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted December 4, 2008

By Rasmussen Reports

1* 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.

	Coleman	Franken
Very Favorable	23%	19%
Somewhat Favorable	25%	27%
Somewhat Unfavorable	25%	12%
Very Unfavorable	26%	41%
Not Sure	2%	1%

2* How closely are you following news stories about the Senate Election between Norm Coleman and Al Franken?

47% Very closely

42% Somewhat closely

8% Not very closely

3% Not at all

1% Not sure

3* How do you rate the way the state of Minnesota has handled the recount processn for the Senate Election…excellent, good, fair or poor?

26% Excellent

44% Good

21% Fair

8% Poor

2% Not sure

4* How likely is it that the winner of the Senate Election will not be decided until after the New Year?

44% Very likely

36% Somewhat likely

10% Not very likely

3% Not at all likely

7% Not sure

5* Who will eventually win the senate election….Norm Coleman or Al Franken?

67% Coleman

16% Franken

17% Not sure

6* How should rejected absentee ballots be handled….should they all be counted, should only those rejected by accident be counted or should they not be counted at all?

40% They all should be counted

37% Only those rejected by accident should be counted

19% They should not be counted at all

4% Not sure

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