Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty may not have ruled out running for president in 2012, but most Minnesota voters already have.

A new Rasmussen Reports survey in the state found that 61% do not think their Republican governor should run for the White House. Twenty-two percent (22%) think he should, and 17% are undecided.

The plurality of Republicans in the state (44%) think Palwenty should run, but only seven percent (7%) of Democrats agree. Still, 39% of GOP voters don’t think Pawlenty should seek the presidency, as do most of the state's Democrats (83%).

Perhaps voters don’t want Pawlenty to run for the presidency because they like the job he’s doing in Minnesota. The majority of voters (56%) approve of Pawlenty's performance as governor, with 24% who Strongly Approve. Forty-four percent (44%) disapprove, including 19% who Strongly Disapprove.

Eighty-six percent (86%) of Republican voters in Minnesota approve of the governor’s performance, with 48% who Strongly Approve. More than one-in-four Democrats (26%) also approve of the job Pawlenty is doing.

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Just 24% of Minnesota voters, however, think the state is moving in the right direction, while most (62%) say it is heading down the wrong track.

As for President Obama, 62% of Minnesota voters approve of his performance, with 47% who Strongly Approve. Those ratings are slightly higher than those found on the national level. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disapprove of Obama’s job performance, with 26% who Strongly Disapprove.

Most voters in the state (53%) give Obama good or excellent ratings on his handling of the nation’s economic crisis, while 30% give him poor marks.

Forty-seven percent (47%) of Minnesota voters believe Democrat Al Franken has been elected to the U.S. Senate over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman even though the election is still tied up in court. Voters are evenly divided over whether there should be an election revote as Coleman has suggested.

The plurality (40%) of Minnesota voters believe the $787-billion economic stimulus plan passed by Congress two weeks ago will help the economy, while 28% say it will hurt the situation and 25% say it will have no impact. Those results are slightly more optimistic than those found nationwide. A majority of Minnesota voters (51%) think it is likely the plan will make things worse instead of better, though. Just 39% disagree.

Nearly a third of voters in the state (32%) say they are less likely to vote for their representative if that individual voted for the stimulus package. Twenty-seven percent (27%) said they would be more likely to vote for that representative, while 40% said the stimulus vote would have no impact on their decision.

Minnesota is currently dealing with a $4.6 billion deficit, and most voters (67%) say their governor should accept the state’s share of the economic stimulus package, while only 17% say he should not. Another 17% are not sure. Several Republican governors around the country have said they may pass on the stimulus money for fear it will establish programs that state taxpayers will later have to keep going.

Despite the boost from stimulus money, most voters in the state (58%) are not confident that their lawmakers will successfully deal with the state’s budget crisis. Forty-one percent (41%) are confident, with only 10% who say they are very confident.

In other news, executives and lawmakers have been discussing the construction of a stadium for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings as a way to create thousands of new jobs, despite the state’s budget deficit. The survey found that just 18% of voters in the state say the stadium should be funded by taxpayer dollars, while most (76%) disagree.

Only 32% are worried the team will leave the state if a new stadium is not built, while 65% are not worried, including 31% who are not worried at all.

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