Forty-seven percent (47%) of Minnesota voters now believe Democrat Al Franken has been elected to the U.S. Senate in a race so close that it’s been working its way through the state’s court system for the last four months.

Thirty-five percent (35%) believe incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman will be re-elected, and 18% are not sure in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Minnesota voters.

Coleman, who now trails Franken, has proposed that the state vote again because of the closeness of the race, but Minnesota voters are almost evenly divided on his proposal. Forty-six percent (46%) think they should vote again, but 44% disagree. Ten percent (10%) are not sure which is best.

Not surprisingly, 71% of Republicans support a revote, while 69% of Democrats are opposed. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, a revote is favored by 12 points.

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Coleman led unofficial results by 775 votes after Election Day, but Franken took a 225-vote lead in a recount and ultimately was declared the winner. Coleman is challenging that decision in court but has continued to trail Franken in subsequent counts.

The latest trial is wrapping up this week, but Coleman has said the presiding three-judge panel may not be able to accurately rule given all the questions that have been raised about individual votes and the voting process over the last four months. He is asking the judges to call for a new election.

Democrats are more confident than Republicans that their candidate will prevail. Eighty-two percent (82%) of Democratic voters say Franken will be the new senator, compared to 66% of Republicans who say Coleman will be the winner. Unaffiliated voters give Franken the edge by a much narrower 39% to 34% margin.

Coleman, the former mayor of St. Paul, is seeking a second six-year term in the Senate. Franken, primarily known as a television comedy writer, has been an outspoken political activist in recent years, but this is his first bid for elective office.

Indicative of how the race has seesawed are the findings from a survey in early December when 67% of Minnesota voters expected Coleman ultimately to beat Franken.

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