Minnesota Senate Election

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

April 22, 2008

1* How do you rate the way that Tim Pawlenty is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

19% Excellent

25% Good

32% Fair

23% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Senate Election Match-Ups

Coleman	50%
Franken	43%
Other	3%
Not sure	4%

3* 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.

	Norm Coleman	Al Franken
Very Favorable	19%	19%
Somewhat Favorable	36%	29%
Somewhat Unfavorable	22%	18%
Very Unfavorable	20%	29%
Not sure	3%	5%

4* Will Al Franken’s lack of experience make you more or less likely to vote for him?

20% More likely

43% Less likely

33% No impact

4% Not sure

5* Will Senator Norm Coleman’s ties to President Bush make you more or less likely to vote for him?

24% More likely

51% Less likely

22% No impact

3% Not sure

6* Will Al Franken’s years spent as a political satirist make you more or less likely to vote for him?

24% More likely

36% Less likely

37% No impact

2% Not sure

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

14% Yes
64% No
22% Not sure

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

7% More likely

61% Less likely

30% No impact

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence