A nice Halloween treat out of Minnesota today courtesy of PPP. First some good news for Senator Al Franken (D. MN):
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/...
Franken has a 51% approval rating, with 43% of voters disapproving of him. Those numbers are nearly identical to PPP's last poll of the state in May when he was at 51/42. Franken is at 49 or 50% against all of his potential GOP opponents, and leads them by anywhere from 10 to 13 points. It's 49/39 against Chris Dahlberg, 49/38 against Mike McFadden, 50/39 against Jim Abeler, 49/37 against Julianne Ortman, and 49/36 against Monti Moreno.
McFadden and Ortman are polling a little closer to Franken than they were in May, when they trailed by 15 and 17 points respectively. And because none of the Republicans have better than 25% name recognition there's potential for them to pull closer as they become better known. But for now Franken's in a pretty strong position.
There is no front runner in the Republican race for Senate. 53% say they're unsure on who they want their candidate to be. Abeler and Ortman are each at 12%, followed by McFadden at 11%, Dahlberg at 10% and Moreno at 2%. - PPP, 10/31/13
And some good news for Governor Mark Dayton (D. MN):
Turning toward the Governor's race, Mark Dayton has a 48% approval rating with 42% of voters disapproving of him. He's also polling at 48% in head to heads with all of his prospective Republican foes, and leads them by margins ranging from 10 to 12 points. It's 48/38 over Scott Honour and Kurt Zellers, 48/37 over Jeff Johnson, Marty Seifert, and Dave Thompson, and 48/36 over Julie Rosen.
Dayton led these Republicans by 16 to 18 points in match ups when we polled the state in May, so like the Senate race this has tightened some in the last few months. None of the GOP hopefuls have higher than Zellers' 34% level of name recognition, and most of them are stuck in the 20s. That gives them room to grow, but Dayton is awfully close to 50%.
There's just as much indecision among Republican primary voters about the race for Governor as Senate. Kurt Zellers 'leads' with 12% to 11% for Dave Thompson, 10% for Julie Rosen, 9% for Marty Seifert, 8% for Jeff Johnson, and 6% for Scott Honour. - PPP, 10/31/13
PPP surveyed 895 Minnesota voters, including an oversample of 305 usual Republican primary voters, between October 27-29, 2013. The margin of error for the overall survey is +
- 3.3%, and +- 5.7% for the GOP portion. Their polling also finds Senator Amy Klobuchar (D. MN) to be the most popular Senators in the country, 59/33. President Obama's popularity has dipped, 47/49. The race is tightening but Dayton and Franken are holding onto their leads. Lets make sure they're campaigns are nicely fueled to fight off the GOP next year:
https://mn.alfranken.com/...
http://markdayton.org/