colemannorm2The chorus of voices calling for Norm Coleman to concede just got some backing from the electorate. A new poll released Wednesday shows a majority of Minnesota voters want Coleman to throw in the towel on the protracted battle for the U.S. Senate seat he once held. In an automated survey, Public Policy Polling asked 805 voters on Tuesday and Wednesday morning whether they felt Coleman should appeal the ruling of the three-judge panel that determined Al Franken the winner or concede: 63 percent said he should concede. “That includes almost all of Franken and Dean Barkley’s supporters, as well as a third of  respondents who voted for Coleman last fall,” the report states.

Fifty-nine percent said Tim Pawlenty should sign Franken’s election certificate. The survey, which has a margin of error of +/-3.5 percent, also found that 60 percent of those surveyed approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing.

Here’s a pdf of the survey results.