Poll: More than half of Minnesotans want Coleman to concede

Fifty-four percent of Minnesota voters want Norm Coleman to concede so Al Franken can take Coleman’s former seat in the U.S. Senate. That’s according to a new Rasmussen poll that also finds that 63 percent expect Franken to be seated eventually, whatever Coleman does.

It’s a lower number than the 64 percent or 63 percent favoring a Coleman concession that other polls found last month. Those surveys were conducted, in full or in part, before Coleman filed his latest court appeal.

In Rasmussen’s polls, those predicting Franken’s success have jumped 16 percentage points since March. In December, 67 percent expected Coleman to prevail.

Forty-one percent are opposed to Coleman conceding. But that doesn’t seem likely anyway, as the Republican’s appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court is still pending.

If the justices uphold a lower-court ruling that Franken won, 67 percent of those surveyed want Gov. Tim Pawlenty to issue and sign an election certificate that would let the Senate seat Franken.

Ninety-two percent reported following news about the Senate race “very closely” or “somewhat closely.”

Rasmussen Reports says its survey has a sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points, with a level of confidence of 95 percent. Questions and responses here.

(Via Polanimal Twitter)