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Following successful debate, Bachmann tops new 2012 poll

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By Andy Birkey | 06.22.11 | 8:28 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann led the pack for the first time in a Zogby poll of Republican primary voters released on Tuesday. Her presidential campaign appeared to get a jolt from last Monday’s successful GOP debate, and the new poll reflects a surge for the congresswoman whose official campaign is a week old.

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Rasmussen continues to show a tight race between Dayton and Emmer

By Patrick Caldwell | 10.08.10 | 10:23 am

Rasmussen released a survey Friday morning that has the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates essentially tied. Mark Dayton leads Republican Tom Emmer by a slim 40-38 percent margin, with Independence Party candidate Tom Horner pulling in 15 percent.

Rasmussen: Dayton leads Emmer by 9 percent

By Andy Birkey | 08.13.10 | 11:24 am

A Rasmussen poll released on Friday shows DFLer Mark Dayton expanding his lead over the GOP’s Tom Emmer and IP candidate Tom Horner in the governor’s race. The poll also shows that many Minnesota voters see both Dayton and…

Rasmussen: Franken, Klobuchar get favorable marks

By Andy Birkey | 03.12.10 | 2:19 pm

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Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar both saw positive approval ratings from Minnesotans in a poll released by Rasmussen on Friday. Also in the poll results: 49…

Pawlenty’s presidential support in Minnesota drops

By Andy Birkey | 01.15.10 | 11:50 am

pawlentyA survey released this week by Rasmussen shows that a minority of Minnesota voters would cast a ballot for Tim Pawlenty should he get the nomination for President. Only 37 percent say they would vote for the governor,…

National poll numbers suggest Franken won’t follow in Obama’s footsteps

By Chris Steller | 07.02.09 | 1:13 pm

A new poll suggests Sen.-elect Al Franken would have trouble following President Barack Obama’s vault from a single Senate-election victory to the White House. Beyond that, it’s not clear why it matters that 44 percent of voters across the country have…

Poll: More than half of Minnesotans want Coleman to concede

By Chris Steller | 05.19.09 | 10:36 am

rasmussen-logoFifty-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…

Is there any particular reason the Strib ignores poll data unfavorable to Pawlenty’s VP chances?

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.25.08 | 4:26 pm

In this week’s Rasmussen Poll, as in two previous ones, Minnesotans were asked if they’d be more or less likely to vote for a Republican presidential candidate if Tim Pawlenty were his wingman.…