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Minnesotans give Obama high marks

By Paul Demko | 03.25.09 | 5:14 pm

2650593920_0792057069The cratering economy hasn’t yet turned Minnesotans against Barack Obama. According to a new SurveyUSA poll, 61 percent of those surveyed approve of the job he’s been doing after two…

SurveyUSA: Obama still popular with Minnesotans

By Andy Birkey | 03.04.09 | 4:18 pm

Barack ObamaBarack Obama remains popular with Minnesotans, according to new SurveyUSA poll results. Sixty-two percent of Minnesotans approve of the president, while 32 percent disapprove. Six percent are on…

Poll: Many Minnesotans support tax increase with cuts for budget fix

By Andy Birkey | 01.13.09 | 8:24 am

A KSTP/SurveyUSA poll conducted last week found that a plurality of Minnesotans want a combination of budget cuts and an increase in taxes to fix the historic $4.8 billion deficit now facing legislators and the governor. What’s…

MPR poll: Dead heat in Bachmann-Tinklenberg contest

By Paul Demko | 10.24.08 | 11:31 am

A second poll released in the last 24 hours confirms that the Sixth Congressional District contest is extremely close less than two weeks before election day. According to the poll released today by Minnesota Public Radio, 45 percent of those surveyed support Democratic challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg, while 43 percent favor incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann.

Survey USA poll: Tinklenberg leads Bachmann by 3 points in 6th CD

By Chris Steller | 10.23.08 | 10:06 pm

Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg leads U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) 47 percent to 44 percent in a new poll of 621 likely voters in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District that Survey USA conducted Oct. 21–22 for KSTP-TV. The poll shows that 6 percent…

Do-si-do? Madia leads Paulsen by 46-43 percent in new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll

By Chris Steller | 10.08.08 | 8:25 pm

In what pollsters are calling a “do-si-do,” results of the latest survey in the high-profile race for Minnesota’s 3rd district congressional seat show DFLer Ashwin Madia holding a slight 46-43 percent lead over Republican state Rep. Erik Paulsen — a three-point spread that’s within the poll’s 4-percent margin of error. SurveyUSA conducted the poll of 634 likely voters for KSTP on Oct. 6–7.