Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #14981

Geography Surveyed: Minnesota
Data Collected: 12/04/2008
Release Date: 12/05/2008 9:20 AM ET
Sponsor: KSTP-TV Minneapolis

1
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

Do you think Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount process has been fair to both candidates? Unfair to Norm Coleman? Or Unfair to Al Franken?

58% Fair To Both
20% Unfair To Coleman
13% Unfair To Franken
9% Not Sure

2
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.1 percentage points.

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has done with the recount?

61% Approve
26% Disapprove
13% Not Sure

3
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

Do you approve or disapprove of how the Coleman campaign has handled the recount process?

51% Approve
40% Disapprove
9% Not Sure

4
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

Do you approve or disapprove of how the Franken campaign has handled the recount process?

44% Approve
48% Disapprove
7% Not Sure

5
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

Do you think the losing candidate should file a legal challenge in court if they think the process was unfair?

40% Yes
55% No
4% Not Sure

6
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

Do you think absentee ballots that were previously rejected should be reviewed?

58% Yes
39% No
4% Not Sure

7
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

In light of the Senate recount process, do you now have more faith in Minnesota's electoral system? Less faith? Or about the same amount?

11% More Faith
32% Less Faith
53% Same Amount
4% Not Sure

8
   Asked of 556 registered voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

If another election for U.S. Senate was held again today who would you vote for? Dean Barkley? Norm Coleman? Or Al Franken?

15% Barkley
41% Coleman
40% Franken
3% Not Sure

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