Coleman, Klobuchar job approval
February 28th, 2008 – 3:15 PM by Dennis J. McGrathAbout half of Minnesotans approve of the job Sen. Norm Coleman is doing as senator, according to a new poll.
The Survey USA poll taken Feb. 15-17 and released today, found that the Republican Coleman’s job approval rating was at 49 percent.
The poll of 600 adults, sponsored by KSTP-TV, and Austin-based KAAL and Duluth-based WDIO, did not measure support for Coleman’s DFL opponents, led by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Mike Ciresi and Al Franken.
|
Coleman’s approval rating is about the same as it was in the Survey USA poll last month (51 percent, and both polls had margins of sampling error of about 4 percentage points). His rating is up from the summer, when he hit a low of 43 percent job approval in the poll.
The new poll also found that Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s job approval is 61 percent — unchanged since the January poll.
3 Responses to "Coleman, Klobuchar job approval"
The three remaining DFL Senate hopefuls should not be covered by a poll again until St. Paul voters have had a chance to hear them debate.
Why, oh why, have we been denied this opportunity to compare the candidates as they respond to serious questions??
A national commission recently recommended a 25- to 40-cent-per-gallon increase in the federal gas tax to improve transportation infrastructure. Oberstar said his committee is just beginning to prepare for next year’s congressional debate over new transportation legislation, but he would not rule out proposing a gas tax hike similar to what that commission recommended.
Dennis,
Could you ask your paper to conduct a poll regarding Oberstar’s proposal?
Bernice writes
“The three remaining DFL Senate hopefuls should not be covered by a poll again until St. Paul voters have had a chance to hear them debate.”
Bernice, you can listen to one from last month on public radio.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/02/05/sendebatesum/
Public TV may have had one as well.