Poll: Coleman has high negatives, a majority don’t want Pawlenty to run for president and 2010 gov match-ups
Public Policy Polling released some more information from a poll recently taken in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. The poll (which only gauged only those who live in the 6th) found that former Republican Senator Norm Coleman has high unfavorables, even in the GOP leaning district:
Even in Minnesota's most Republican district, more voters (42%) have an unfavorable than favorable (41%) opinion of him. His statewide numbers are likely to be much more brutal than that. Keep in mind Coleman still leads Mark Dayton and RT Rybak by 13-14 points in the district in hypothetical contests but that's probably got more to do with its GOP leaning nature and Coleman's superior name recognition than anything else. Coleman will have to do some serious rehabilitation of his image if he decides to jump in the race.
The poll found that Coleman leads former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton (DFL) 50% to 36% and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) 49% to 36%.
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Republican state Rep. Marty Seifert leads Dayton 40% to 33% and Rybak 40% to 34% in those hypothetical match-ups.
The poll also found that Gov. Pawlenty's approval rate of 52% but about a third want to see Pawlenty run for the White House in 2012.
Minnesotans don't want Tim Pawlenty to run for President in 2012. Even though Pawlenty has a solid 52/39 approval spread in MN-6, only 32% of its voters would like to see him make a bid for the White House to 50% who are opposed. This backs up a Star Tribune poll finding from September that found just 30% of Minnesotans statewide keen on a Pawlenty run.
Here are the full results.