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Poll: Pawlenty and Legislature get poor marks

Posted at 9:51 PM on March 5, 2010 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)
Filed under: Campaign 2010, MN Legislature, Pawlenty travel, Tim Pawlenty

A KSTP-TV/Survey USA poll is giving Gov. Pawlenty and the Minnesota Legislature are getting poor marks.

Gov. Pawlenty says 42% of those polled approve of the governor's job performance while 52% disapprove.

State lawmakers are getting worse marks. They're receiving 25% approval in the poll. 66% disapprove.

63% of those polled also say Gov. Pawlenty should not run for president. 28% say he should run.

A strong majority also supports Racino, opposes tax increases and public funding for a new Vikings stadium.

You can find the full poll here

You can find the KSTP story here.


Comments (2)

Too few people were interviewed for this information to be meaningful..

Posted by Christi | March 6, 2010 2:43 PM


A strong majority supports Racino? It's actually four out of five people! Legislators, are you listening?

Posted by Fran | March 6, 2010 6:27 PM


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