2008 Minnesota Polls
Primary Polls
Last Updated on November 12, 2008

Race	Republican	Democrat	Others	Pollster	Dates	MoE
President	McCain 46%	Obama 49%	other 3%	SurveyUSA	10/30-11/1/08	3.9%
	McCain 42%	Obama 53%		Princeton Survey Research Assoc.	10/29-31/08	3.2%
	McCain 41%	Obama 57%		Public Policy Polling	10/28-30/08	3%
	McCain 38%	Obama 53%	other 4%	Research 2000	10/27-29/08	4%
	McCain 40%	Obama 48%		Mason-Dixon	10/27-28/08	3.9%
	McCain 37%	Obama 56%	other 1%	Univ. of MN	10/24-28/08	4.6%
	McCain 43%	Obama 55%	other 1%	Rasmussen Reports	10/28/08	4.5%
	McCain 38%	Obama 43%	other 3%	St. Cloud State Univ.	10/14-22/08	4.5%
			Barr 3%
	McCain 41%	Obama 56%	other 1%	Rasmussen Reports	10/22/08	4.5%
	McCain 37.9%	Obama 57.3%	other 1.4%	Big Ten Battleground Poll	10/19-22/08	4.1%
	McCain 40%	Obama 50%		All State / National Journal	10/16-20/08	4.9%
	McCain 44%	Obama 50%	other 4%	SurveyUSA	10/16-18/08	3.9%
	McCain 41%	Obama 52%		Princeton Survey Research	10/16-17/08	3%
	McCain 39%	Obama 52%	other 4%	Research 2000	10/15-16/08	4.5%
	McCain 40%	Obama 51%	other 2%	Quinnipiac Univ.	10/8-12/08	3.1%
	McCain 43%	Obama 51%	other 1%	Quinnipiac Univ.	10/3-7/08	3%
	McCain 46%	Obama 47%	other 1%	American Research Group	10/4-7/08	4%
	McCain 45%	Obama 52%	other 1%	Rasmussen Reports	10/7/08	4.5%
	McCain 40%	Obama 54%	other 2%	Univ. of MN	10/3-5/08	4.8%
	McCain 37%	Obama 55%	other	Princeton Survey Research Assoc.	9/30-10/2/08	3.7%
	McCain 43%	Obama 47%	other 2%	Univ. of MN	9/29-10/1/08	5.3%
	McCain 47%	Obama 46%	other 4%	SurveyUSA	9/30-10/1/08	3.7%
	McCain 41%	Obama 53%	Nader (I) 2%	Opinion Research	9/28-30/08	3.4% LV
			Barr (L) 1%
			McKinney (G) <1%
			other <1%
	McCain 43%	Obama 54%
	McCain 40%	Obama 52%	Nader 3%			3.2% RV
			Barr 1%
			McKinney 1%
			other 1%
	McCain 43%	Obama 54%	other <1%
	McCain 45%	Obama 47%	other 2%	Quinnipiac Univ.	9/14-21/08	2.7%
	McCain 47%	Obama 48%	other <1%	American Research Group	9/18-20/08	4%
	McCain 44%	Obama 52%	other 2%	Rasmussen Reports	9/18/08	4.5%
	McCain 44.5%	Obama 47.3%	other 2.3%	Big Ten Battleground Poll	9/14-17/08	4%
	McCain 47%	Obama 49%	other 2%	SurveyUSA	9/12/08	3.7%
	McCain 45%	Obama 45%		Princeton Survey Research	9/10-12/08	2.9%
	McCain 37%	Obama 51%	Nader 4%	Opinion Research	8/31-9/2/08	3.6%
			Barr 2%
			McKinney 1%
			other <1%
	McCain 41%	Obama 53%	other <1%
	McCain 38%	Obama 48%	Nader 3%	Univ. of MN	8/7-17/08	3.6%
			Barr 1%
			other 1%
	McCain 45%	Obama 47%	other 4%	SurveyUSA	8/13-14/08	3.8%
	McCain 42%	Obama 46%	other 6%	Rasmussen Reports	8/13/08	4.5%
	McCain 45%	Obama 49%	other 2%			w/ Lean
	McCain 44%	Obama 46%	other 2%	Quinnipiac Univ.	7/14-22/08	2.8%
	McCain 37%	Obama 49%	other 6%	Rasmussen Reports	7/22/08	4.5%
	McCain 39%	Obama 52%	other 2%			w/ Lean
	McCain 34%	Obama 52%	other 4%	Rasmussen Reports	7/10/08	4.5%
	McCain 32%	Obama 48%	Barr 8%	Zogby Interactive	6/11-30/08	3.5%
			Nader <1%
			other 4%
	McCain 37%	Obama 54%	other 1%	Quinnipiac Univ.	6/17-24/08	2.5%
	McCain 46%	Obama 47%		SurveyUSA	6/13-16/08	4.3%
	McCain 39%	Obama 52%	other 6%	Rasmussen Reports	6/11/08	4.5%
	McCain 42%	Obama 47%		SurveyUSA	5/16-18/08	4.1%
	McCain 38%	Obama 53%	other 4%	Rasmussen Reports	5/22/08	4.5%
	McCain 38%	Obama 51%		Princeton Survey Research	5/12-15/08	3.6%
	McCain 38%	Obama 52%	other 5%	Rasmussen Reports	4/22/08	4.5%
McCain 43%	Obama 49%		SurveyUSA	4/11-13/08	4.3%
McCain 43%	Obama 47%		Rasmussen Reports	3/19/08	4.5%
McCain 47%	Obama 46%		SurveyUSA	3/14-16/08	4.3%
McCain 42%	Obama 49%		SurveyUSA	2/26-28/08	4.1%
McCain 40%	Obama 55%		SurveyUSA	2/15-17/08	4.3%
McCain 38%	Obama 53%		Rasmussen Reports	2/16/08	4.5%
McCain 37%	Obama 50%		Univ. of MN	1/18-27/08	3%
McCain 49%	Obama 42%		SurveyUSA	1/20-21/07	4.3%
McCain 50%	Obama 41%		SurveyUSA	12/13-15/07	4.2%
McCain 46%	Obama 43%		SurveyUSA	11/9-11/07	4.3%
Race	Republican	Democrat	Others	Pollster	Dates	MoE
Senate	Coleman 44%	Franken 39%	Berkley 16%	SurveyUSA	10/30-11/1/08	3.9%
	Coleman 38%	Franken 42%	Berkley 15%	Princeton Survey Research Assoc.	10/29-31/08	3.2%
	Coleman 40%	Franken 45%	Berkley 14%	Public Policy Polling	10/28-30/08	3%
	Coleman 43%	Franken 40%	Berkley 15%	Research 2000	10/27-29/08	4%
	Coleman 37%	Franken 41%	Berkley 17%	Univ. of MN	10/24-28/08	4.6%
	Coleman 42%	Franken 36%	Berkley 12%	Mason-Dixon	10/27-28/08	3.9%
	Coleman 43%	Franken 39%	Berkley 14%	Rasmussen Reports	10/28/08	4.5%
	Coleman 36%	Franken 27%	Berkley 17%	St. Cloud State Univ.	10/14-22/08	4.5%
			other 2%
	Coleman 37%	Franken 41%	Berkley 17%	Rasmussen Reports	10/22/08	4.5%
	Coleman 34%	Franken 40%	Berkley 15%	Big Ten Battleground Poll	10/19-22/08	4%
	Coleman 36%	Franken 37%	Berkley 19%	All State / National Journal	10/16-20/08	4.9%
	Coleman 41%	Franken 39%	Berkley 18%	SurveyUSA	10/16-18/08	3.9%
	Coleman 36%	Franken 39%	Berkley 18%	Princeton Survey Research	10/16-17/08	3%
	Coleman 39%	Franken 41%	Berkley 18%	Research 2000	10/15-16/08	4.5%
	Coleman 36%	Franken 38%	Berkley 18%	Quinnipiac Univ.	10/8-12/08	3.1%
	Coleman 37%	Franken 39%	Berkley 17%	Quinnipiac Univ.	10/3-7/08	3%
	Coleman 37%	Franken 43%	Berkley 17%	Rasmussen Reports	10/7/08	4.5%
	Coleman 38%	Franken 36%	Berkley 14%	Univ. of MN	10/3-5/08	4.8%
	Coleman 34%	Franken 43%	Berkley 18%	Princeton Survey Research Assoc.	9/30-10/2/08	3.7%
	Coleman 43%	Franken 33%	Berkley 19%	SurveyUSA	9/30-10/1/08	3.7%
	Coleman 40%	Franken 31%	Berkley 14%	Univ. of MN	9/29-10/1/08	5.3%
	Coleman 36%	Franken 38%	Berkley 12%	Mellman Group (D)	9/29-10/1/08	4%
	Coleman 49%	Franken 42%	other 3%	Quinnipiac Univ.	9/14-21/08	2.7%
	Coleman 48%	Franken 47%	Barkley 3%	Rasmussen Reports	9/18/08	4.5%
	Coleman 37%	Franken 41%	Barkley 13%	Princeton Survey Research	9/10-12/08	2.9%
	Coleman 41%	Franken 40%	Barkley 14%	SurveyUSA	9/12/08	3.7%
	Coleman 40%	Franken 41%	Barkley 8%	University of Minnesota	8/7-17/08	3.6%
	Coleman 46%	Franken 39%	other 11%	SurveyUSA	8/13-14/08	3.8%
	Coleman 45%	Faris 27%	other 22%
		Franken 45% Faris 27%
	Coleman 45%	Franken 45%	other 5%	Rasmussen Reports	8/13/08	4.5%
	Coleman 49%	Franken 46%	other 1%			w/ Lean
	Coleman 53%	Franken 38%	other 2%	Quinnipiac Univ.	7/14-22/08	2.8%
	Coleman 44%	Franken 43%	other 8%	Rasmussen Reports	7/22/08	4.5%
	Coleman 52%	Franken 39%		SurveyUSA	7/11-13/08	3.9%
	Coleman 42%	Franken 44%	other 7%	Rasmussen Reports	7/10/08	4.5%
	Coleman 51%	Franken 41%	other 1%	Quinnipiac Univ.	6/17-24/08	2.5%
	Coleman 52%	Franken 40%		SurveyUSA	6/10-12/08	4%
	Coleman 48%	Franken 37%	Barkley (Ind) 8%			4.1%
	Coleman 48%	Franken 45%	other 4%	Rasmussen Reports	6/11/08	4.5%
	Coleman 47%	Franken 45%	other 5%	Rasmussen Reports	5/22/08	4.5%
	Coleman 51%	Franken 44%		Princeton Survey Research	5/12-15/08	3.6%
	Coleman 52%	Franken 42%		SurveyUSA	4/30-5/1/08	4%
	Coleman 50%	Franken 43%	other 3%	Rasmussen Reports	4/22/08	4.5%
	Coleman 48%	Franken 46%		Rasmussen Reports	3/19/08	4.5%
	Coleman 51%	Franken 41%		SurveyUSA	3/12/08	3.9%
	Coleman 46%	Franken 40%		McLaughlin & Assoc. (R)	3/6-9/08	4%
	Coleman 46%	Franken 49%		Rasmussen Reports	2/16/08	4.5%
	Coleman 40%	Franken 43%		Univ. of MN	11/2-5/07	4%
	Coleman 48%	Franken 44%		SurveyUSA	11/2-5/07	4%
	Coleman 49%	Franken 42%	other 5%	Rasmussen Reports	10/31/07	4.5%
	Coleman 46%	Franken 45%		SurveyUSA	10/24-28/07	3.8%
	Coleman 46%	Franken 41%		Rasmussen Reports	9/6/07	4.5%
	Coleman 37%	Someone New 49%		Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)	7/26-31/07	4%
	Coleman 49%	Franken 42%		SurveyUSA	7/26-29/07	4%
	Coleman 54%	Franken 32%		Mason Dixon	5/7/07	4%
	Coleman 46%	Franken 36%		Rasmussen Reports	3/7/07	4.5%
	Coleman 57%	Franken 35%		SurveyUSA	2/12-13/07	3.9%
	Coleman 40%	Someone New 46%		Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)	1/07	4%
Race	Republican	Democrat	Others	Pollster	Dates	MoE
House 1	Davis 32%	Walz 50%	Mikkelson 4%	Tarrance Group (R)	9/17-18/08	5.7%
	Republican 39%	Democratic 44%
	McCain 45%	Obama 43%	Nader 2%
			Barr 1%
	Davis 27%	Walz 54%	Mikkelson 4%	Tarrance Group (R)	8/17-18/08	5.7%
	Davis 20%	Walz 60%		Benenson Strategy Group (D)	5/17-29/08	4%
Race	Republican	Democrat	Others	Pollster	Dates	MoE
House 2	Kline 37%	Sarvi 33%		Alliance For A Better MN	8/18-20/08	4.9%
Race	Republican	Democrat	Others	Pollster	Dates	MoE
House 3	Paulsen 41%	Madia 46%	Dillon 10%	SurveyUSA	10/29-30/08	3.9%
	Paulsen 45%	Madia 44%	other 9%	SurveyUSA	10/26-27/08	3.9%
	Paulsen 43%	Madia 46%	Dillon 8%	SurveyUSA	10/6-7/08	4%
	McCain 47%	Obama 49%	other 2%
	Paulsen 39%	Madia 44%	Dillon 8%	Bennett Petts & Normington (D),	9/29-30/08	4.9%
	Paulsen 44%	Madia 41%	other 10%	SurveyUSA	8/26-28/08	4%
	McCain 46%	Obama 48%	other 3%
Race	Republican	Democrat	Others	Pollster	Dates	MoE
House 6	Bachmann 46%	Tinklenberg 45%	Anderson (Ind) 6%	SurveyUSA	10/29-30/08	4%
	Bachmann 43%	Tinklenberg 45%	Anderson (Ind) 5%	Univ. of MN	10/21-23/08	4.7%
	Bachmann 44%	Tinklenberg 47%	Anderson (Ind) 6%	SurveyUSA	10/21-22/08	4%
	Bachmann 44%	Tinklenberg 33%	Anderson 8%	Public Opinion Strategies (R)	10/12-13/08	4%
	Bachmann 42%	Tinklenberg 38%		Grove Insight (D)	10/10-12/08	4.9%
	Bachmann 40%	Tinklenberg 27%		Alliance for a Better MN	8/19-21/08	4.9%
	Republican 38%	Democrats 45%
	Coleman 37%	Franken 35%	Barkley 8%
	McCain 38%	Obama 41%	Nader 2%
			Barr 1%

1. Key to State Political Parties:

(D) = Democratic Party (G) = Green Party (I) = Independent Candidate

(Ind) = Independence Parties (R) = Republican Party