MPR poll: Franken leads Coleman 41-37 (w/in m.o.e)

[Glenda]

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/30/senatepoll/

MPR poll: Senate race still up for grabs

A new MPR News/University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute poll shows the race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and his DFL challenger Al Franken remains very close, and Independent Dean Barkley is still running third.

St. Paul, Minn. — The poll shows Franken leading Coleman among likely voters, 41 percent to 37 percent. But that's within the margin of sampling error: 4.6 percentage points.

Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley trails both of them with 17 percent, and 5 percent are undecided. Those results are roughly in line with two other recent polls showing Coleman leading Franken within the margin of error, with Barkley in the teens.

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Franken leads among voters younger than 29, and voters older than 45. The poll also shows his supporters are generally more enthusiastic than Coleman's.

And as for "the disaffected," those are voters who are flocking to Democrats because they're upset with the Bush administration and especially the state of the economy.

Also said on Star Tribune site:

http://www.startribune.com/local/33633274.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU

"The Minnesota Public Radio News/University of Minnesota-Humphrey Institute poll surveyed 451 random likely voters by telephone Oct. 25-28. MPR reported the results Friday."

[chelsea0011]

1. Polls seem to be all over the place in MN.

[bunkerbuster1]

2. I think I care more about this race than my own state's.

I guess there's an emotional investment for me, after reading Franken's account of the Wellstone funeral in "Lying Liars."

Go get 'em, Al.

[riverwalker]

3. The latest scandel not in this poll

Polled between Oct 24th and 28th. The scandel about the Coleman $75,000 kickbacks just hit the local news on 30th and 31st. So I think Franken will have a higher lead on Tuesday.