Question: If the elections for governor were being held today, which candidate would you vote for -- [ROTATED: the Democratic candidate, the Republican candidate], or someone else? As of today, do you lean more toward -- [ROTATED: the Democratic candidate, the Republican candidate], or someone else?


Poll Demographics

Mike Hatch (DFL) 44%
Tim Pawlenty (R) 43%
Hutchinson (I) 2%
Pentel (G) 1%
Other 5%
DK/NA 5%

About this PollResults for likely voters in Minnesota are based on the subsample of 790 survey respondents deemed most likely to vote in the November 2006 midterm election, according to a series of questions measuring current voting intentions and past voting behavior. For results based on the total sample of likely voters, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points. Based on past voting history in Minnesota, turnout is assumed to be 60% of the voting age population.