Minnesota Poll results: U.S. Senate race

By: STAR TRIBUNE
Updated: October 30, 2012 - 6:30 AM

The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll surveyed 800 likely Minnesota voters Oct. 23-25. Respondents were reached on both landlines and cell phones. The poll has a margin of sampling error of 3.5 percentage points, plus or minus.

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Question: Do you recognize the name ________?
(IF YES) Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of ________?

	RECOGNIZE FAVORABLE	RECOGNIZE UNFAVORABLE	RECOGNIZE NEUTRAL	DON'T RECOGNIZE
Amy Klobuchar	58%	12%	29%	1%
Kurt Bills	12%	10%	26%	52%

QUESTION: If the 2012 election for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat were held today, would you vote for:

Amy Klobuchar, the DFL candidate
Kurt Bills, the Republican candidate
One of the other candidates

	KLOBUCHAR	BILLS	OTHER	UNDECIDED
STATE	65%	22%	1%	12%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	72%	17%	1%	10%
Rest of Metro Suburbs	56%	27%	2%	15%
Rest of State	65%	23%	1%	11%
SEX
Men	63%	26%	1%	10%
Women	67%	19%	1%	13%
AGE
18-34	70%	19%	2%	9%
35-49	61%	26%	1%	12%
50-64	64%	22%	1%	13%
65+	67%	20%	1%	12%
INCOME
<$50,000	66%	22%	2%	10%
$50,000+	65%	23%	1%	11%
PARTY
Democrat	87%	5%	-	8%
Republican	37%	47%	2%	14%
Independent	66%	18%	2%	14%

DEMOGRAPHICS OF RESPONDENTS:

In terms of your political party identification, do you generally consider yourself DFL or Democrat, Republican or an independent?
DFL/Democrat	303	(38%)
Republican	264	(33%)
Independent/Other	233	(29%)

AGE:
18-34	121	(15%)
35-49	250	(31%)
50-64	222	(28%)
65+	205	(26%)
Refused	2

INCOME:
<$25,000	62	(8%)
$25,000-$49,999	173	(22%)
$50,000-$74,999	145	(18%)
$75,000-$99,999	127	(16%)
$100,000+	158	(20%)
Refused	135	(17%)

SEX:
Male	385	(48%)
Female	415	(52%)

REGION:
Hennepin/Ramsey	260	(33%)
Rest of Metro Suburbs	225	(28%)
Rochester/Southeast	90	(11%)
Southwest Minnesota	65	(8%)
Northwest Minnesota	80	(10%)
Duluth/Northeast	80	(10%)