May 27: Poll: Few Minnesotans want Favre to be a Viking

By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune

Last update: July 16, 2009 - 2:15 PM

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If the Vikings were to put their roster decisions to a vote, Brett Favre would not be wearing purple next season.

Rasmussen Reports, a leading national polling firm, found that only 29 percent of Minnesotans want the Vikings to sign Favre. Forty-two percent questioned late last week said it's a bad idea, and 30 percent weren't sure.

The pollsters also found that 44 percent say they would be less likely to support public financing of a new Vikings stadium if the team signs the former Packers quarterback. A mere 7 percent say it would make them more likely to back tax dollars being spent on a new Vikings home, and 49 percent say Favre signing or not signing would have no impact on their decision.

Not that stadium funding with public money is very popular with voters anyway. Only 12 percent say taxpayer money should be used to build a new Vikings stadium for the Vikings, while 75 percent are opposed.

A live chat with the Star Tribune's Vikings reporters last week, however, produced a more welcoming opinion among chat participants. A poll question posed during the chat found that 57 percent want Favre at quarterback, 22 percent prefer Tarvaris Jackson and 21 percent support Sage Rosenfels.

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