Survey USA--MN Gov--Dayton (D): 42% (+4) Emmer 37% (+1) Horner (I) 14% (-4)

[WI_DEM]

After a steady stream of TV ads and roughly two dozen debates, Minnesota's race for governor remains without a clear front-runner.

DFLer Mark Dayton is the leader in the latest KSTP/SurveyUSA poll with 42 percent. He's five points ahead of Republican Tom Emmer, who came in with 37 percent. Independence Party candidate Tom Horner is at 14 percent.

Seven percent of respondents said they either support someone else or are undecided.

Dayton is up by four points and Emmer by one point compared to a SurveyUSA poll a month ago. Horner, who has lost support among Independents and voters over age 50, is down by four points.

SurveyUSA interviewed 1,000 Minnesota adults Oct. 11-13, asking 712 likely voters about their choice for governor. The margin of error was +/- 3.7 percent.

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1792455.shtml?cat=1

[saltpoint]

1. Thanks for putting this up for us, WI_DEM.

I didn't like it much that Dayton was Targeted and any progressive examining Emmer's world view is likely to end up puking the rest of the afternoon.

[Arkana]

2. Good!

Is there a runoff rule or is it just whoever wins a plurality on November 2?

[DFLforever]

3. Plurality. that's how we got Pawlenty for two terms.

He won with percentages in the 40's.