Has anyone asked the voters in Minnesota

[polmaven]

how they feel about Michele now that she has apparently decided that she is actually not a Minnesotan at all, but just an Iowan? I have not seen anything about such a poll.

[ProSense]

1. Don't know, but the state

doesn't particularly care for her.

TPM: Poll: Both Pawlenty And Bachmann Would Lose Minnesota In General Election

Minnesota has a distinction in this presidential cycle, with two different candidates likely in the race for the Republican nomination. But as a new survey from Public Policy Polling (D) suggests, both former Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Rep. Michele Bachmann would probably lose their home state to President Obama were they the GOP nominee.

Obama leads Pawlenty by a solid 51%-43%, and leads Bachmann by a landslide margin of 56%-35%. Obama's approval rating in the state is 51%, with a disapproval of 44%. By comparison, Pawlenty's personal favorable rating is only 40%, with a 53% unfavorable rating, and Bachmann's personal rating is at 33%-59%.

Obama leads all the other Republicans who were tested, as well: 54%-36% against Newt Gingrich, 56%-36% against Sarah Palin, 51%-36% against Mitt Romney, and 51%-30% against Herman Cain.

It should be noted that Obama won Minnesota by a 54%-44% margin in 2008, and the state has not voted Republican for president since the landslide re-election of Richard Nixon in 1972. And it does not appear that either Pawlenty or Bachmann are well-equipped to change that situation.

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Another poll from May:

WASHINGTON — Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty would hold President Obama to a closer margin in Minnesota than Obama beat John McCain by, but Obama still leads Pawlenty in his home state, according to a new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll. What's more, Obama has a massive lead over Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is likely to announce her candidacy next month in Waterloo, Iowa.

Obama leads Pawlenty 47-43 in the poll, which surveyed 552 registered voters in Minnesota earlier this week. Obama leads Michele Bachmann 57-32. By comparison, Obama beat John McCain in 2008 here by 10 percentage points.

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