Al Franken won his senate race by the slimmest of margins six years ago, but it looks like 2014 is not going to be a repeat of that election. Franken seems to have won Minnesota voters over -- with an approval rating of 56% positive to 35% negative ( a strong 21 point gap). And that strong approval rating has translated into a 9 point lead in his bid for re-election (51% to 43%).
These results are from a new KSTP-TV / SurveyUSA Poll -- done between August 8th and 21st of 600 likely Minnesota voters, and has a margin of error of 4.1 points.
