Poll: Minnesotans not happy about the budget fix

A new poll finds that most Minnesotans are not happy with the final budget deal that ended a state government shutdown in July, and feel the state is heading down the wrong path.

The poll released by the Bush Foundation on Thursday finds that more than two-thirds of Minnesotans don’t like the budget deal agreed to by Gov. Mark Dayton and the GOP majorities in the Legislature, which included cuts to spending, a large K-12 school payment delay and borrowing against future tobacco settlement payments.

The poll also found that 57 percent of residents think a mix of spending cuts and new revenue will be necessary in the likely event the state faces another budget deficit, and another two-thirds said the state should never again borrow to patch its coffers.

In all, about 40 percent of those polled said they think their overall quality of life is deteriorating. The poll, which surveyed 600 Minnesotans between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4, has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.

See the full report here.