Michele Bachmann enjoys support from just 8 percent of likely GOP primary voters in the presidential contest, according to a new national poll by Rasmussen Reports. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is the top choice, garnering support from 28 percent of respondents, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney close behind at 24 percent.

Emmer now has the support of 86 percent of Republicans, and Dayton has the backing of 86 percent of Democrats. Among nonpartisans, Emmer gets 31 percent support, Dayton 28 percent and Horner 27 percent.

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll on the Minnesota governor's race shows DFL candidate Mark Dayton and Republican nominee Tom Emmer in a virtual dead heat.

Mark Dayton, the former U.S. senator and Minnesota DFL gubernatorial nominee, is leading GOP candidate Tom Emmer in the governor's race, according to a new Star Tribune poll.

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll on the Minnesota governor's race shows GOP candidate Tom Emmer and DFL nominee Mark Dayton running neck and neck.

Nate Silver, the baseball/sabermetrics guru who brought a new level of sophistication to the analysis of political numbers when he launched fivethirtyeight.com in March 2008, posted a revised set of numbers on the most accurate political pollsters in the land last month -- and there are a few points of local interest.

All three DFL candidates would defeat Republican nominee Tom Emmer in the gubernatorial contest, according to a new poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports. But the margin of victory is no larger than five percentage points in all three theoretical match-ups. Independence Party challenger Tom Horner trails well behind.

Republican state Rep. Tom Emmer holds a small -- statistically insignificant -- lead over all three of his DFL challengers in the governor's race, according to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports.

A Rasmussen Reports survey released today has Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty polling in single digits and trailing other heavy hitters in a GOP 2012 presidential primary.