DFL Leads Across Minnesota Races in New Emerson Poll as 'Threats to Democracy' Top Voter Concerns

Overview

• Amy Klobuchar holds double-digit advantages in hypothetical governor matchups, leading Lisa Demuth 51%–38% and Mike Lindell 53%–31%.
• In prospective U.S. Senate contests, Peggy Flanagan leads Michele Tafoya 47%–41% and Angie Craig leads Tafoya 47%–40%.
• The generic 2026 Minnesota House ballot shows 49% backing a DFL candidate versus 42% for a Republican.
• Twenty-eight percent of likely voters cite threats to democracy as the top issue, outpacing immigration at 17% and the economy at 16%, which Emerson’s Spencer Kimball notes is a first in a statewide measure.
• Sixty percent say ICE’s presence is harmful and 36% see it as beneficial, with voters split on eliminating ICE (46% oppose, 42% favor); majorities call ICE officers’ actions not justified in the Renee Good (57%) and Alex Pretti (61%) Minneapolis shootings, and 59% disapprove of the administration’s handling of the Pretti case.