1 3 <p><a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/general_current_events/44_nationwide_have_unfavorable_view_of_franken">According to a recent Rasmusen survey</a>, newly minted Minnesota Democratic US Senator, Al Franken, has a relatively low national approval rating: "44% of U.S. voters have an unfavorable opinion of former &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; comedy . . . as he prepares to join the U.S. Senate as its newest Democratic member . . . 34% have a favorable opinion of Franken, who will be sworn in today as [the next] senator from Minnesota. 22% are not sure what they think of him." Rasmussen alsocorrectly points out that "it is fairly typical for individual legislators to have negative favorability ratings on a national basis."</p> Maurice Berger, Political Director, PollTrack 2009-07-06T14:58:07-04:00 992 false true 2009-07-07T10:10:51-04:00 2009-07-07T10:10:51-04:00