Gov. Mark Dayton gets a 51 percent approval rating while voters disapprove of how state legislators are doing, although they think DFL legislators are doing a bit better than Republicans.

Those are some results of a Public Policy Polling survey done in Minnesota after the Legislature adjourned without resolving the state budget crisis.

The poll also shows Minnesotans split on a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Poll information from the North Carolina firm:

PPP surveyed 1,179 Minnesota voters from May 27th to 30th. The margin of error for the survey is +/-2.9%. This poll was not paid for or authorized by any campaign or political organization. PPP surveys are conducted through automated telephone interviews. PPP is a Democratic polling company, but polling expert Nate Silver of the New York Times found that its surveys in 2010 actually exhibited a slight bias toward Republican candidates.

Some of the results:

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Mark Dayton’s job performance?

• Approve 51%
• Disapprove 38%
• Not sure 10%

If you could do last fall’s election for Governor over again, would you vote for Democrat Mark Dayton, Republican Tom Emmer, or independent Tom Horner?

• Mark Dayton 48%
• Tom Emmer 36%
• Tom Horner 13%
• Not sure 3%

(Actual results last November: Dayton 43.6%; Emmer 43.2%; Horner 11.9%.)

Do you approve or disapprove of the job the DFL members of the legislature are doing?

• Approve 39%
• Disapprove 45%
• Not sure 16%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job the Republican members of the legislature are doing?

• Approve 29%
• Disapprove 58%
• Not sure 13%

Should the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?

• Yes 46%
• No 47%
• Not sure 7%

If there was an election for the legislature today, do you think you would vote for the DFL or Republican candidate from your district?

• DFL candidate 49%
• Republican candidate 40%
• Not sure 11%

Would you support a tax increase on the wealthiest 2% of Minnesotans to help balance the state budget, or do you think the budget should be balanced through cuts only?

• Would support a tax increase on the wealthiest 2% of Minnesotans 63%
• Budget should be balanced through cuts only 32%
• Not sure 4%.