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MPR Poll Results - The same-sex marriage debate
QUESTION: : Do you support or oppose legalizing gay marriage in Minnesota?
Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Support |
29% |
22% |
36% |
36% |
17% |
35% |
Oppose |
54% |
59% |
49% |
42% |
70% |
51% |
Undecided |
17% |
19% |
15% |
22% |
13% |
14% |
QUESTION: Do you support or oppose legalizing civil unions, which would give gay and lesbian couples many of the legal protections of marriage?
Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Support |
49% |
43% |
55% |
61% |
37% |
49% |
Oppose |
39% |
45% |
33% |
29% |
52% |
35% |
Undecided |
12% |
12% |
12% |
10% |
11% |
16% |
QUESTION: Do you support or oppose amending the Minnesota State Constitution so that same-sex marriages, including those performed in other states, could never be legalized or recognized?
| Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Support |
40% |
41% |
39% |
30% |
52% |
38% |
Oppose |
47% |
46% |
48% |
58% |
33% |
49% |
Undecided |
13% |
13% |
13% |
12% |
15% |
13% |
HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED
The Mason-Dixon Minnesota Poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from September 18 through September 20, 2006. A total of 625 registered Minnesota voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All stated they were likely to vote in the November general election.
Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect voter turn-out by county.
The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a regional or gender grouping.
SAMPLE FIGURES:| Men 305 (49%) | Women 320 (51%) |
| Hennepin/Ramsey Counties | 210 interviews |
| Twin Cities Suburbs | 150 interviews |
| Rochester/Southeast | 70 interviews |
| Southwest Minnesota | 60 interviews |
| Northwest Minnesota | 65 interviews |
| Duluth/Northeast | 70 interviews |
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