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MPR Poll Results and Methodology: Iraq and President Bush's performance
QUESTION: Do you support or oppose President Bush's plan to send additional troops to Iraq?
| Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Support |
35% |
39% |
31% |
6% |
68% |
35% |
Oppose |
56% |
54% |
58% |
87% |
21% |
56% |
Undecided |
9% |
7% |
11% |
7% |
11% |
9% |
QUESTION: Do you support or oppose the proposal to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq by October 1, 2007?
| Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Support |
53% |
49% |
57% |
86% |
22% |
4% |
Oppose |
39% |
46% |
32% |
9% |
70% |
45% |
Undecided |
8% |
5% |
11% |
5% |
8% |
11% |
QUESTION: Some have said that setting a specific date to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq would hand an advantage to the insurgents, lead to chaos, and undermine efforts to establish a democracy in Iraq. Do you agree or disagree?
Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Agree |
50% |
57% |
43% |
22% |
81% |
51% |
Disagree |
41% |
37% |
45% |
68% |
14% |
37% |
Not sure |
9% |
6% |
12% |
10% |
5% |
12% |
QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of George W. Bush as president?
Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Excellent |
9% |
11% |
7% |
-- |
21% |
5% |
Good |
20% |
19% |
21% |
7% |
38% |
17% |
Fair |
23% |
25% |
21% |
11% |
34% |
28% |
Poor |
48% |
45% |
51% |
82% |
7% |
50% |
Undecided |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
QUESTION: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
Option |
State |
Men |
Women |
DFL |
GOP |
IND |
Approve |
29% |
24% |
34% |
39% |
20% |
24% |
Disapprove |
55% |
63% |
47% |
45% |
63% |
61% |
Fair |
16% |
13% |
19% |
16% |
17% |
15% |
QUESTION: Which one of the following three statements comes closest to your view
| Option |
Pctg. |
The Bush administration was right to fight the war in Iraq and is generally doing the right things in rebuilding Iraq. |
14% |
The Bush administration was right to fight the war in Iraq, but didn't prepare adequately for the aftermath. |
39% |
The Bush administration was wrong to fight the war in Iraq. |
45% |
Not sure. |
2% |
HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED
The Mason-Dixon Minnesota Public Radio poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from May 7 through May 9, 2007. A total of 625 registered Minnesota voters were interviewed statewide by telephone. All stated they vote regularly in state elections.
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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