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The Research 2000 Minnesota Poll was conducted for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, and Credo Action from January 31 through February 1, 2010. A total of 600 likely general election voters in 2010 were interviewed statewide by telephone. The margin of error is 4%.
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 the voter registration of distribution by county.
(Research 2000 also does polling for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lexington Herald-Leader, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, South Bend Tribune, and Reno Gazette-Journal, and dozens of other media outlets.)
SAMPLE FIGURES
| Men | 287 | (48%) |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 313 | (52%) |
| Democrats | 235 | (39%) |
| Republicans | 190 | (32%) |
| Independents/Other | 175 | (29%) |
| White | 565 | (94%) |
| Other | 35 | (6%) |
| Obama Voters | 312 | (52%) |
| QUESTION: Do you favor or oppose the health care reform bill passed in December by the U.S. Senate? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |||||||
| ALL | 35% | 56% | 9% | ||||||
| MEN | 31% | 60% | 9% | ||||||
| WOMEN | 39% | 52% | 9% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 63% | 26% | 11% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 7% | 87% | 6% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 28% | 62% | 10% | ||||||
| WHITE | 34% | 57% | 9% | ||||||
| OTHER | 47% | 43% | 10% | ||||||
| OBAMA VOTERS | 44% | 43% | 13% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 1 | 34% | 57% | 9% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 2 | 31% | 59% | 10% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 3 | 36% | 53% | 11% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 4 | 39% | 49% | 12% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 5 | 46% | 44% | 10% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 6 | 28% | 68% | 4% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 7 | 30% | 64% | 6% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 8 | 38% | 53% | 9% | ||||||
| QUESTION: Would you favor or oppose the national government offering everyone the choice of buying into a government administered health insurance plan -- something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get -- that would compete with private health insurance plans? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |||||||
| ALL | 62% | 33% | 5% | ||||||
| MEN | 58% | 35% | 7% | ||||||
| WOMEN | 66% | 31% | 3% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 88% | 10% | 2% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 31% | 62% | 7% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 62% | 32% | 6% | ||||||
| WHITE | 61% | 34% | 5% | ||||||
| OTHER | 73% | 17% | 10% | ||||||
| OBAMA VOTERS | 82% | 15% | 3% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 1 | 60% | 35% | 5% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 2 | 57% | 40% | 3% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 3 | 63% | 33% | 4% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 4 | 70% | 21% | 9% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 5 | 75% | 16% | 9% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 6 | 52% | 46% | 2% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 7 | 55% | 40% | 5% | ||||||
| DISTRICT 8 | 64% | 33% | 3% | ||||||
| QUESTION: What do you believe private health insurance companies care about more: the health of patients, or making a profit? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROFIT | PATIENTS | NOT SURE | |||||||
| ALL | 79% | 11% | 10% | ||||||
| MEN | 77% | 13% | 10% | ||||||
| WOMEN | 81% | 9% | 10% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 90% | 6% | 4% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 59% | 21% | 20% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 86% | 7% | 7% | ||||||
| WHITE | 78% | 12% | 10% | ||||||
| OTHER | 90% | 3% | 7% | ||||||
| OBAMA VOTERS | 87% | 7% | 6% | ||||||
| QUESTION: Would you be more or less likely to vote for Amy Klobuchar in the future if she led the charge in the U.S. Senate to add a public health insurance option that competes head-to-head with private insurance into law, or would it have no real effect on your vote? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORE | LESS | NO EFFECT | |||||||
| ALL | 39% | 9% | 52% | ||||||
| MEN | 35% | 12% | 53% | ||||||
| WOMEN | 43% | 6% | 51% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 56% | 5% | 39% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 14% | 17% | 69% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 44% | 6% | 50% | ||||||
| WHITE | 38% | 9% | 53% | ||||||
| OTHER | 57% | 3% | 40% | ||||||
| OBAMA VOTERS | 46% | 7% | 47% | ||||||
| QUESTION: What comes closer to the lesson you think Democrats should learn from the recent Senate election in Massachusetts, where the seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy was won by a Republican: "Voters want Democrats to slow down and try to do less." Or, "Voters are upset about the slow pace of change - and will hold Democrats accountable if they refuse to use their power to fight special interests on behalf of regular people." | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORE CHANGE | SLOW CHANGE | NOT SURE | |||||||
| ALL | 46% | 31% | 23% | ||||||
| MEN | 43% | 35% | 22% | ||||||
| WOMEN | 49% | 27% | 24% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 80% | 7% | 13% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 6% | 65% | 29% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 43% | 28% | 29% | ||||||
| WHITE | 45% | 32% | 23% | ||||||
| OTHER | 63% | 10% | 27% | ||||||
| OBAMA VOTERS | 69% | 18% | 13% | ||||||
| QUESTION: Which do you think should be a higher priority for congressional Democrats right now -- working in a bipartisan way with Republicans in Congress or fighting for policies that will benefit working families, even if those policies can only be passed with Democratic votes? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROMISES | GOP | NOT SURE | |||||||
| ALL | 51% | 39% | 10% | ||||||
| MEN | 47% | 43% | 10% | ||||||
| WOMEN | 55% | 35% | 10% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 85% | 7% | 8% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 8% | 81% | 11% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 53% | 37% | 10% | ||||||
| WHITE | 49% | 40% | 11% | ||||||
| OTHER | 73% | 21% | 6% | ||||||
| OBAMA VOTERS | 75% | 12% | 13% | ||||||