MPR: U.S. Senate Poll

U.S. Senate Poll
March 3, 2000
Poll Results | Poll Methodology | Story

Grams Job Performance

Poll Date	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	Undecided
September '95	4%	37%	27%	16%	16%
January '96	7%	32%	34%	15%	12%
May '96	8%	34%	31%	17%	10%
September '96	9%	32%	26%	25%	8%
February '98	8%	34%	32%	16%	10%
April '99	10%	34%	25%	19%	12%
February '00	6%	38%	25%	18%	13%

Question: How would you rate the performance of Rod Grams as Minnesota's U.S. Senator: excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?

Option	State	Men	Women
Excellent	6%	8%	4%
Good	38%	37%	39%
Fair	25%	26%	25%
Poor	18%	18%	18%
Undecided	13%	11%	14%

Democratic Primary Voters (231)

QUESTION: If you were voting today for the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000, which of the following candidates would get your vote?

Option	Results
Tim Penny	43%
Rebecca Yanisch	9%
Jerry Janezich	8%
Michael Ciresi	7%
David Lillehaug	3%
Dick Franson	2%
Steve Miles	1%
Steve Kelley	1%
Ole Savior	0%
Undecided	26%

All voters (564):

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Tim Penny, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Penny	50%	46%	53%
Grams	33%	37%	30%
Gibson	1%	1%	1%
Undecided	16%	16%	16%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Michael Ciresi, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	43%	45%	41%
Ciresi	35%	36%	34%
Gibson	4%	5%	3%
Undecided	18%	14%	22%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Steve Kelley, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	46%	49%	43%
Kelley	28%	27%	29%
Gibson	5%	6%	4%
Undecided	21%	18%	24%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; David Lillehaug, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	43%	49%	37%
Lillehaug	31%	27%	34%
Gibson	3%	4%	2%
Undecided	24%	20%	27%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Rebecca Yanisch, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	42%	46%	38%
Yanisch	36%	38%	34%
Gibson	2%	3%	1%
Undecided	20%	13%	27%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Steve Miles, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	47%	51%	43%
Miles	29%	27%	31%
Gibson	4%	5%	3%
Undecided	20%	17%	23%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Jerry Janezich, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	48%	52%	44%
Janezich	29%	28%	30%
Gibson	3%	4%	2%
Undecided	20%	16%	24%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Dick Franson, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	51%	54%	48%
Franson	26%	22%	29%
Gibson	4%	5%	3%
Undecided	20%	19%	20%

QUESTION: If the 2000 election for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were Rod Grams, the Republican; Ole Savior, the Democrat; and James Gibson, the Reform Party candidate?

Option	State	Men	Women
Grams	53%	56%	51%
Savior	21%	23%	25%
Gibson	4%	5%	3%
Undecided	20%	18%	21%

POLL METHODOLOGY
The MPR poll was conducted February 25 - 28, 2000 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. A total of 641 registered Minnesota voters were interviewed by telephone. All stated they regularly vote in state elections.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges were 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 307 (48%)
Women 334 (52%)

Region	Interviews
Minneapolis/St. Paul	359 interviews
Rochester/Southeast	73 interviews
Southwest Minnesota	65 interviews
Northwest Minnesota	70 interviews
Duluth/Northeast	74 interviews

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