Candidate | Recognize favorable | Recognize unfavorable | Recognize neutral | Don't recognize |
R.T. Rybak | 50% | 8% | 39% | 3% |
Sharon Sayles Belton | 38% | 32% | 29% | 1% |
If the election for mayor were held today, would you vote for Sharon Sayles Belton or R.T. Rybak?
Candidate | City | Men | Women | Whites | Blacks |
Rybak | 49% | 53% | 46% | 58% | 3% |
Sayles Belton | 37% | 32% | 41% | 28% | 81% |
Undecided | 14% | 15% | 13% | 14% | 16% |
How would you rate the performance of Sharon Sayles Belton as mayor?
City | Men | Women | Whites | Blacks | |
Excellent | 6% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 16% |
Good | 41% | 34% | 48% | 36% | 68% |
Fair | 41% | 49% | 32% | 47% | 11% |
Poor | 10% | 13% | 8% | 11% | 4% |
Undecided | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
Has your view of the most important issues facing the city changed in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks?
Option | Response |
Yes | 14% |
No | 83% |
Not Sure | 3% |
How would you assess the city's efforts regarding downtown development and neighborhood issues. Is the city...
Choice | Response |
Paying too much attention to downtown? | 44% |
Paying too much attention to neighborhoods? | 2% |
Striking the right balance between the two? | 45% |
Not sure | 9% |
POLL METHODOLOGY
The MPR poll was conducted October 26-29, 2001 by Mason-Dixon Polling &
Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. A total of 406 likely voters in Minneapolis 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 5 percentage points.
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