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By Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio
September 20, 2002
Poll Results | Poll
Methodology | Story
QUESTION: For each of the following groups, please tell me whether or not you believe they generally act in an ethical manner.
| Option | Yes | No | Don't Know |
| People as a whole | 81% | 13% | 6% |
| Elected officials | 54% | 39% | 7% |
| Business leaders | 51% | 40% | 9% |
| Non-elected government officials | 64% | 19% | 17% |
QUESTION: Within the past year, has your opinion regarding the ethics of business leaders gotten better, gotten worse, or is it about the same?
| Option | State | Men | Women |
| Better | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Worse | 54% | 50% | 58% |
| Same | 43% | 46% | 40% |
| Not sure | 1% | 1% | 1% |
QUESTION: Have the corporate scandals of the past year made you morelikely to invest in the stock market, less likely to invest, or has it had no effect on your investment strategy?
| Option | State | Men | Women |
| More likely | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Less likely | 46% | 42% | 50% |
| No effect | 50% | 53% | 47% |
| Not sure | 2% | 2% | 2% |
QUESTION: Do you support or oppose increased government regulation of business?
| Option | State | Men | Women |
| Support | 43% | 36% | 50% |
| Oppose | 44% | 53% | 35% |
| Undecided | 13% | 11% | 15% |
| Not sure | 2% | 2% | 2% |
POLL METHODOLOGY
The Mason-Dixon Minnesota Poll was conducted September 12-14, 2002 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. A total of 625 registered Minnesota voters were interviewed statewide 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 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 311 (50%)
Women 314 (50%)
| Region | Interviews |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul | 347 interviews |
| Rochester/Southeast | 70 interviews |
| Southwest Minnesota | 67 interviews |
| Northwest Minnesota | 69 interviews |
| Duluth/Northeast | 72 interviews |
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