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Poll Results: Pawlenty's performance
February 3, 2004

St. Paul, Minn. — QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Tim Pawlenty as governor?

Option	State	Men	Women
Excellent	13%	16%	10%
Good	43%	46%	40%
Fair	29%	37%	31%
Poor	12%	8%	16%
Undecided	3%	3%	3%

QUESTION: Do you feel the steps taken last year by the governor and state legislators to balance the state's budget have made Minnesota better off, worse or about the same?

Option	State	Men	Women
Better	27%	33%	21%
Worse	29%	22%	36%
Same	38%	39%	37%
Not sure	6%	6%	6%

QUESTION: Would you say that you personally have or have not paid additional fees or local property taxes as a result of last year's state budget actions?

Option	State	Men	Women
Have	59%	57%	61%
Have not	31%	34%	28%
Not sure	10%	9%	11%

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POLL METHODOLOGY

The Mason-Dixon Minnesota Poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C. from January 26 through January 28, 2004. 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 310 (50%)
Women 315 (50%)

Region	Interviews
Minneapois-St. Paul	351 interviews
Rochester/Southeast	73 interviews
Southwest Minnesota	64 interviews
Northwest Minnesota	68 interviews
Duluth/Northeast	69 interviews

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Poll Copyright 2004, Mason-Dixon Political/Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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