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Poll results: The race for president 2004
January 30, 2004

Name Recognition

Candidate	Recognize Favorable	Recognize Unfavorable	Recognize Neutral	Don't Recognize
George W. Bush	45%	39%	16%	--
John Kerry	40%	15%	38%	7%
Wesley Clark	29%	22%	31%	18%
John Edwards	28%	13%	44%	15%
Joe Lieberman	27%	31%	39%	3%
Howard Dean	21%	35%	42%	2%

QUESTION: If the 2004 presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were George W. Bush, the Republican, and Howard Dean, the Democrat?

Candidate	State	Men	Women
Bush	49%	57%	41%
Dean	35%	30%	40%
Undecided	16%	13%	19%

QUESTION: If the 2004 presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were George W. Bush, the Republican, and John Kerry, the Democrat?

Candidate	State	Men	Women
Kerry	43%	37%	49%
Bush	41%	49%	33%
Undecided	16%	14%	18%

QUESTION: If the 2004 presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were George W. Bush, the Republican, and Wesley Clark, the Democrat?

Candidate	State	Men	Women
Bush	44%	52%	36%
Clark	39%	35%	43%
Undecided	17%	13%	21%

QUESTION: If the 2004 presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were George W. Bush, the Republican, and John Edwards, the Democrat?

Candidate	State	Men	Women
Bush	45%	55%	35%
Edwards	39%	33%	45%
Undecided	16%	12%	20%

QUESTION: If the 2004 presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote if the candidates were George W. Bush, the Republican, and Joe Lieberman, the Democrat?

Candidate	State	Men	Women
Bush	47%	55%	39%
Lieberman	39%	34%	44%
Undecided	14%	11%	17%

QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of George W. Bush as president?

Candidate	State	Men	Women
Excellent	16%	17%	15%
Good	37%	41%	33%
Fair	23%	21%	25%
Poor	24%	21%	27%
Undecided	--	--	--

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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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