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| Minnesota Survey of 500 Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted October 4, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Economy | Very Important | 60% | 61% | 65% | 52% | 59% | 63% | 57% | 22% | 58% | 63% | 55% | 35% | 59% | 64% | 56% | 59% | 52% | 57% | 66% | 63% | 60% | 61% | 59% | 61% | 64% | 64% | 52% | 55% | 62% | 66% | 51% | 54% | 67% | 58% | 66% | 56% | 47% | 64% | 65% | 61% |
| Somewhat Important | 33% | 32% | 30% | 38% | 32% | 32% | 35% | 78% | 35% | 29% | 37% | 57% | 39% | 30% | 36% | 35% | 30% | 37% | 32% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 30% | 35% | 28% | 25% | 39% | 43% | 30% | 30% | 42% | 36% | 27% | 34% | 31% | 36% | 47% | 30% | 27% | 30% | |
| Not Very Important | 5% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 9% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| National Security Issues | Very Important | 71% | 74% | 71% | 66% | 74% | 73% | 63% | 100% | 72% | 69% | 77% | 45% | 64% | 73% | 68% | 66% | 62% | 66% | 79% | 79% | 71% | 71% | 64% | 75% | 73% | 69% | 72% | 75% | 75% | 66% | 48% | 55% | 74% | 72% | 82% | 65% | 70% | 73% | 72% | 67% |
| Somewhat Important | 22% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 21% | 25% | 0% | 22% | 22% | 17% | 50% | 32% | 20% | 24% | 26% | 25% | 28% | 18% | 17% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 23% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 33% | 41% | 21% | 20% | 13% | 21% | 27% | 20% | 22% | 21% | |
| Not Very Important | 4% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 8% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 0% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 17% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 13% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 6% | |
| Not at All Important | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 6% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Cultural Issues | Very Important | 38% | 47% | 30% | 36% | 54% | 27% | 29% | 0% | 45% | 31% | 33% | 85% | 38% | 34% | 42% | 40% | 30% | 46% | 34% | 50% | 36% | 42% | 35% | 39% | 53% | 38% | 48% | 25% | 31% | 34% | 31% | 26% | 35% | 38% | 47% | 46% | 55% | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| Somewhat Important | 31% | 25% | 31% | 38% | 29% | 27% | 38% | 22% | 29% | 31% | 46% | 0% | 25% | 28% | 34% | 31% | 39% | 28% | 29% | 24% | 33% | 26% | 40% | 26% | 30% | 35% | 21% | 40% | 33% | 27% | 35% | 36% | 27% | 33% | 27% | 27% | 23% | 38% | 31% | 31% | |
| Not Very Important | 20% | 20% | 22% | 16% | 11% | 29% | 20% | 78% | 18% | 24% | 9% | 0% | 24% | 23% | 17% | 20% | 17% | 15% | 24% | 18% | 19% | 23% | 14% | 23% | 9% | 16% | 23% | 17% | 28% | 18% | 24% | 27% | 24% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 13% | 21% | 21% | 23% | |
| Not at All Important | 11% | 7% | 15% | 9% | 5% | 16% | 11% | 0% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 15% | 12% | 15% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 8% | 12% | 5% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 18% | 6% | 21% | 4% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 15% | 11% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Domestic Issues | Very Important | 68% | 45% | 86% | 76% | 50% | 77% | 83% | 100% | 46% | 87% | 77% | 59% | 72% | 66% | 71% | 54% | 70% | 68% | 70% | 79% | 67% | 73% | 68% | 68% | 70% | 77% | 53% | 71% | 72% | 70% | 73% | 71% | 71% | 60% | 80% | 78% | 65% | 70% | 66% | 72% |
| Somewhat Important | 27% | 46% | 12% | 22% | 40% | 23% | 15% | 0% | 47% | 12% | 10% | 41% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 43% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 20% | 28% | 24% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 20% | 37% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 22% | 33% | 19% | 22% | 29% | 26% | 30% | 23% | |
| Not Very Important | 4% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 10% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 3% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Immigration | Very Important | 38% | 50% | 24% | 41% | 53% | 34% | 23% | 0% | 50% | 28% | 35% | 65% | 35% | 43% | 33% | 43% | 29% | 33% | 40% | 54% | 39% | 36% | 31% | 42% | 48% | 47% | 37% | 30% | 43% | 31% | 14% | 35% | 31% | 42% | 50% | 18% | 40% | 49% | 36% | 30% |
| Somewhat Important | 35% | 34% | 39% | 31% | 30% | 39% | 37% | 0% | 37% | 35% | 26% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 39% | 32% | 32% | 37% | 37% | 33% | 34% | 37% | 33% | 36% | 32% | 32% | 37% | 42% | 30% | 34% | 36% | 41% | 34% | 32% | 37% | 33% | 31% | 36% | 41% | 30% | |
| Not Very Important | 20% | 14% | 27% | 20% | 14% | 21% | 28% | 100% | 10% | 28% | 26% | 0% | 35% | 20% | 21% | 16% | 29% | 20% | 18% | 12% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 12% | 12% | 21% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 41% | 19% | 24% | 20% | 11% | 32% | 23% | 13% | 23% | 22% | |
| Not at All Important | 5% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 0% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 15% | 0% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 15% | 0% | 2% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 14% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 9% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 4% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Government Corruption | Very Important | 65% | 56% | 68% | 71% | 58% | 70% | 66% | 100% | 55% | 72% | 66% | 85% | 73% | 67% | 62% | 52% | 57% | 68% | 69% | 79% | 64% | 66% | 61% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 60% | 65% | 78% | 56% | 49% | 75% | 68% | 53% | 78% | 71% | 65% | 72% | 60% | 62% |
| Somewhat Important | 25% | 33% | 19% | 21% | 33% | 17% | 23% | 0% | 32% | 18% | 29% | 0% | 21% | 22% | 27% | 33% | 32% | 21% | 21% | 14% | 25% | 23% | 28% | 23% | 21% | 23% | 28% | 33% | 15% | 21% | 44% | 21% | 24% | 31% | 17% | 19% | 26% | 21% | 30% | 23% | |
| Not Very Important | 8% | 8% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 0% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 15% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 15% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 11% | 1% | 7% | 15% | 0% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 2% | 8% | 10% | 4% | 8% | 11% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Ever Vote for Candidate--Raise Taxes | Yes | 53% | 40% | 70% | 50% | 34% | 61% | 71% | 0% | 37% | 70% | 48% | 17% | 63% | 58% | 49% | 47% | 52% | 59% | 57% | 46% | 53% | 53% | 50% | 55% | 27% | 43% | 59% | 57% | 65% | 65% | 39% | 61% | 58% | 52% | 47% | 51% | 44% | 57% | 57% | 54% |
| No | 29% | 43% | 18% | 25% | 45% | 18% | 22% | 0% | 43% | 14% | 46% | 53% | 19% | 31% | 28% | 38% | 32% | 21% | 27% | 32% | 29% | 28% | 34% | 27% | 46% | 36% | 20% | 25% | 21% | 27% | 54% | 20% | 26% | 32% | 27% | 43% | 34% | 26% | 23% | 35% | |
| Not Sure | 17% | 16% | 12% | 25% | 21% | 20% | 7% | 100% | 20% | 17% | 6% | 30% | 18% | 12% | 23% | 15% | 16% | 19% | 16% | 22% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 26% | 21% | 21% | 17% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 19% | 16% | 16% | 26% | 6% | 21% | 18% | 20% | 11% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Ever Vote for Candidate--Change Social Security | Yes | 59% | 77% | 48% | 51% | 70% | 54% | 53% | 0% | 74% | 48% | 62% | 15% | 44% | 65% | 53% | 80% | 74% | 57% | 51% | 30% | 60% | 59% | 70% | 53% | 42% | 55% | 60% | 68% | 67% | 63% | 48% | 59% | 57% | 70% | 32% | 63% | 64% | 54% | 60% | 60% |
| No | 22% | 9% | 31% | 28% | 16% | 24% | 29% | 100% | 12% | 31% | 14% | 68% | 35% | 24% | 20% | 11% | 12% | 20% | 28% | 45% | 21% | 27% | 16% | 26% | 35% | 30% | 19% | 19% | 12% | 21% | 28% | 19% | 25% | 16% | 41% | 20% | 15% | 26% | 24% | 22% | |
| Not Sure | 18% | 13% | 21% | 21% | 15% | 22% | 19% | 0% | 14% | 21% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 11% | 26% | 9% | 14% | 23% | 21% | 25% | 20% | 15% | 14% | 21% | 23% | 15% | 20% | 13% | 21% | 16% | 24% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 27% | 17% | 22% | 20% | 16% | 17% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Bring Troops Home from Iraq Within Year | Yes | 44% | 16% | 74% | 44% | 16% | 51% | 74% | 100% | 20% | 67% | 35% | 92% | 54% | 42% | 47% | 51% | 41% | 41% | 47% | 41% | 42% | 52% | 44% | 45% | 59% | 51% | 33% | 45% | 42% | 50% | 21% | 51% | 42% | 41% | 42% | 57% | 39% | 43% | 52% | 43% |
| No | 36% | 66% | 11% | 29% | 61% | 30% | 10% | 0% | 64% | 13% | 33% | 0% | 15% | 43% | 29% | 38% | 34% | 40% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 35% | 35% | 36% | 24% | 29% | 49% | 35% | 36% | 34% | 38% | 24% | 33% | 43% | 34% | 33% | 47% | 33% | 31% | 36% | |
| Not Sure | 20% | 19% | 14% | 27% | 23% | 19% | 16% | 0% | 16% | 20% | 32% | 8% | 30% | 15% | 24% | 11% | 25% | 19% | 19% | 24% | 22% | 14% | 21% | 19% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 20% | 22% | 16% | 42% | 25% | 25% | 16% | 24% | 11% | 15% | 25% | 17% | 21% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Pawlenty (R) | Hatch (DFL) | Hutchinson (I) | Other | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Control of Senate | Republican | 38% | 87% | 2% | 21% | 72% | 26% | 6% | 0% | 82% | 2% | 27% | 53% | 2% | 42% | 34% | 41% | 37% | 35% | 37% | 44% | 41% | 29% | 38% | 38% | 33% | 31% | 53% | 45% | 30% | 29% | 56% | 33% | 31% | 40% | 45% | 34% | 50% | 35% | 40% | 30% |
| Democrat | 52% | 8% | 94% | 54% | 16% | 61% | 89% | 100% | 11% | 90% | 54% | 32% | 53% | 49% | 55% | 56% | 49% | 53% | 53% | 48% | 48% | 64% | 47% | 55% | 57% | 60% | 43% | 48% | 55% | 57% | 34% | 55% | 61% | 48% | 48% | 58% | 41% | 52% | 54% | 58% | |
| Not Sure | 10% | 4% | 3% | 25% | 12% | 13% | 5% | 0% | 7% | 8% | 20% | 15% | 46% | 10% | 11% | 3% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 15% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 6% | 12% | |