How the poll was conducted
May 2, 2017 at 12:32AM
Today's Star Tribune Minnesota Poll findings are based on interviews conducted April 24-26 with 800 Minnesota registered voters via landline (69 percent) and cellphone (31 percent). The poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc.
Results of a poll based on 800 interviews will vary by no more than 3.5 percentage points, plus or minus, from the overall population 95 times out of 100. Margins are larger for groups within the sample, such as Democrats and Republicans, and income groups.
The self-identified party affiliation of the random sample is: 35 percent Democrat, 33 percent Republican and 32 percent independent or other party.
Sampling error does not take into account other sources of variation inherent in public opinion surveys, such as nonresponse, question wording or context effects. In addition, news events may have affected opinions during the period the poll was taken.
Readers can e-mail their questions about the poll to djmcgrath@startribune.com.
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