Donald Trump says the election is being rigged and that he will wait for the results to say whether he'll accept them. Do you think it is right or not right for him to raise doubts about the legitimacy of the U.S. election? Right Not right Not sure TOTAL 43% 47% 10% GENDER Men 50 44 6 Women 37 49 14 PARTY ID Democrats 26 66 8 Republicans 61 27 12 Independents/Other 44 47 9 AGE 18-34 37 53 10 35-49 47 43 10 50-64 41 46 13 65+ 45 50 5 INCOME Under $50,000 45 43 12 $50,000 and over 40 50 10 REGION Hennepin/Ramsey counties 28 59 13 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 48 47 5 Rest of state 52 37 11 Who do you think is more honest and trustworthy - Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump or one of the other candidates? Clinton Trump Other Not sure TOTAL 38% 32% 22% 8% GENDER Men 33 32 25 10 Women 42 32 20 6 PARTY ID Democrats 68 6 21 5 Republicans 8 62 18 12 Independents/Other 31 33 28 8 AGE 18-34 33 27 32 8 35-49 38 34 19 9 50-64 42 31 21 6 65+ 36 33 21 10 INCOME Under $50,000 43 32 17 8 $50,000 and over 30 33 30 7 REGION Hennepin/Ramsey counties 56 21 18 5 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 33 35 25 7 Rest of state 34 39 16 11 Source: Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, Oct. 20-22, 2016; 625 Minnesota likely voters, +/-4.0 margin of error. DEMOGRAPHICS # of respondents Percentage In terms of your political party identification, do you generally consider yourself DFL or Democrat, Republican or an independent? DFL/Democrat 238 38% Republican 201 32% Independent/Other 186 30% AGE 18-34 100 16% 35-49 192 31% 50-64 202 32% 65+ 129 21% Refused 2 <1% INCOME <$25,000 79 13% $25,000-$49,999 95 15% $50,000-$74,999 94 15% $75,000-$99,999 91 15% $100,000+ 96 15% Refused 170 27% GENDER Male 303 48% Female 322 52% REGION Hennepin/Ramsey 200 32% Rest of Suburbs 180 29% Rest of State 245 39%
Minnesota Poll: Election legitimacy, candidate trustworthiness
Minnesotans are almost evenly split on whether Donald Trump is right to raise doubts about the legitimacy of the election, and they see Hillary Clinton as slightly more trustworthy. The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll was conducted Oct. 20-22 with 625 likely Minnesota voters and has a margin of sampling error of 4.0 percentage points, plus or minus.
October 26, 2016 at 2:25AM
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