How alarmed are you at the possibility of Hillary Clinton winning the election? Would you be... Very alarmed Somewhat alarmed Not too alarmed Not at all alarmed Not sure Total 36% 10% 8% 40% 6% Men 44 9 3 36 8 Women 28 10 13 44 5 Democrats 8 10 7 66 9 Republicans 66 16 2 11 5 Independents/Other 41 7 13 36 3 18-34 27 11 13 44 5 35-49 36 13 8 39 4 50-64 40 5 8 41 6 65+ 37 12 5 36 10 Under $50,000 31 10 9 44 6 $50,000 and over 40 10 7 38 5 Hennepin/Ramsey counties 21 4 4 63 8 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 41 17 10 27 5 Rest of state 45 10 10 31 4 Clinton voters 6 5 8 75 6 Trump voters 69 12 8 8 3 Johnson/Stein/Undecided voters 40 18 8 22 12 How alarmed are you at the possibility of Donald Trump winning the election? Would you be... Very alarmed Somewhat alarmed Not too alarmed Not at all alarmed Not sure Total 43% 15% 12% 28% 2% Men 35 12 14 36 3 Women 50 17 10 21 2 Democrats 77 10 9 3 1 Republicans 10 15 16 59 0 Independents/Other 33 23 11 29 4 18-34 36 13 12 38 1 35-49 44 15 15 25 1 50-64 44 17 9 29 1 65+ 45 14 11 25 5 Under $50,000 37 14 10 35 4 $50,000 and over 47 15 13 24 1 Hennepin/Ramsey counties 60 9 13 17 1 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 38 18 9 33 2 Rest of state 33 18 13 33 3 Clinton voters 84 9 5 2 0 Trump voters 2 13 18 66 1 Johnson/Stein/Undecided voters 29 35 16 11 9 DEMOGRAPHICS # of respondents In terms of your political party identification, do you generally consider yourself DFL or Democrat, Republican or an independent? DFL/Democrat 230 37% Republican 184 29% Independent/Other 211 34% In the last presidential election, did you vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney? Obama 305 49% Romney 265 42% Did Not Vote 55 9% AGE: 18-34 87 15% 35-49 208 33% 50-64 203 32% 65+ 125 20% Refused 2 - INCOME: <$25,000 94 (15%) $25,000-$49,999 90 (14%) $50,000-$74,999 104 (17%) $75,000-$99,999 86 (14%) $100,000+ 118 (19%) Refused 133 (21%) GENDER: Male 306 (49%) Female 319 (51%) REGION: Hennepin/Ramsey 200 (32%) Rest of Suburbs 180 (29%) Rest of State 245 (39%) Source: Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, Sept. 12-14, 2016; 625 Minnesota likely voters; +/-4.0 margin of error.
Minnesota Poll: Level of alarm
At least one-third of Minnesota likely voters are "very alarmed" at the prospect of either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump winning the election. The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, conducted Sept. 12-14, 2016, among 625 likely voters, has a margin of sampling error of 4.0 percentage points, plus or minus.
By Staff, Star Tribune
September 20, 2016 at 4:27AM
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