Who do you think would do a better job improving the economy and creating jobs? Clinton Trump Other Not sure Total 42% 40% 9% 9% Men 35 48 12 5 Women 49 33 6 12 Democrats 84 6 4 6 Republicans 5 77 11 7 Independents/Other 29 45 13 13 18-34 39 36 14 11 35-49 44 39 9 8 50-64 42 44 7 7 65+ 41 40 8 11 Under $50,000 46 31 9 14 $50,000 and over 39 45 10 6 Hennepin/Ramsey counties 57 32 7 4 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 33 42 13 12 Rest of state 36 45 8 11 Clinton voters 89 0 5 6 Trump voters 0 95 3 2 Johnson/Stein/Undecided voters 16 22 31 31 Who do you think would do a better job handling ISIS and global terrorism? Clinton Trump Other Not sure Total 46% 41% 6% 7% Men 42 48 4 6 Women 49 35 8 8 Democrats 84 6 5 5 Republicans 7 82 5 6 Independents/Other 39 44 9 8 18-34 44 30 18 8 35-49 46 43 4 7 50-64 45 47 3 5 65+ 48 36 7 9 Under $50,000 48 25 13 14 $50,000 and over 45 50 2 3 Hennepin/Ramsey counties 58 35 1 6 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 42 44 9 5 Rest of state 40 44 7 9 Clinton voters 90 0 5 5 Trump voters 0 96 2 2 Johnson/Stein/Undecided voters 36 25 17 22 Who do you think would do a better job handling foreign policy? Clinton Trump Other Not sure Total 49% 35% 10% 6% Men 42 44 9 5 Women 55 27 11 7 Democrats 88 3 8 1 Republicans 9 73 11 7 Independents/Other 40 37 12 11 18-34 56 17 18 9 35-49 49 38 9 4 50-64 47 42 7 4 65+ 49 31 9 11 Under $50,000 54 27 10 9 $50,000 and over 46 40 10 4 Hennepin/Ramsey counties 62 28 7 3 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 42 40 13 5 Rest of state 43 38 10 9 Clinton voters 93 0 5 2 Trump voters 3 88 7 2 Johnson/Stein/Undecided voters 38 9 29 24 Who do you think better understands the needs of average Americans? Clinton Trump Other Not sure Total 44% 34% 15% 7% Men 37 39 17 7 Women 50 30 13 7 Democrats 82 1 10 7 Republicans 7 71 14 8 Independents/Other 34 38 23 5 18-34 40 31 24 5 35-49 47 29 17 7 50-64 39 39 13 9 65+ 51 35 9 5 Under $50,000 56 27 15 2 $50,000 and over 36 38 16 10 Hennepin/Ramsey counties 62 21 10 7 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 37 39 18 6 Rest of state 35 40 17 8 Clinton voters 84 0 12 4 Trump voters 2 87 10 1 Johnson/Stein/Undecided voters 34 6 33 27 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: On the issues
Minnesota likely voters say Hillary Clinton will handle several key issues better than Donald Trump, but the gap is small on the question of handling the economy and creating jobs. 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 19, 2016 at 5:04AM
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