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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Minnesota State Legislative is doing its job?"
| Date |
Approve |
Disapprove |
No opinion |
Sample |
MoE |
| April 30 – May 4, 2005 |
40% |
43% |
17% |
832 |
± 3.4 |
| January 23-26, 2005 |
39% |
42% |
19% |
832 |
± 3.4 |
| April 25-29, 2003 |
45% |
39% |
16% |
1033 |
± 3.0 |
| March 7-10, 2002 |
55% |
33% |
12% |
823 |
± 3.4 |
| March 23-27, 2000 |
54% |
29% |
17% |
1021 |
± 3.1 |
"Would you say your disapproval is more because of certain legislators' performance, because of the political parties' inability to work together, because of the Legislature's and governor's inability to work together, or some other reason?"
| Date |
Individual legislator's performance |
Parties inability to work together |
Legis./Gov. can't work together |
Other |
No opinion |
Sample |
MoE |
| Jan. 23-26, 2005 |
12% |
46% |
19% |
15% |
8% |
832 |
± 3.4 |
+ Poll asked of those who disapprove of state legislature's job performance.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way that the Minnesota Legislature handled the 2001 session?"
| Date |
Approve |
Disapprove |
No opinion |
Sample |
MoE |
| October 4-14, 2001 |
37% |
39% |
24% |
1014 |
± 3.1 |
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way that the Minnesota Legislature handled the state's business in its [1999/2000] session?"
| Date |
Approve |
Disapprove |
No opinion |
Sample |
MoE |
| June 12-18, 2000 |
46% |
32% |
22% |
1050 |
± 3.0 |
| January 3-9, 2000 |
62% |
18% |
20% |
1031 |
± 3.1 |
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Minnesota state Legislature has handled the projected state budget deficit so far?"
| Date |
Approve |
Disapprove |
No opinion |
Sample |
MoE |
| December 17-22, 2002 |
30% |
51% |
19% |
1003 |
± 3.1 |
| March 7-10, 2002 |
40% |
46% |
14% |
823 |
± 3.4 |
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