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Research & Outreach > Center for the Study of Politics and Governance > Elections Projects > Polling Archives > Minnesota Poll Archive
Politics
Untitled Document
State Legislature

* Job Approval Rating

 

Job Approval Rating

"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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