The Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio News polled 800 Minnesota likely voters between Sept. 10 and Sept. 12, on a number of topics, including attitudes about President Trump calling the news media the "enemy of the people." Highlights from that question are below. Scroll down the page to see details about how the poll was conducted and the demographics of the 800 respondents.
Do you approve or disapprove of President Trump's description of the news media as the "enemy of the people"?
Approve Disapprove Not sure 29% 64% 7% Approve Disapprove Not sure Men 33% 61% 6% Women 25 68 7 Democrats 4 91 5 Republicans 68 25 7 Independents / other 20 72 8 18-34 18 75 7 35-49 30 63 7 50-64 31 62 7 65+ 32 62 6 Under $50,000 35 58 7 $50,000 and over 27 66 7 Hennepin / Ramsey 22 71 7 Metro Suburbs 34 60 6 Southern Minn. 27 67 6 Northern Minn. 33 59 8 Trump voters 62 27 11 Clinton voters 1 96 3 About the poll
This Star Tribune/MPR News Minnesota Poll findings are based on interviews conducted Sept. 10-12 with 800 Minnesota likely voters. The interviews were conducted via land line (60 percent) and cellphone (40 percent). The poll was conducted for the Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio News by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc. Results of a poll based on 800 interviews will vary by no more than 3.5 percentage points, plus or minus, from the overall population 95 times out of 100. Margins are larger for groups within the sample, such as Democrats and Republicans, and age groups.
The self-identified party affiliation of the respondents is 37 percent Democrats, 31 percent Republicans and 32 percent independents or other.
Sampling error does not take into account other sources of variation inherent in public opinion surveys, such as nonresponse, question wording or context effects. In addition, news events may have affected opinions during the period the poll was taken.
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Demographic breakdown of this polling sample
PARTY DFL/Democrat 299 (37%) Republican 246 (31%) Independent/Other 255 (32%) AGE 18-34 152 (19%) 35-49 200 (25%) 50-64 226 (28%) 65+ 216 (27%) Refused 6 (1%) GENDER Male 377 (47%) Female 423 (53%) INCOME < $25,000 84 (10%) $25,000-$49,999 127 (16%) $50,000-$74,999 130 (16%) $75,000-$99,999 121 (15%) $100,000+ 125 (16%) Refused 213 (27%) REGION Hennepin/Ramsey 255 (32%) Metro Suburbs 230 (29%) Southern Minnesota 160 (20%) Northern Minnesota 155 (19%) INTERVIEW Land-line 483 (60%) Cell Phone 317 (40%)
