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Minnesota Statewide Poll Results
Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association June 15-16,
2015
Q: First, how would you rate the overall safety of the area in
which you live: excellent, good, fair, or poor? TOTAL POSITIVE: 91%
TOTAL NEGATIVE: 8%
Excellent 51% Good 40% Fair 7% Poor 1% Not sure (Do Not Read)
0%
Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the way your local police
force handles its job?
TOTAL APPROVE: 90% TOTAL DISAPPROVE: 6%
Strongly approve 59% Somewhat approve 31% Somewhat disapprove 4%
Strongly disapprove 2% Not sure (DNR) 4%
Q: Now, thinking about your personal interactions with the local
police in your area, would you say that they have been mostly
positive or mostly negative?
TOTAL POSITIVE: 86% TOTAL NEGATIVE: 6%
Very positive 74% Somewhat positive 12% Somewhat negative 4%
Very negative 2% Not sure (DNR) 8%
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Q: Do you trust your local law enforcement officers to use good
judgment in their use of deadly force?
Yes 85% No 7% Not sure (DNR) 8% Q: How much have recent events
around the country regarding violence involving police officers
altered your perception of law enforcement in your local area?
A great deal 5% Somewhat 14% Very little 24% Not at all 55% Not
sure (DNR) 2% Demographics: Media Market (from file)
Minneapolis 78% Duluth 5% Fargo 6% Rochester 5% Mankato 2% La
Crosse 1% Sioux Falls 2% Custom Region by County (from file)
Metro (Ramsey, Hennepin) 32% Exurban/Suburban (Wright,
Sherburne, Isanti, Washington, Carver, Scott, Dakota, Anoka) 27%
Iron Range (St. Louis, Lake, Cook) 4% Rural (Remainder of state)
37% Phone Type
Cell 15% Landline 85% Party Affiliation
Republican 29% DFL 38% Independent or any other party 33%
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Age
18-39 18% 40-54 25% 55-65 23% 66+ 33% Race
White 83% African American 5% Hispanic or Latino 4% Asian 3%
Other 6% Community Type
Urban 26% Suburban 41% Rural 32% Not sure (DNR) 0% Gender
Female 53% Male 47% METHODOLOGY: The sample size for the survey
is 450 registered voters in Minnesota and the margin of error is
+/- 4.62%. Reponses were gathered through Landline and Cell phone
interviews using live operators. The survey was conducted June
15-16, 2015 by Harper Polling. The total percentages for responses
may not equal 100% due to rounding.
