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Poll Demographics

About this Poll

The survey findings presented in this release are based on the results of
interviews conducted October 18-24, 2010. The interviews were conducted at the
Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College under the direction of
the poll’s Director Dr. G. Terry Madonna, Head Methodologist Berwood Yost, and
Senior Project Manager Angela Knittle. The data included in this release represent
the responses of 720 adult residents of Pennsylvania, including 631 registered adults
(271 Democrats, 256 Republicans, 79 registered as Independent/Other, and 25 who
refused to identify party). Telephone numbers for the survey were generated using
random digit dialing, and respondents were randomly selected from within each
household. Survey results were weighted (age, education, race, region, and gender)
using an iterative weighting algorithm.
The sample error for this survey is +/- 3.7 percentage points. The sample
error for registered adults is +/- 3.9 percentage points, and the subsample of likely
voters (n=489) has a sample error of +/- 4.4 percentage points.