Poll Results Maine 2-22-2015
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State
325 100.0 100.0 100.0MaineValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
2002. How likely are you to vote in national elections?
237 72.8 72.8 72.8
63 19.3 19.3 92.1
26 7.9 7.9 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Definitely
Very likely
Somewhat likely
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Party
101 31.0 31.0 31.0
88 27.0 27.0 58.0
136 42.0 42.0 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Democratic
Republican
Independent
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ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
1. President Obama has announced his intention to take executive action that would allow about 5 million illegal immigrants to liveand work legally in the United States. He plans to take this action without authorization from Congress. Do you support or opposethe president acting on his own to allow about 5 million illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. and grant them work authorization?
31 9.4 9.4 9.4
50 15.4 15.4 24.8
48 14.9 14.9 39.7
171 52.6 52.6 92.2
25 7.8 7.8 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Strongly support
Somewhat support
Somewhat oppose
Strongly oppose
Don't know
Total
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CumulativePercent
Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 1 2/22/2015
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2. The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that fully funds the Department of Homeland Security throughthe remainder of this year, but prohibits the use of that money to carry out the president's plan to shield millions of illegal
aliens from deportation and grant them work authorization. Do you support or oppose passage of a bill that fully fundsthe Department of Homeland Security but prohibits the use of those funds to carry out the president's immigration plan?
113 34.8 34.8 34.8
77 23.8 23.8 58.6
50 15.5 15.5 74.0
49 15.0 15.0 89.0
36 11.0 11.0 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Strongly support
Somewhat support
Somewhat oppose
Strongly oppose
Don't know
Total
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3. Last year, Sen. Angus King opposed the president taking executive action on immigration, saying 'TheConstitution...doesn't say if the president gets frustrated and Congress doesn't act, he gets to do...what he thinksis important for the country.' However, this month Senator King voted against legislation that would bar the use offederal funds to implement the president's plan to shield millions of illegal aliens from deportation and grant them
work authorization. Which of the following statements best reflects your views on Sen. King's stance?
154 47.4 47.4 47.4
103 31.6 31.6 79.0
68 21.0 21.0 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Sen. King should support legislationto defund the president's executiveaction on immigration.Sen. King should oppose legislationto defund the president's executiveaction on immigration.Don't know.
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4. President Obama has said that if Congress sends him a Department of Homeland Security bill thatprohibits him from using funds to implement his executive action on immigration, he will veto the bill. In
your opinion, would the president be justified in vetoing the Homeland Security funding bill because it limitshis ability to carry out his plan to shield illegal aliens from deportation and grant them work authorization?
93 28.6 28.6 28.6
202 62.1 62.1 90.8
30 9.2 9.2 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Yes, the president would bejustified in vetoing the HomelandSecurity funding bill.No, the president would not bejustified in vetoing the HomelandSecurity funding bill.Don't know.
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Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 2 2/22/2015
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5. If the House and Senate cannot come to an agreement on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security,there is a possibility that about 15 percent of the department's operations could be shutdown. The other 85 percent ofDHS personnel are considered essential workers and would remain on the job even if a spending bill is not approved.
In your opinion, who would be most responsible if a partial shutdown of DHS operations were to occur?
70 21.6 21.6 21.6
107 33.0 33.0 54.7
147 45.3 45.3 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
House Republicans who insiston including provisionspreventing the president fromcarrying out his executive actionon immigration.Senate Democrats andPresident Obama who insist onallowing Homeland Securityfunds to be used to carry out thepresident's executive action onimmigration.Both would be equallyresponsible.Total
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6. Supporters of the president's executive action on immigration argue that it would make the country more secure because it willhelp us identify the people who are currently living here illegally. Opponents of the president's plan argue that it would make thecountry less secure because it would divert resources and manpower away from the department's primary mission of securingthe homeland. In your opinion, what effect would the president's executive action on immigration have on homeland security?
46 14.1 14.1 14.1
151 46.4 46.4 60.5
78 24.0 24.0 84.5
50 15.5 15.5 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
It would make the countrymore secure.It would make the countryless secure.It would have little or noeffect on homeland security.Don't know.
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Gender
153 47.0 47.0 47.0
172 53.0 53.0 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Male
Female
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Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 3 2/22/2015
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What is your current employment status?
156 48.1 48.9 48.9
16 4.9 5.0 53.9
14 4.2 4.3 58.2
9 2.8 2.8 61.0
35 10.8 10.9 71.9
90 27.6 28.1 100.0
320 98.5 100.0
5 1.5
325 100.0
Working (full or part time)
Temporarily unemployed andlooking for workTemporarily unemployed and notlooking for workStudent
Stay at home parent/spouse
Retired
Total
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Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Household Income
70 21.5 23.5 23.5
47 14.5 15.8 39.3
60 18.6 20.3 59.6
64 19.6 21.4 80.9
35 10.9 11.9 92.8
13 4.1 4.5 97.3
8 2.4 2.7 100.0
298 91.7 100.0
27 8.3
325 100.0
< $25K
$25-35K
$35-50K
$50-75K
$75-100K
$100-150K
$150K+
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Valid
0Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Age group A
45 14.0 14.0 14.0
104 32.0 32.0 46.0
111 34.0 34.0 80.0
65 20.0 20.0 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
18-29
30-49
50-64
65+
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ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 4 2/22/2015
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Age group B
25 7.8 7.8 7.8
49 15.0 15.0 22.8
109 33.6 33.6 56.4
112 34.4 34.4 90.8
30 9.2 9.2 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
18-24
25-34
35-54
55-69
70+
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Generation
74 22.8 22.8 22.8
73 22.4 22.4 45.2
133 41.0 41.0 86.2
45 13.8 13.8 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
First Globals
Nikes
Woodstockers
Privates
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Education
163 50.1 50.6 50.6
159 49.0 49.4 100.0
322 99.1 100.0
3 .9
325 100.0
No College Degree
College Degree+
Total
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.00Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 5 2/22/2015
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Race
306 94.2 96.0 96.0
3 1.0 1.0 97.0
3 1.0 1.0 98.0
2 .5 .5 98.5
5 1.5 1.5 100.0
319 98.2 100.0
6 1.8
325 100.0
White
Hisp
AfrAmer
Asian
Other
Total
Valid
.00Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Live
14 4.4 4.5 4.5
92 28.4 28.6 33.1
50 15.5 15.7 48.8
165 50.8 51.2 100.0
322 99.1 100.0
3 .9
325 100.0
Lge City
Sm City
Suburbs
Rural
Total
Valid
0Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Ideology Recoded
64 19.7 21.4 21.4
124 38.1 41.2 62.6
112 34.5 37.4 100.0
300 92.4 100.0
25 7.6
325 100.0
Liberal
Moderate
Conservative
Total
Valid
.00Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 6 2/22/2015
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Religion
71 21.8 21.8 21.8
109 33.7 33.7 55.5
13 4.0 4.0 59.5
132 40.5 40.5 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Catholic
Protestant
Jewish
Other/None
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
BornAgain
46 14.1 41.8 41.8
64 19.6 58.2 100.0
109 33.7 100.0
216 66.3
325 100.0
Yes
No/NS
Total
Valid
0Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Union member
39 12.0 12.1 12.1
283 87.2 87.9 100.0
322 99.2 100.0
3 .8
325 100.0
Yes
No
Total
Valid
0Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Child under 17?
67 20.8 21.2 21.2
251 77.1 78.8 100.0
318 97.8 100.0
7 2.2
325 100.0
Yes
No
Total
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0Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 7 2/22/2015
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Residency
90 27.8 28.1 28.1
169 52.0 52.7 80.8
62 18.9 19.2 100.0
321 98.7 100.0
4 1.3
325 100.0
My city or town
America
The planet earth
Total
Valid
0Missing
Total
Frequency PercentValid
PercentCumulativePercent
Lost a job due to corporate downsizing within the past year?
26 8.1 8.1 8.1
299 91.9 91.9 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Yes
No
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Been afraid of losing a job within the next year?
61 18.7 18.7 18.7
264 81.3 81.3 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Yes
No
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Worked at a job that pays less than an immediate previous job?
104 32.0 32.0 32.0
221 68.0 68.0 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Yes
No
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 8 2/22/2015
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Gone without food for 24 hours in the past month due to a lack of food or money?
32 9.7 9.7 9.7
293 90.3 90.3 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Yes
No
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Veteran/Armed Forces?
72 22.0 22.0 22.0
253 78.0 78.0 100.0
325 100.0 100.0
Yes
No
Total
ValidFrequency Percent
ValidPercent
CumulativePercent
Zogby Analytics Online Survey of Likely Voters in Maine2/20/15 - 2/22/15 MOE +/- 5.5 Percentage Points
Subsets have a larger margin of error than the whole data set. As a rule we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents. At that size subset we can make generalizations,
but in these cases the data is more qualitative than quantitativeZogby Analytics Page 9 2/22/2015