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Minnesota: Economy

Economic Conditions
Inflation
Management of Economy
Policies to Improve Economy

Economic Conditions

Economic Conditions in General

Poll	Date	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	November 1, 2006	15%	27%	38%	19%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	August 28, 2006	9%	23%	42%	25%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Generally speaking how would you rate the U.S. economy these days ... excellent, good, fair, or poor?"

Economic Conditions Compared to One Year Ago

Poll	Date	Better	About the same	Worse	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Humphrey Institute¹	October 21-26, 2004	28%	30%	41%	1%	690 LV	± 4.0
Humphrey Institute¹	June 21 – July 12, 2004	43%	27%	29%	1%	589 RV	± 4.0

1 "Now thinking about the economy in the country as a whole, would you say that over the past year the nation's economy has gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse?"

Inflation

Concern About Inflation

Poll	Date	Very	Somewhat	Not too	Not at all	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Pioneer Press / MPR¹	July 12-14, 2004	18%	39%	37%	5%	1%	625 LV	± 4.0

1 "Given what you know and your expectations for the economy in the coming year, how concerned are you about the prospect of inflation?"

Management of Economy

Trust to Manage Economy

Poll	Date	President Bush	Democrats in Congress	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	August 28, 2006	36%	54%	10%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen¹	February 20, 2006	43%	50%	7%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Who do you trust more when it comes to managing the economy - President Bush or Democrats in Congress?"

Policies to Improve Economy

Economy Improved By Reducing Budget Deficit Or Tax Cuts

Poll	Date	Reduce budget deficit	Cut Taxes	In Between	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Humphrey Institute¹	June 21 – July 12, 2004	49%	30%	15%	6%	589 RV	± 4.0

1 "Which statement comes closest to your point of view or do you fall somewhere in between? The best way to improve the economy is to reduce the budget deficit OR the best way to improve the economy is to cut taxes."