Background Memo  

The most recent survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind was conducted by telephone from October 4 through October 9 using a randomly selected sample of 602 likely voters statewide aged 18 and over.  The sampling error for 602 adults is +/- 4 percentage points at the 95 percent level of confidence. Survey results are also subject to non-sampling error. This kind of error, which cannot be measured, arises from a number of factors including, but not limited to, non-response (eligible individuals refusing to be interviewed), question wording, the order in which questions are asked, and variations among interviewers. All PublicMind interviews are conducted by TMR, Inc. of Cedar Knolls, NJ.  Professionally trained interviewers use a CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) system. Random selection >is achieved through computerized random-digit dialing. This technique gives every person with a phone number (including those with unlisted numbers) an equal chance of being selected

The questions included in this release are as follows:

Question: How much of a difference will it make that one candidate is elected rather than the other?

Question: And recently which would you say have followed more closely… or …

• the race for governor
• Major League baseball

see also:
Survey Analysis
Tabular Results