Georgia State Poll
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Charlotte Steeh, Director, Survey Research Project
1042 Urban Life
404.651.3539
cgsteeh@gsu.edu

Latest Findings from the Georgia State Poll

Georgia residents divided over direction of state, nation. Georgia’s Republicans and Democrats have developed a striking discrepancy in their opinions on the state of their state since last year, indicating that January’s legislative session could be even more antagonistic than usual, Georgia State University researchers say.

In its quarterly telephone survey of randomly selected Georgia residents known as the Georgia State Poll, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies found that 60 percent of Republicans think the state is on the right course, while only 36 percent of Democrats agree. Sixty-seven percent of the state’s Republicans approve of national affairs, compared to 21 percent of Democrats.

November 14, 2003 News Release (pdf format: news release, page 1; tables and graphs, page 3, methodology, page 8)

See earlier findings of the Georgia State Poll

Technical Aspects of the Georgia State Poll

Each quarterly survey employs a randomly selected sample of 400 adult residents from the five core counties of metropolitan Atlanta age 18 years and older and 400 adult residents 18 and over from the remaining counties in the state. All households with a working telephone are eligible for the poll since the sample includes unlisted as well as listed telephone numbers. It is also possible to collect data from a subset of this population, such as residents of a thirteen county metropolitan area or within the U.S. Census Metropolitan Statistical Area for Atlanta. Survey interviewing begins in January, April, July, and October. Sampling error for the full sample of 800 is approximately 3.5% plus or minus. Sampling errors for subsets of the population will vary depending on the size of the subset.