probability RDD
Siena College Research Institute
Mississippi Today / Siena College Poll · Aug 20–28, 2023 · US: Mississippi
Methodology
- Pollster
- Siena College Research Institute academic
- Sponsor
- Mississippi Today
- Commissioned by
- Mississippi Today
- Fielded
- Aug 20–28, 2023
- Population
- likely voters
- Sample size
- 650
- Sample frame
- probability RDD
- Mode
- telephone - stratified dual frame probability sample of landline and cell phone numbers obtained from L2; calls conducted in English
- Margin of error
- +/- 4.0 percentage points including the design effects resulting from weighting
- Weighting
- telephone sample weighted to reflect known population patterns; data from collection modes statistically adjusted to ensure representativeness
- Geography
- US: Mississippi
- Base notes
- all 650 respondents contacted through the dual-frame telephone mode (no online panel component in this wave, unlike the April 2023 wave)
Sources
Verification note. Wording and percentages read directly from the Siena College Research Institute crosstab PDF for the August 20-28, 2023 wave (Q22, Q23). Only the Total, PartyID, Governor-Vote and Gender columns are recorded: the PDF also carries Region, Ethnicity, Age, Education and Income columns, but the fixed-width text extraction interleaved stray values in those columns and they could not be read with confidence. Note also a source discrepancy: the crosstab header says '650 Mississippi Likely Voters' while the Mississippi Today footnote describes '650 registered voters'; the crosstab is followed here.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (2)
perceived seriousness of trans athletes in girls' sports as a problem in Mississippi
How serious a problem do you think transgender athletes competing in girls' sports is in Mississippi?
Very serious
50%
Somewhat serious
20%
Not at all serious
12%
Not very serious
11%
Don't know/Refused
7%
Total Serious (net) 70%Total Not Serious (net) 23%
Wording notes: presupposes the topic is a 'problem' and asks only how serious | no option to say it is not a problem at all other than 'not at all serious' | uses 'girls' sports' rather than 'women's sports' or 'sports teams'
tilts_restrictive — The stem asks 'how serious a problem' rather than whether it is a problem, which presupposes a problem exists and pushes respondents onto a severity scale; that construction generally inflates concern relative to a neutral is-this-a-problem item.
Subgroup figures (49)
which gubernatorial candidate would better handle trans athletes in girls' sports
Which of the two major gubernatorial candidates do you think will do a better job addressing the issue of transgender athletes competing in girls' sports in Mississippi?
Tate Reeves
57%
Brandon Presley
30%
Vol: Neither
4%
Don't know/No opinion
9%
Wording notes: candidate-handling item; direction of the preferred policy is not specified | asked immediately after a 'how serious a problem' item, which may prime concern
neutral — Standard two-candidate handling item with both names offered and volunteered 'neither' recorded; the preceding Q22 problem framing is the main order concern rather than the wording itself.
Subgroup figures (28)