It's not complicated. Monks is a Nifong plant. Done all the time in politics...
If the election for district attorney were held today,
would you vote for Mike Nifong, the Democrat, Lewis Cheek,
the independent, or will you write in Steve Monks?
Nifong Cheek Monks Undecided
All 46 28 2 24
Men 43 32 2 23
Women 49 24 2 25
Demos 61 22 1 16
Republ 4 44 3 49
Indepe 42 30 4 24
White 34 43 3 20
Black 62 9 0 29
Latino 57 15 0 28*
* [numbers expressed as %]
DURHAM COUNTY SURVEY RESULTS
This poll was conducted for The News & Observer and WRAL by Research 2000 of Rockville, Md. A total of 600 likely voters were interviewed countywide by telephone between Oct. 16 and Oct. 19, 2006.
Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the county.
The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the “true” figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as for gender or race.
SAMPLE FIGURES
Men 285 (48%)
Women 315 (52%)
Democrats 361 (60%)
Republicans 120 (20%)
Independents 119 (20%)
White 336 (56%)
Black 229 (38%)
Latino 29 (5%)
Other/Refused 6 (1%)
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