Virginia Sentiment Toward its Government

Washington, DC - Ipsos together with the University of Virginia Center for Politics to understand how Virginians feel about recent political scandals. The full press release can be found here: http://crystalball.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/new-virginia-poll-northam-approval-weak-but-virginians-not-demanding-his-resignation/.

The survey was conducted using the web-enabled Ipsos KnowledgePanel, a probability-based panel designed to be representative of the U.S. population. Initially, participants are chosen scientifically by a random selection of telephone numbers and residential addresses. Persons in selected households are then invited by telephone or by mail to participate in the web-enabled KnowledgePanel. For those who agree to participate, but do not already have Internet access, Ipsos provides at no cost a laptop and ISP connection. People who already have computers and Internet service are permitted to participate using their own equipment. Panelists then receive unique log-in information for accessing surveys online, and then are sent emails throughout each month inviting them to participate in research. 

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The study was conducted online with Ipsos’s KnowledgePanel Omnibus. The KnowledgePanel is the largest probability-based panel designed to be representative of the US general population, including non-internet households by providing them with web-enabled devices. The study consisted of 636 interviews with a representative sample of Virginia residents, aged 18+, conducted between February 15th and 19th, 2019. The margin of sampling error at the 95% confidence level is +/-4 percentage points. The study includes N=289 self-identified Democrats and N=299 Republicans.