2008 Vermonter Poll Final Reports

Since 1990, the Center for Rural Studies at the University of Vermont has conducted sixteen, state-wide polls of registered Vermont residents (1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008). The 2008 Vermonter Poll is a unique opportunity for researchers, policy makers, social advocates, and citizens to examine changes in public opinion regarding contemporary, and often controversial issues in the public arena.

Vermonter Poll 2008 Methodology

This data were collected by the Center for Rural Studies at the University of Vermont between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. beginning on February 20, 2008 and ending on March 28, 2008. The telephone polling was conducted in three parts from the University of Vermont using computer-aided telephone interviewing (CATI). The sample for the poll was drawn using a simple random sample of telephone exchanges in the state of Vermont as the sampling frame. Only Vermont residents over the age of eighteen were interviewed. Vermonter Poll I (N=645), Vermonter Poll II (N=617), and Vermonter Poll III (N=600) have a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent at a confidence interval of 95 percent.

2008 Vermonter Poll Reports