MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE/MASON-DIXON®

MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR’S RACE POLL

OCTOBER 2023
Polling in Mississippi since 1987

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QUESTION: If the 2023 election for governor were held today, would you vote for
between:
Brandon Presley – Democratic Party
Tate Reeves – Republican Party

PRESLEY REEVES UNDECIDED

STATE 43% 51% 6%

REGION PRESLEY REEVES UNDECIDED

Northern Mississippi 39% 56% 5%

The Delta 55% 36% 9%
Eastern Mississippi 39% 55% 6%
Jackson Metro 52% 42% 6%
Pine Belt/Southwest 42% 52% 6%
Gulf Coast 35% 60% 5%

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BY DEMOGRAPHIC:

GENDER ID PRESLEY REEVES UNDECIDED

Male 33% 61% 6%

Female 53% 41% 6%

AGE PRESLEY REEVES UNDECIDED

18-34 53% 41% 6%

35-49 47% 47% 6%
50-64 40% 54% 6%
65+ 37% 56% 7%

RACE PRESLEY REEVES UNDECIDED

White 21% 73% 6%

Black 89% 5% 6%

PARTY IDENTIFICATION PRESLEY REEVES UNDECIDED

Democrat 94% 3% 3%
Republican 3% 92% 5%
Independent 42% 47% 11%
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 QUESTION: Which one of the following is the most important issue to you in
determining your vote in the governor’s race? (ORDER ROTATED)

STATE DEMS REPS INDS

Jobs and the Economy 33% 20% 47% 29%

Access to Health Care* 22% 43% 4% 22%
Education 12% 16% 9% 13%
Stopping Public Corruption 12% 10% 13% 12%
Protecting Family Values 10% 2% 17% 9%
Crime 9% 9% 8% 11%
Other (NOT READ) 1% - 1% 1%
Not Sure (NOT READ) 1% - 1% 3%

*Access to health care includes individuals who indicated that abortion was their number one issue.

I am going to read that list again and would like to know which of the two
leading candidates for governor, Democrat Brandon Presley or Republican Tate
Reeves, do you feel is better on that issue.

PRESLEY REEVES NEITHER/NOT SURE

Jobs and the Economy 33% 52% 15%

Access to Health Care 43% 37% 20%
Education 38% 48% 14%
Stopping Public Corruption 45% 35% 20%
Protecting Family Values 33% 53% 14%
Crime 35% 48% 17%
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 POLLING METHODOLOGY

This poll was commissioned by Magnolia Tribune and conducted by Mason-Dixon

Polling & Strategy, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida from September 27 through October 2,
2023. Mason-Dixon has been polling in Mississippi since 1987.

A total of 625 registered Mississippi voters were interviewed live by telephone

statewide. All indicated they were likely to vote in the November general election.

Those interviewed were randomly selected from a phone-matched Mississippi voter

registration list that included both land line and cell phone numbers. Quotas were
assigned to reflect voter registration by county.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no

more than ± 4 percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability
that the "true" figure would fall within that range if all voters were surveyed. The
margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as a gender or age grouping.

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 DEMOGRAPHICS

PARTY IDENTIFICATION:

Democrat 201 (32%)

Republican 249 (40%)
Independent or Other 175 (28%)

AGE: 18-34 91 (15%)

35-49 170 (27%)
50-64 179 (29%)
65+ 183 (29%)
Refused 2

RACE: White/Caucasian 415 (66%)

Black/African American 198 (32%)
Other/Refused 12 (2%)

GENDER ID: Male 299 (48%)

Female 325 (52%)
Other 1

REGION: Northern Mississippi 130 (21%)

The Delta 80 (13%)
Eastern Mississippi 100 (16%)
Jackson Metro 120 (19%)
Pinebelt/SW Mississippi 100 (16%)
Gulf Coast 95 (15%)

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 MISSISSIPPI POLL REGIONS

NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI: Voters in DeSoto, Marshall, Yalobusha, Lafayette, Calhoun,

Pontotoc, Chickasaw, Monroe, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Union, Benton, Tippah,
Alcorn and Tishomingo counties.

THE DELTA: Voters in Tate, Panola, Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman, Bolivar, Tallahatchie,
Sunflower, Leflore, Grenada, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Washington, Sharkey,
Yazoo, Issaquena and Warren counties.

EASTERN MISSISSIPPI: Voters in Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Choctaw, Webster,

Montgomery, Attala, Leake, Scott, Smith, Jasper, Clark, Newton, Lauderdale,
Neshoba, Kemper, Winston and Noxubee counties.

JACKSON METRO: Voters in Hinds, Rankin, Madison, Copiah and Simpson counties.

PINEBELT/SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI: Voters in Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams,

Wilkinson, Franklin, Amite, Lincoln, Pike, Lawrence, Walthall, Jefferson Davis,
Marion, Covington, Jones, Wayne, Lamar, Forrest, Perry and Greene counties.

GULF COAST: Voters in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone and George
counties.

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