HOW THE AJC POLL WAS CONDUCTED

The AJC poll was conducted March 4-14 and included a total of 807 likely Democratic Primary voters in Georgia. Likely Democratic primary voters were respondents who had voted in one or more of the following elections: the 2016 Democratic Primary, the 2018 Democratic Primary or the 2016 Democratic presidential preference primary; who indicated they were currently registered to vote in Georgia and were definitely or probably going to vote in the 2020 Democratic presidential preference primary.

The survey was administered by the School of Public and International Affairs Survey Research Center at the University of Georgia. Interviews were conducted in English. The calls were made from a statewide random sample consisting of approximately 65% cellphone numbers and 35% landline numbers that was obtained through L2 (L2 is a sampling vendor that maintains a database constructed from state voter registration lists. Through commercial sources, phone numbers have been added to the individual records (registrants) that make up these lists).

The survey results were weighted in order to ensure the sample was representative of the Democratic primary electorate in terms of race, sex, age and education. The calculated margin of error for the total sample is +/-3.4 points at the 95% confidence level. This would mean that if 50% of respondents indicate a topline view on an issue, we can be 95% confident that the population’s view on that issue is somewhere between 46.6% and 53.4%.