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    MINNESOTA POLL RESULTS: Marriage amendment

    The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll interviewed 800 likely Minnesota voters Sept. 17-19. The margin of sampling error is +-3.5 percentage points. 
    By Dave Braunger Star Tribune
    September 23, 2012 — 5:19am
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