The Civitas Institute conducts a monthly DecisionMaker Poll on important issues facing North Carolina. The results are released to the public on the third Wednesday of each month. Tel Opinion Research of Alexandria, Va. conducts the poll of 800 registered voters who voted in the 2002 and 2004 general elections, were first time voters in the 2006 general election, or voted in 2004 and 2006 as newly registered voters.