2018 GPS - Intro

This is the introduction for the 2018 Garrity Perception Survey.  For more information please visit www.aboutperception.com In 1997, The Garrity Group embarked on its a journey to be a firm that shares its trusted public relation skills and unique New Mexico insights generously with its clients.In 2011, the firm stepped up its offering pursuing thought leadership through our annual Garrity Perception Survey.Over the past seven years’ the firm has commissioned Albuquerque-based Research & Polling to conduct the annual survey.Each year, survey participants are interviewed by telephone (both landlines and cell phones) in the February/March timeframe. The scientific, statewide survey usesthecurrent United States Census as its guide, to ensure there is no “over” or “under representation” of geographic or demographic populations. Each year, the survey features responses of approximately 405 New Mexico residents, consistently providing a 95 percent level of confidence.