Public Policy Polling conducted a survey of 500 Pennsylvania likely voters between Oct 12 and Oct 14, 2012. Respondents were contacted by Landline and the interaction was automated. The results of this poll were released on Oct 15, 2012.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.
Question 3 | PreferenceView Matchup
The candidates for President are Democrat
Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.
If the election was today, who would you vote
for?
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Undecided | Total |
|---|
| All | 51% | 44% | 6% | 500
Likely |
| Female | 53% | 42% | 5% | 55% |
| Male | 48% | 46% | 6% | 45% |
| Democrat | 78% | 16% | 6% | 48% |
| Independent | 51% | 41% | 7% | 15% |
| Republican | 14% | 81% | 4% | 37% |
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from Pennsylvania who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.4%.
The question wording was provided by Public Policy Polling.
Question 6 | PreferenceView Matchup
The candidates for US Senate are Democrat
Bob Casey and Republican Tom Smith. If the
election was today, who would you vote for?
| Casey (D) | Smith (R) | Undecided | Total |
|---|
| All | 50% | 39% | 11% | 500
Likely |
| Female | 50% | 35% | 15% | 55% |
| Male | 50% | 43% | 7% | 45% |
| Democrat | 76% | 15% | 9% | 48% |
| Independent | 44% | 36% | 20% | 15% |
| Republican | 17% | 71% | 12% | 37% |
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from Pennsylvania who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.4%.
The question wording was provided by Public Policy Polling.