Marquette University conducted a survey of 1400 Wisconsin registered voters between Aug 2 and Aug 5, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Aug 8, 2012.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.
The rejection rate for this poll was 49.09%; this means that approximately 1350 additional respondents were contacted but declined to participate.
Question 19 | PreferenceView Matchup
In the November US Senate election if the candidates were (Democrat Tammy Baldwin) and
(Republican Tommy Thompson), would you vote for (Baldwin) or for (Thompson)?
| Thompson (R) | Baldwin (D) | Undecided | Don't Know | Would Not Vote | Refused | Total |
|---|
| All | 46.37%
649.232 | 42.06%
588.889 | 5.87%
82.141 | 3.34%
46.708 | 1.45%
20.239 | 0.91%
12.792 | 1400
Registered |
| Female | 39.96%
292.208 | 47.64%
348.399 | 6.24%
45.642 | 3.6%
26.336 | 1.52%
11.117 | 1.04%
7.627 | 52.24%
731.33 |
| Male | 53.39%
357.023 | 35.97%
240.49 | 5.46%
36.499 | 3.05%
20.372 | 1.36%
9.121 | 0.77%
5.165 | 47.76%
668.671 |
| Democrat | 11.39%
73.386 | 79.75%
513.824 | 5.17%
33.301 | 2.24%
14.431 | 1.02%
6.601 | 0.43%
2.768 | 46.02%
644.312 |
| Independent | 40.8%
44.318 | 18.57%
20.173 | 18.98%
20.612 | 16.08%
17.47 | 4.1%
4.449 | 1.47%
1.595 | 7.76%
108.616 |
| Republican | 84.02%
525.352 | 7.99%
49.933 | 4.13%
25.811 | 2.05%
12.79 | 1.27%
7.961 | 0.54%
3.401 | 44.66%
625.249 |
This question was presented to 1400 registered voters from Wisconsin who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.7%.
The question wording was provided by Marquette University.
Question 20 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the election for President were held today, would you vote for (the Democrat Barack Obama)
or for (the Republican Mitt Romney)?
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Undecided | Someone Else | Don't Know | Refused | Would Not Vote | Total |
|---|
| All | 50.19%
702.615 | 42.52%
595.263 | 3.67%
51.418 | 1.26%
17.66 | 0.95%
13.261 | 0.86%
12.09 | 0.55%
7.694 | 1400
Registered |
| Female | 55.49%
405.788 | 37.27%
272.551 | 4.07%
29.739 | 0.84%
6.172 | 1.35%
9.89 | 0.98%
7.189 | 0 | 52.24%
731.33 |
| Male | 44.39%
296.827 | 48.26%
322.712 | 3.24%
21.679 | 1.72%
11.488 | 0.5%
3.371 | 0.73%
4.9 | 1.15%
7.694 | 47.76%
668.671 |
| Democrat | 93.44%
602.017 | 2.99%
19.274 | 1.54%
9.894 | 0.63%
4.059 | 0.72%
4.643 | 0.45%
2.904 | 0.24%
1.52 | 46.02%
644.312 |
| Independent | 38.01%
41.28 | 27.27%
29.619 | 17.31%
18.802 | 7.26%
7.884 | 6.26%
6.796 | 1.65%
1.789 | 2.25%
2.445 | 7.76%
108.616 |
| Republican | 8.92%
55.781 | 86.28%
539.453 | 3.19%
19.974 | 0.79%
4.928 | 0.1%
0.595 | 0.13%
0.789 | 0.6%
3.728 | 44.66%
625.249 |
This question was presented to 1400 registered voters from Wisconsin who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.7%.
The question wording was provided by Marquette University.