Marquette University conducted a survey of 705 Wisconsin registered voters between Sep 13 and Sep 16, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Sep 19, 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 56.51%; this means that approximately 916 additional respondents were contacted but declined to participate.
Question 15 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for (the Democrat Tammy
Baldwin) or for (the Republican Tommy Thompson)? [names and political parties were randomly ordered.]
| Baldwin (D) | Thompson (R) | Undecided | Would Not Vote | Don't Know | Refused | Total |
|---|
| All | 49.26%
347.269 | 40.55%
285.909 | 6.32%
44.528 | 1.86%
13.108 | 1.44%
10.117 | 0.58%
4.069 | 705
Registered |
| Female | 51.95%
191.973 | 37.34%
137.991 | 6.21%
22.94 | 1.61%
5.966 | 2.39%
8.84 | 0.5%
1.835 | 52.42%
369.544 |
| Male | 46.29%
155.296 | 44.09%
147.918 | 6.44%
21.588 | 2.13%
7.143 | 0.38%
1.277 | 0.67%
2.234 | 47.58%
335.456 |
| Democrat | 84.57%
306.402 | 8.71%
31.572 | 4.16%
15.074 | 0.91%
3.296 | 1.65%
5.976 | 0 | 51.39%
362.321 |
| Independent | 31.04%
17.399 | 27.1%
15.193 | 26.07%
14.614 | 6.36%
3.568 | 6.25%
3.503 | 3.18%
1.784 | 7.95%
56.062 |
| Republican | 7.69%
21.683 | 84.6%
238.476 | 5.26%
14.839 | 2.21%
6.243 | 0.23%
0.638 | 0 | 39.98%
281.881 |
This question was presented to 705 registered voters from Wisconsin who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.8%.
The question wording was provided by Marquette University.
Question 16 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the election for President were held today, would you vote for (the Democrats Barack Obama
and Joe Biden) or for (the Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan)? [names and political parties were randomly ordered.]
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Undecided | Refused | Don't Know | Would Not Vote | Someone Else | Total |
|---|
| All | 53.97%
380.463 | 38.63%
272.337 | 4.81%
33.931 | 0.99%
6.97 | 0.93%
6.542 | 0.51%
3.59 | 0.17%
1.168 | 705
Registered |
| Female | 55.09%
203.57 | 35.58%
131.486 | 6.85%
25.314 | 0.68%
2.502 | 0.99%
3.67 | 0.5%
1.835 | 0.32%
1.168 | 52.42%
369.544 |
| Male | 52.73%
176.893 | 41.99%
140.851 | 2.57%
8.617 | 1.33%
4.468 | 0.86%
2.872 | 0.52%
1.755 | 0 | 47.58%
335.456 |
| Democrat | 91.77%
332.49 | 4.08%
14.79 | 2.65%
9.595 | 0 | 1%
3.641 | 0.5%
1.806 | 0 | 51.39%
362.321 |
| Independent | 50.7%
28.422 | 20.19%
11.321 | 17.57%
9.849 | 8.36%
4.685 | 0 | 3.18%
1.784 | 0 | 7.95%
56.062 |
| Republican | 6.3%
17.766 | 87.11%
245.559 | 5.14%
14.487 | 0 | 1.03%
2.901 | 0 | 0.41%
1.168 | 39.98%
281.881 |
This question was presented to 705 registered voters from Wisconsin who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.8%.
The question wording was provided by Marquette University.