Public Policy Polling conducted a survey of 725 Virginia likely voters between Oct 4 and Oct 7, 2012. Respondents were contacted by Landline and the interaction was automated. The results of this poll were released on Oct 8, 2012.
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 3 | PreferenceView Matchup
The candidates for Senate this fall are
Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George
Allen. If the election was today, who would you
vote for?
| Kaine (D) | Allen (R) | Undecided | Total |
|---|
| All | 51% | 44% | 5% | 725
Likely |
| Female | 53% | 41% | 6% | 53% |
| Male | 49% | 47% | 5% | 47% |
| Democrat | 8% | 87% | 5% | 38% |
| Independent | 40% | 53% | 8% | 30% |
| Republican | 89% | 7% | 4% | 32% |
This question was presented to 725 likely voters from Virginia who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.6%.
The question wording was provided by Public Policy Polling.