Mason-Dixon Polling & Research conducted a survey of 625 North Dakota likely voters between Oct 3 and Oct 5, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Oct 8, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by Valley News Live (CBS, NBC: Fargo).
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions, but the ordering was not published.
Question 9 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the 2012 general election for president and vice president were held today,
which one of the following tickets would get your vote?
| Romney (R) | Obama (D) | Undecided | Other |
|---|
| All | 54% | 40% | 5% | 1% |
| Female | 53% | 41% | 5% | 1% |
| Male | 56% | 38% | 5% | 1% |
| Democrat | 4% | 92% | 4% | 0% |
| Independent | 52% | 37% | 8% | 3% |
| Republican | 96% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
This question was presented to 625 likely voters from North Dakota who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was provided by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research and Valley News Live (CBS, NBC: Fargo).
Question 10 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the 2012 election for North Dakota’s U.S. Senate seat were held today,
would you vote for Heidi Heitkamp, the Democrat, or Rick Berg, the Republican?
| Heitkamp (D) | Berg (R) | Undecided |
|---|
| All | 47% | 47% | 6% |
| Female | 51% | 44% | 5% |
| Male | 42% | 51% | 7% |
| Democrat | 96% | 1% | 3% |
| Independent | 48% | 43% | 9% |
| Republican | 8% | 87% | 5% |
This question was presented to 625 likely voters from North Dakota who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was provided by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research and Valley News Live (CBS, NBC: Fargo).