Essman/Research conducted a survey of 500 North Dakota likely voters between May 3 and May 8, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator.
The poll was sponsored by Forum Communications Company.
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 11 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the general election was held today, and the candidates for the U.S. Senate are Heidi Heitkamp (Democrat) and Rick Berg (Republican), who would you vote for?
| Berg (R) | Heitkamp (D) | Undecided | Total |
|---|
| All | 50.8%
254 | 44%
220 | 5.2%
26 | 500
Likely |
| Democrat | 8.55%
10 | 87.18%
102 | 4.27%
5 | 23.4%
117 |
| Independent | 40.98%
75 | 53.55%
98 | 5.46%
10 | 36.6%
183 |
| Republican | 86.46%
166 | 8.33%
16 | 5.21%
10 | 38.4%
192 |
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from North Dakota who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.3% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was provided by Essman/Research and Forum Communications Company.