Mason-Dixon Polling & Research conducted a survey of 800 Minnesota likely voters between Oct 23 and Oct 25, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Oct 28, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by the Star Tribune Media Company.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions, but the ordering was not published.
Question 2 | PreferenceView Matchup
Generic: If the 2012 election for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat were held today, would you vote for:
*Amy Klobuchar, the DFL candidate;
*Kurt Bills, the Republican candidate;
;One of the other candidates.
| Klobuchar (D) | Bills (R) | Undecided | Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 65% | 22% | 12% | 1% | 800
Likely |
| Female | 67% | 19% | 13% | 1% | 51.88%
415 |
| Male | 63% | 26% | 10% | 1% | 48.13%
385 |
| Democrat | 87% | 5% | 8% | 0% | 37.88%
303 |
| Independent | 66% | 18% | 14% | 2% | 29.13%
233 |
| Republican | 37% | 47% | 14% | 2% | 33%
264 |
This question was presented to 800 likely voters from Minnesota who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.5%.
The question wording was not made public by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research nor the Star Tribune Media Company; instead, a generic question has been editorially submitted.
Question 3 | 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?
*The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama & Joe Biden;
*The Republican ticket of Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan;
*The Libertarian ticket of Gary Johnson & Jim Gray;
*One of the other party tickets.
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Undecided | Johnson (L) | Total |
|---|
| All | 47% | 44% | 7% | 2% | 800
Likely |
| Female | 53% | 37% | 8% | 2% | 51.88%
415 |
| Male | 40% | 51% | 6% | 3% | 48.13%
385 |
| Democrat | 89% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 37.88%
303 |
| Independent | 43% | 37% | 13% | 7% | 29.13%
233 |
| Republican | 1% | 93% | 5% | 1% | 33%
264 |
This question was presented to 800 likely voters from Minnesota who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.5%.
The question wording was provided by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research and the Star Tribune Media Company.