The Columbus Dispatch conducted a survey of 1662 Ohio likely voters between Sep 19 and Sep 29, 2012. Respondents were contacted by mail and provided instructions on how to participate. The results of this poll were released on Sep 30, 2012.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions, but the ordering was not published.
The rejection rate for this poll was 85%; this means that approximately 9418 additional respondents were contacted but declined to participate.
Question 1 | PreferenceView Matchup
Generic: If the election were held today, who would you vote for in the Presidential race?
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Undecided | Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 51% | 42% | 5% | 3% | 1643
Likely |
| Female | 54% | 37% | 6% | 2% | 51.67%
849 |
| Male | 48% | 46% | 4% | 3% | 47.84%
786 |
| Democrat | 93% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 42.91%
705 |
| Independent | 45% | 42% | 9% | 5% | 19.42%
319 |
| Republican | 5% | 90% | 4% | 1% | 34.27%
563 |
This question was presented to 1643 likely voters from Ohio who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion.
The question wording was not made public by the Columbus Dispatch ; instead, a generic question has been editorially submitted.
Question 2 | PreferenceView Matchup
Generic: If the election were held today, who would you vote for in the Senate race?
| Brown (D) | Mandel (R) | Undecided | Rupert (I) | Total |
|---|
| All | 49% | 39% | 9% | 3% | 1662
Likely |
| Female | 51% | 34% | 11% | 4% | 51.38%
854 |
| Male | 48% | 43% | 7% | 3% | 47.05%
782 |
| Democrat | 88% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 42.36%
704 |
| Independent | 41% | 36% | 16% | 7% | 19.31%
321 |
| Republican | 8% | 82% | 8% | 2% | 33.75%
561 |
This question was presented to 1662 likely voters from Ohio who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.2% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was not made public by the Columbus Dispatch ; instead, a generic question has been editorially submitted.