Mason-Dixon Polling & Research conducted a survey of 625 North Dakota likely voters between Oct 26 and Oct 28, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Oct 29, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by Valley News Live (CBS, NBC: Fargo).
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.
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?
-The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama & Joe Biden;
-The Republican ticket of Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan;
-The Libertarian ticket of Gary.
| Romney (R) | Obama (D) | Undecided | Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 54% | 40% | 3% | 3% | 625
Likely |
| Female | 51% | 43% | 4% | 2% | 50.88%
318 |
| Male | 57% | 37% | 2% | 4% | 49.12%
307 |
| Democrat | 2% | 96% | 2% | 0% | 26.24%
164 |
| Independent | 49% | 38% | 6% | 7% | 36.64%
229 |
| Republican | 96% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 37.12%
232 |
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%.
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?
| Berg (R) | Heitkamp (D) | Undecided | Total |
|---|
| All | 47% | 45% | 8% | 625
Likely |
| Female | 37% | 52% | 11% | 50.88%
318 |
| Male | 57% | 38% | 5% | 49.12%
307 |
| Democrat | 2% | 96% | 2% | 26.24%
164 |
| Independent | 38% | 48% | 14% | 36.64%
229 |
| Republican | 88% | 7% | 5% | 37.12%
232 |
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%.
The question wording was provided by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research and Valley News Live (CBS, NBC: Fargo).