Suffolk University and WHDH TV (NBC: Boston) conducted a survey of 600 Massachusetts likely voters between Feb 11 and Feb 15, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Feb 17, 2012.
Results were provided for each of the 3 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.
Question 14 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the General Election for United States Senate were held today and the
candidates were Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren for whom
would you vote or towards whom would you lean at this time?
| Brown (R) | Warren (D) | Undecided | Other | Refused | Total |
|---|
| All | 48.5%
291 | 40.17%
241 | 9.33%
56 | 1.67%
10 | 0.33%
2 | 600
Likely |
| Female | 42.81%
134 | 42.17%
132 | 12.46%
39 | 1.92%
6 | 0.64%
2 | 52.17%
313 |
| Male | 54.7%
157 | 37.98%
109 | 5.92%
17 | 1.39%
4 | 0 | 47.83%
287 |
| Democrat | 19.35%
42 | 69.12%
150 | 7.83%
17 | 2.76%
6 | 0.92%
2 | 36.17%
217 |
| Independent | 60.26%
188 | 27.56%
86 | 10.9%
34 | 1.28%
4 | 0 | 52%
312 |
| Republican | 85.92%
61 | 7.04%
5 | 7.04%
5 | 0 | 0 | 11.83%
71 |
This question was presented to 600 likely voters from Massachusetts who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4%.
The question wording was provided by Suffolk University and WHDH TV (NBC: Boston).
Question 18 | PreferenceView Matchup
How about Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama?
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Undecided | Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 53%
318 | 39.33%
236 | 6.17%
37 | 1.5%
9 | 600
Likely |
| Female | 58.79%
184 | 32.59%
102 | 7.35%
23 | 1.28%
4 | 52.17%
313 |
| Male | 46.69%
134 | 46.69%
134 | 4.88%
14 | 1.74%
5 | 47.83%
287 |
| Democrat | 81.11%
176 | 12.9%
28 | 4.61%
10 | 1.38%
3 | 36.17%
217 |
| Independent | 43.27%
135 | 47.44%
148 | 7.69%
24 | 1.6%
5 | 52%
312 |
| Republican | 9.86%
7 | 84.51%
60 | 4.23%
3 | 1.41%
1 | 11.83%
71 |
This question was presented to 600 likely voters from Massachusetts who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4%.
The question wording was provided by Suffolk University and WHDH TV (NBC: Boston).
Question 27 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the Republican Presidential Primary were held today and the candidates
were Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich for whom would you
vote or towards whom would you lean at this time?
This question was presented to 172 likely voters from Massachusetts who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion.
The question wording was provided by Suffolk University and WHDH TV (NBC: Boston).