Quinnipiac University conducted a survey of 1548 Ohio likely voters between Oct 17 and Oct 20, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Oct 22, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by CBS News.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.
Question 1 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were
Barack Obama the Democrat and Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote?
(If undecided) As of today, do you lean more toward Obama or Romney? (Table includes leaners and early voters)
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Don't Know/NA | Someone Else | Total |
|---|
| All | 50% | 45% | 3% | 1% | 1548
Likely |
| Female | 55% | 51% | 3% | 1% | |
| Male | 44% | 40% | 3% | 1% | |
| Democrat | 93% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 35% |
| Independent | 42% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 34% |
| Republican | 6% | 93% | 2% | 0% | 26% |
This question was presented to 1548 likely voters from Ohio who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.5%.
The question wording was provided by Quinnipiac University and CBS News.
Question 6 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the election for United States Senator were being held today and the candidates were Sherrod Brown the Democrat and Josh Mandel the Republican, for whom would you vote? (If undecided) As of today, do you lean more toward Brown or Mandel? (Table includes leaners and early voters)
| Brown (D) | Mandel (R) | Don't Know/NA | Someone Else | Total |
|---|
| All | 51% | 42% | 7% | 1% | 1548
Likely |
| Female | 56% | 36% | 8% | 1% | |
| Male | 46% | 48% | 6% | 1% | |
| Democrat | 90% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 35% |
| Independent | 45% | 46% | 8% | 1% | 34% |
| Republican | 11% | 83% | 6% | 0% | 26% |
This question was presented to 1548 likely voters from Ohio who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.5%.
The question wording was provided by Quinnipiac University and CBS News.