Quinnipiac University conducted a survey of 1168 Pennsylvania likely voters between Jul 24 and Jul 30, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and the interaction was automated. The results of this poll were released on Aug 1, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by CBS News and the New York Times Company.
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)
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Don't Know/NA | Someone Else | Total |
|---|
| All | 53% | 42% | 4% | 1% | 1168
Likely |
| Female | 59% | 35% | 5% | 1% | |
| Male | 47% | 50% | 3% | 1% | |
| Democrat | 90% | 6% | 4% | 0% | 38% |
| Independent | 58% | 36% | 4% | 1% | 26% |
| Republican | 9% | 88% | 2% | 1% | 32% |
This question was presented to 1168 likely voters from Pennsylvania who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.9%.
The question wording was provided by Quinnipiac University, CBS News and the New York Times Company.
Question 5 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the election for United States Senator were being held today and the candidates were Bob Casey Jr. the Democrat and Tom Smith the Republican, for whom would you vote? (If undecided) As of today, do you lean more toward Casey Jr. or Smith? (Table includes leaners)
| Casey (D) | Smith (R) | Don't Know/NA | Someone Else | Total |
|---|
| All | 55% | 37% | 8% | 0% | 1168
Likely |
| Female | 59% | 31% | 9% | 0% | |
| Male | 50% | 43% | 7% | 1% | |
| Democrat | 87% | 4% | 8% | 1% | 38% |
| Independent | 61% | 33% | 6% | 0% | 26% |
| Republican | 15% | 78% | 7% | 0% | 32% |
This question was presented to 1168 likely voters from Pennsylvania who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.9%.
The question wording was provided by Quinnipiac University, CBS News and the New York Times Company.