Rasmussen Reports and Pulse Opinion Research conducted a survey of 500 North Carolina likely voters which ended on May 14, 2012. Respondents were contacted by Landline and the interaction was automated. The results of this poll were released on May 16, 2012.
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 1 | PreferenceView Matchup
In thinking about the 2012 presidential election, suppose you had a choice between Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mitt Romney or Democrat Barack Obama?
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from North Carolina who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.5% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was provided by Rasmussen Reports and Pulse Opinion Research.