MassINC Polling Group conducted a survey of 500 Massachusetts registered voters between Dec 17 and Dec 18, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Dec 20, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by WBUR-FM (NPR: Boston).
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 15 | PreferenceView Matchup
Asked to Democrats and Unenrolled who said they were more likely to vote in a Democrat primary.If the candidates in the Democratic primary were Deval Patrick, Martha Coakley, Ed Markey, Steve Lynch, Marty Meehan, and Mike Capuano, for whom would you vote?
| Deval Patrick | Martha Coakley | DK/Refused | Mike Capuano | Lynch (D) | Markey (D) | Marty Meehan | Some Other candidate | Total |
|---|
| All | 36% | 21% | 19% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 223
Likely |
| Female | 38% | 24% | 18% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 57.85%
129 |
| Male | 32% | 16% | 21% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 42.6%
95 |
This question was presented to 223 likely voters from Massachusetts who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion.
The question wording was provided by MassINC Polling Group and WBUR-FM (NPR: Boston).