Mason-Dixon Polling & Research conducted a survey of 625 Montana likely voters between Sep 17 and Sep 19, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Sep 21, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by Lee Enterprises.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions, but the ordering was not published.
Question 1 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the 2012 election for president and vice president were held today, which of the following tickets would get your vote - the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, or the Libertarian ticket of Gary Johnson and Jim Gray?
| Romney (R) | Obama (D) | Undecided | Johnson (L) | Total |
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All | 51% | 42% | 5% | 2% | 625 Likely |
Female | 47% | 49% | 3% | 1% | 50.08% 313 |
Male | 56% | 34% | 7% | 3% | 49.92% 312 |
Democrat | 4% | 93% | 3% | 0% | 34.24% 214 |
Independent | 51% | 33% | 11% | 5% | 29.6% 185 |
Republican | 95% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 36.16% 226 |
This question was presented to 625 likely voters from Montana who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3%.
The question wording was provided by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research and Lee Enterprises.
Question 2 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the 2012 election for Montana's U.S. Senate seat were held today, which of the following candidates would get your vote, Jon Tester, the Democrat, and Dennis Rehberg, the Republican, or Dan Cox, the Libertarian?
| Rehberg (R) | Tester (D) | Undecided | Cox (L) | Total |
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All | 48% | 45% | 6% | 1% | 625 Likely |
Female | 43% | 50% | 6% | 1% | 50.08% 313 |
Male | 53% | 39% | 7% | 1% | 49.92% 312 |
Democrat | 4% | 92% | 4% | 0% | 34.24% 214 |
Independent | 47% | 38% | 11% | 4% | 29.6% 185 |
Republican | 91% | 7% | 2% | 0% | 36.16% 226 |
This question was presented to 625 likely voters from Montana who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3%.
The question wording was provided by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research and Lee Enterprises.