Rasmussen Reports and Pulse Opinion Research conducted a survey of 500 Ohio likely voters which ended on Aug 13, 2012. Respondents were contacted by Landline and the interaction was automated. The results of this poll were released on Aug 13, 2012.
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 1 | PreferenceView Matchup
Generic: In thinking about the 2012 election for U.S. Senate, suppose you had a choice between Republican Josh Mandel and Democrat Sherrod Brown. If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Josh Mandel or Democrat Sherrod Brown?
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from Ohio who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.5% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was not made public by Rasmussen Reports nor Pulse Opinion Research; instead, a generic question has been editorially submitted.