Suffolk University conducted a survey of 500 Massachusetts likely voters between May 2 and May 5, 2016. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on May 10, 2016.
The poll was sponsored by the Boston Globe.
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 28 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the general election for president was held today and the candidates were (ROTATE)
Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump, for whom would you vote (or lean
toward)?
| Clinton (D) | Trump (R) | Undecided | Refused | Total |
|---|
| All | 54.8%
274 | 31.4%
157 | 11.2%
56 | 2.6%
13 | 500
Likely |
| Female | 62.07%
162 | 24.9%
65 | 11.49%
30 | 1.53%
4 | 52.2%
261 |
| Male | 46.86%
112 | 38.49%
92 | 10.88%
26 | 3.77%
9 | 47.8%
239 |
| Democrat | 81.42%
149 | 15.85%
29 | 6.56%
12 | 1.09%
2 | 36.6%
183 |
| Independent | 43.2%
108 | 39.6%
99 | 14%
35 | 3.2%
8 | 50%
250 |
| Republican | 14%
7 | 68%
34 | 14%
7 | 4%
2 | 10%
50 |
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from Massachusetts who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.4%.
The question wording was provided by Suffolk University and the Boston Globe.