MassINC Polling Group conducted a survey of 497 Massachusetts likely voters between May 5 and May 6, 2013. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on May 9, 2013.
The poll was sponsored by WBUR-FM (NPR: Boston).
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 3 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the June two thousand thirteen election for U.S. Senate were held today, and the candidates were Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez, for whom would you vote?
If undecided…Even though you say you are undecided – which way do you lean – Democrat Ed Markey or Republican Gabriel Gomez?
| Markey (D) | Gomez (R) | Don't Know/Undecided | Refused | Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 46% | 38% | 13% | 2% | 0% | 497
Likely |
| Female | 51% | 34% | 13% | 2% | 0% | 52.92%
263 |
| Male | 41% | 44% | 14% | 1% | 1% | 47.08%
234 |
| Democrat | 71% | 15% | 12% | 1% | 0% | 34.61%
172 |
| Independent | 40% | 43% | 14% | 2% | 0% | 51.91%
258 |
| Republican | 6% | 79% | 13% | 1% | 1% | 13.48%
67 |
This question was presented to 497 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 MassINC Polling Group and WBUR-FM (NPR: Boston).