Western New England University conducted a survey of 717 Massachusetts adults between Jun 16 and Jun 20, 2013. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Jun 22, 2013.
The poll was sponsored by WSHM TV (CBS: Springfiled, MA) and The Republican.
Results were provided for the only publicly acknowledged question.
Question 8B | PreferenceView Matchup
If the election for Senate were held today and the candidates were Gabriel Gomez, the Republican, and Ed Markey, the Democrat, would you vote for Gabriel Gomez, Ed Markey, or some other candidate for Senate? (If no preference is stated): At this moment do you lean more toward Gabriel Gomez, the Republican, or more toward Ed Markey, the Democrat?
| Markey (D) | Gomez (R) | Don't know/Undecided | Refused | Total |
|---|
| All | 49% | 41% | 9% | 1% | 566
Likely |
| Female | 57% | 33% | 9% | 2% | 54.59%
309 |
| Male | 39% | 51% | 10% | 0% | 45.41%
257 |
| Democrat | 80% | 12% | 8% | 0% | 35.87%
203 |
| Independent | 36% | 51% | 11% | 2% | 50.18%
284 |
| Republican | 7% | 86% | 7% | 0% | 12.54%
71 |
This question was presented to 566 likely voters from Massachusetts who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.1% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was provided by Western New England University, WSHM TV (CBS: Springfiled, MA) and The Republican.