Marist Institute for Public Opinion conducted a survey of 1475 Wisconsin adults between Oct 15 and Oct 17, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Oct 18, 2012.

The poll was sponsored by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.

Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.

Question 5 | PreferenceView Matchup

If November's presidential election were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:

This question was presented to 1013 likely voters from Wisconsin who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.1%.

The question wording was provided by Marist Institute for Public Opinion, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.

Question 11 | PreferenceView Matchup

If November's election for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:

This question was presented to 1013 likely voters from Wisconsin who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 3.1%.

The question wording was provided by Marist Institute for Public Opinion, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.