Essman/Research conducted a survey of 500 North Dakota likely voters between Oct 12 and Oct 15, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Oct 20, 2012.
The poll was sponsored by Forum Communications Company.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions, but the ordering was not published.
Question 2 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the 2012 election for U.S. President were held today, would you vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney? (The order of the candidates was rotated.)
| Romney (R) | Obama (D) | Undecided | Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 56.8%
284 | 32.4%
162 | 9.8%
49 | 1%
5 | 500
Likely |
| Female | 52.17%
132 | 33.99%
86 | 12.25%
31 | 1.58%
4 | 50.6%
253 |
| Male | 61.54%
152 | 30.77%
76 | 7.29%
18 | 0.4%
1 | 49.4%
247 |
| Democrat | 6.19%
6 | 87.63%
85 | 6.19%
6 | 0 | 19.4%
97 |
| Independent | 49.76%
105 | 32.23%
68 | 16.11%
34 | 1.9%
4 | 42.2%
211 |
| Republican | 93.68%
163 | 2.87%
5 | 3.45%
6 | 0 | 34.8%
174 |
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from North Dakota who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.4% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was provided by Essman/Research and Forum Communications Company.
Question 8 | PreferenceView Matchup
If the 2012 General Election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Democrat Heidi Heitkamp or Republican Rick Berg? (The candidate order was rotated.)
| Berg (R) | Heitkamp (D) | Undecided | Some Other | Total |
|---|
| All | 49.8%
249 | 39.8%
199 | 10%
50 | 0.4%
2 | 500
Likely |
| Female | 42.29%
107 | 44.66%
113 | 12.25%
31 | 0.79%
2 | 50.6%
253 |
| Male | 57.49%
142 | 34.82%
86 | 7.69%
19 | 0 | 49.4%
247 |
| Democrat | 5.15%
5 | 89.69%
87 | 5.15%
5 | 0 | 19.4%
97 |
| Independent | 40.76%
86 | 44.08%
93 | 14.69%
31 | 0.47%
1 | 42.2%
211 |
| Republican | 87.93%
153 | 7.47%
13 | 4.6%
8 | 0 | 34.8%
174 |
This question was presented to 500 likely voters from North Dakota who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.4% at the 95% confidence level.
The question wording was provided by Essman/Research and Forum Communications Company.