Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Connecticut 2012 Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) Connecticut 2012 Senate Poll
  • Chris Murphy (D) 48% [51%] (46%)
  • Linda McMahon (R) 47% [46%] (49%)
  • Some other candidate 2% [2%] (1%)
  • Undecided 3% [1%] (5%)
Among Independents
  • Linda McMahon (R) 56% [39%] (55%)
  • Chris Murphy (D) 37% [57%] (31%)
I’m going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Linda McMahon
  • Very favorable 27% [25%] (26%)
  • Somewhat favorable 24% [21%] (28%)
  • Somewhat unfavorable 16% [14%] (14%)
  • Very unfavorable 33% [33%] (29%)
Chris Murphy
  • Very favorable 20% [16%] (20%)
  • Somewhat favorable 29% [26%] (30%)
  • Somewhat unfavorable 16% [21%] (21%)
  • Very unfavorable 32% [31%] (20%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Linda McMahon 51% [46%] (54%) / 49% [47%] (43%) {+2%}
  • Chris Murphy 49% [42%] (50%) / 48% [52%] (41%) {+1%}
Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted October 21, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted October 7, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 21, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:
McMahon has the support of 84% of Connecticut Republicans, while 80% of the state’s Democrats are backing Murphy.

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