Poll Watch: SurveyUSA Ohio 2012 Senatorial Survey

SurveyUSA Ohio 2012 Senate Poll

• Sherrod Brown (D) 43% [43%] (42%)
• Josh Mandel (R) 42% [38%] (38%)
• Scott Rupert (I) 3% [4%] (4%)
• Undecided 10% [13%] (14%)

Among Independents

• Josh Mandel (R) 46% [37%] (39%)
• Sherrod Brown (D) 33% [34%] (32%)
• Scott Rupert (I) 6% [10%] (9%)
• Undecided 14% [19%] (17%)

Among Moderates

• Sherrod Brown (D) 54% [52%] (53%)
• Josh Mandel (R) 30% [28%] (25%)
• Scott Rupert (I) 4% [5%] (5%)
• Undecided 11% [14%] (15%)

Among Men

• Josh Mandel (R) 47% [42%] (41%)
• Sherrod Brown (D) 41% [40%] (41%)
• Scott Rupert (I) 2% [5%] (4%)
• Undecided 8% [13%] (13%)

Among Women

• Sherrod Brown (D) 45% [45%] (44%)
• Josh Mandel (R) 37% [35%] (34%)
• Scott Rupert (I) 5% [4%] (4%)
• Undecided 12% [14%] (15%)

Already Voted: 26%

• Sherrod Brown (D) 54% [52%] (57%)
• Josh Mandel (R) 35% [38%] (37%)
• Scott Rupert (I) 4% [4%] (0%)
• Undecided 4% [3%] (2%)

Did Not Vote Yet: 74%

• Josh Mandel (R) 44% [39%] (38%)
• Sherrod Brown (D) 39% [41%] (40%)
• Scott Rupert (I) 3% [4%] (4%)
• Undecided 12% [16%] (16%)

Survey of 609 likely and actual voters was conducted October 20-22, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points.  Party ID: 39% [39%] (39%) Democrat; 32% [32%] (33%) Republican; 25% [26%] (25%) Independent.  Ideology: 38% [42%] (40%) Moderate; 34% [34%] (35%) Conservative; 18% [17%] (16%) Liberal.  Already voted: 26% [18%] (11%) Yes; 74% [82%] (89%) No.  Results from the poll conducted October 12-15, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 5-8, 2012 are in parentheses.