Friday, November 02, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Indiana 2012 Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) Indiana 2012 Senate Poll
  • Joe Donnelly (D) 45% [42%] (40%)
  • Richard Mourdock (R) 42% [47%] (42%)
  • Some other candidate 6% [2%] (3%)
  • Undecided 6% [8%] (15%) 
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. 

Joe Donnelly
  • Very favorable 13% [13%]
  • Somewhat favorable 30% [31%]
  • Somewhat unfavorable 23% [22%]
  • Very unfavorable 22% [15%]
Richard Mourdock 
  • Very favorable 13% [13%]
  • Somewhat favorable 27% [31%]
  • Somewhat unfavorable 14% [20%]
  • Very unfavorable 39% [20%]
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Joe Donnelly 43% [44%] / 45% [37%] {-2%}
  • Richard Mourdock 40% [44%] / 53% [40%] {-13%
Survey of 600 likely voter was conducted November 1, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 10-11, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 31 - August 1, 2012 are in parentheses.
Inside the numbers:
Twenty percent (20%) of likely Indiana voters have cast their ballots already, and Donnelly leads 48% to 42% among these voters.
Mourdock leads by 10 points among male voters but trails by 15 among female voters. However, 13% of both groups either prefer a third-party alternative or are undecided.
Donnelly has the support of 81% of Indiana Democrats and 11% of the state’s Republicans. Eighty-three percent (83%) of GOP voters back Mourdock. Among voters in Indiana not affiliated with either party, Donnelly leads 53% to 29%, but 19% of these voters favor another candidate or are undecided.

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