Poll Watch: PPP (D) Massachusetts 2012 Senatorial Survey

PPP (D) Massachusetts 2012 Senate Poll

• Elizabeth Warren (D) 46% {46%} [32%]
• Scott Brown (R) 41% {44%} [47%]

Among Independents

• Scott Brown (R) 48% {51%} [61%]
• Elizabeth Warren (D) 36% {36%} [18%] 

Among Moderates

• Elizabeth Warren (D) 42% {40%} [20%]
  
• Scott Brown (R) 40% {46%} [54%]

Among Men

• Elizabeth Warren (D) 45% {47%} [32%]
  
• Scott Brown (R) 44% {48%} [51%]

Among Women

• Elizabeth Warren (D) 46% {45%} [31%]
  
• Scott Brown (R) 39% {41%} [43%]

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Scott Brown’s job performance?

• Approve 45% {44%} [48%] (53%)
• Disapprove 42% {45%} [36%] (29%)

Do you think Scott Brown is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 11% {9%} [12%] (9%)
• Too conservative 35% {38%} [33%] (33%)
• About right 44% {45%} [50%] (53%)

Do you think Elizabeth Warren is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 33%
• Too conservative 6%
• About right 51%

Do you think the Republican Party is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 12% {7%} [12%] (10%)
• Too conservative 54% {56%} [54%] (52%)
• About right 25% {29%} [27%] (32%)

Do you think the Democratic Party is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 41%
• Too conservative 12%
• About right 43%

Do you think Scott Brown has been more an independent voice for Massachusetts or a partisan voice for the national Republican Party?

• Independent voice for Massachusetts 41% {47%}
• Partisan voice for the national Republican Party 41% {41%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Elizabeth Warren 46% {40%} [21%] / 33% {22%} [17%] {+13%}

Survey of 936 Massachusetts voters was conducted March 16-18, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 41% {40%} [46%] (42%) Democrat; 14% {15%} [15%] (20%) Republican; 45% {45%} [40%] (38%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 36% {35%} [33%] Moderate; 27% {23%} [24%] Somewhat liberal; 21% {21%} [19%] Somewhat conservative; 11% {15%} [16%] Very liberal; 5% {6%} [8%] Very conservative. Results from the poll conducted September 16-18, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 2-5, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 29-December 1, 2010 are in parentheses.