Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Maine 2012 Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) Maine 2012 Senate Poll

• Angus King (I) 45%
• Charlie Summers (R) 33%
  
• Cynthia Dill (D) 14%
• Some other candidate 1%
• Undecided 7%

Among Independents

• Angus King (I) 61%
• Charlie Summers (R) 26%
  
• Cynthia Dill (D) 6%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Angus King 56% / 38% {+18%}
• Charlie Summers 43% / 33% {+10%}
  
• Cynthia Dill 36% / 46% {-10%}

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted September 25, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.

Inside the numbers: 

King draws support from 53% of Maine Democrats, while Dill picks up the vote from just 29% of voters in her own party. Summers has the backing of 77% of Republicans in the state, but 15% of GOP voters prefer King instead.

King leads Summers and Dill among both male and female voters. Summers and King are tied among voters 65 and older, but King is ahead in all other age groups.