Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist Virginia 2012 Senatorial Survey

NBC/WSJ/Marist Virginia 2012 Senate Poll

• Tim Kaine (D) 47% (49%) {46%}
• George Allen (R) 46% (44%) {46%}
• Undecided 7% (7%) {8%}

Survey of 981 likely voters was conducted October 7-9, 2012. The margin of error is +/-  3.1 percentage points.  Party ID: 30% (32%) {31%} Democrat; 28% (30%) {26%} Republican; 40% (37%) {43%} Independent. Ideology: 35% (37%) {39%} Moderate; 31% (29%) {31%} Conservative; 18% (15%) {16%} Liberal; 12% (14%) {10%} Very conservative; 4% (5%) {5%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 30 - October 1, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 9-11, 2012 are in curly brackets.