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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Virginia 2012 Senate Poll

• Tim Kaine (D) 49% [47%] (49%) {46%}
• George Allen (R) 46% [46%] (44%) {46%}
• Undecided 4% [7%] (7%) {8%}

Survey of 1,165 likely voters was conducted November 1-2, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Party ID: 33% [30%] (32%) {31%} Democrat; 30% [28%] (30%) {26%} Republican; 35% [40%] (37%) {43%} Independent. Ideology: 33% [35%] (37%) {39%} Moderate; 29% [31%] (29%) {31%} Conservative; 16% [18%] (15%) {16%} Liberal; 14% [12%] (14%) {10%} Very conservative; 7% [4%] (5%) {5%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted October 7-9, 2012 are in square brackets. 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.