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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Ohio 2012 Senate Poll

• Sherrod Brown (D) 50% [52%] (50%) {49%}
• Josh Mandel (R) 45% [41%] (41%) {42%} 
• Other 1% [1%] (1%) {0%}
• Undecided 4% [6%] (7%) {9%}

Survey of 971 likely voters was conducted October 31 - November 1, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points.  Party ID: 38% [40%] (36%) {38%} Democrat; 29% [29%] (31%) {28%} Republican; 32% [29%] (32%) {32%} Independent.  Ideology: 34% [34%] (31%) {30%} Conservative; 32% [32%] (32%) {32%} Moderate; 18% [17%] (18%) {17%} Liberal; 11% [12%] (13%) {14%} Very conservative; 5% [5%] (6%) {7%} 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.