Poll Watch: Western New England University Massachusetts 2012 Senatorial Survey

Western New England University Massachusetts 2012 Senate Poll

• Elizabeth Warren (D) 50% {50%} [50%]
• Scott Brown (R) 46% {45%} [44%]

Among Independents

• Scott Brown (R) 64% {62%} [57%]
• Elizabeth Warren (D) 31% {35%} [35%]

Among Men

• Scott Brown (R) 56% {56%} [49%]
• Elizabeth Warren (D) 39% {38%} [44%]

Among Women

• Elizabeth Warren (D) 60% {61%} [55%]
• Scott Brown (R) 36% {35%} [40%]
  

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Scott Brown 53% {52%} [54%] / 36% {36%} [32%] {+17%}
• Elizabeth Warren 51% {50%} [53%] / 40% {41%} [33%] {+11%}
  

Among Independents

• Scott Brown 70% {70%} [66%] / 21% {20%} [20%] {+49%}
• Elizabeth Warren 35% {36%} [43%] / 57% {54%} [41%] {-22%}
  

Among Men

• Scott Brown 62% {61%} [63%] / 30% {30%} [28%] {+32%}
• Elizabeth Warren 41% {39%} [49%] / 49% {51%} [40%] {-8%}
  

Among Women

• Elizabeth Warren 61% {59%} [56%] / 31% {31%} [26%] {+30%} 
• Scott Brown 45% {43%} [46%] / 41% {41%} [35%] {+4%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Scott Brown is handling his job as United States senator?

• Approve 57% {55%} [57%]
• Disapprove 31% {33%} [30%]

Survey of 535 likely voters was conducted October 26 - November 1, 2012 for The Republican/MassLive.com. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points.  Party ID: 37.94% {38.64%} [36.71%] Democrat; 13.08% {12.95%} [13.74%] Republican; 44.86% {46.14%} [48.87%] Independent.  Gender: 49.53% {43.86%} [50.7%] Male; 50.47% {56.14%} [49.3%] Female.  Results from the poll conducted September 28 - October 4, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted September 6-13, 2012 are in square brackets.