MAINE PEOPLES RESOURCE CENTER

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

September 15-17, 2012 N=856

Methodology
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A survey of 856 registered Maine voters in likely voter households was conducted by interactive voice response from September 15th through 17th, 2012. Calls were made at different times of day to maximize the diversity of possible respondents. Questions were recorded by a female interviewer. Survey results were mathematically weighted by gender, age and geographic area to ensure an accurate representation of the population being surveyed. The sample was not weighted by party or ideology. The margin of error of this survey is 3.35%, 95 times out of 100. Subsamples may have a larger margin of error. Frequencies and percentages may not always add up to the total number of responses or to 100%, due to weighting and rounding.

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President
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If the election for President were held today, who would you vote for?
Percent

60

40

(Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, Libertarian Gary Johnson)

20

Obama Romney Johnson undecided

53.5 37.3 1.9 7.3

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President by Congressional District

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80 60 40

Percent

20
0

CD 1 58.7 33.9 1.6 5.8

CD 2 47.8 41.0 2.4 8.8

Obama Romney Johnson undecided

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U.S. Senate
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If the election for U.S Senate were held today, who would you vote for?
Percent

60

40

20

Dill King Summers other undecided

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14.9 43.8 28.2 6.1 7.1

Senate Preference by Party ID

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Percent
Dill Summers King other
Democratic

20

40

60

80

100

27.7

7.4

54.1

3.17.7

undecided

Republican

2.9

60.2

23.4

7.7 5.8

Party

unenrolled/other

8.3

22.7

52.3

8.8 7.9

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Taxes on Wealthy
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Do you think raising taxes on income for wealthy individuals would help the economy, hurt the economy, or not make a difference? Pew Research national results: http://bit.ly/LVhY3b

60

40 Percent

20

help hurt no difference undecided

55.3 29.2 11.7 3.7

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Frequencies
8 Gender Female Male % 52.6 47.4 Ideology Very liberal Somewhat liberal Moderate Congressional District 1 2 % 52.0 48.0 Somewhat conservative % 12.4 22.5 28.6 29.1

Very conservative
Not sure

15.4
2.0

Age Party Democratic Republican Independent/other % 42.6 32.1 25.3 18-34

% 17.2

35-49
50-64 65+

23.9
33.5 25.5

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