(10/22/12) -

Obama Leads Romney by Five Points in Wisconsin

In the U.S. Senate race, Tammy Baldwin is ahead of Tommy Thompson by just three points.

Democrat Barack Obama is leading Republican Mitt Romney in the Wisconsin, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.

In the online survey of a representative sample of 502 likely voters in the Badger State, 51 per cent of decided voters would support the Democratic incumbent in next month’s United States presidential election, while 46 per cent would cast a ballot for Republican Party nominee Mitt Romney.

While male voters are evenly divided when assessing the two candidates (49% would vote for Obama, and 49% for Romney), the incumbent president holds a nine-point advantage among women (53% to 44%).

Obama is ahead of Romney among decided voters aged 18-to-34 (58% to 37%), while those over the age of 55 prefer the Republican nominee (53% to 46%).

Voters aged 35-to-54 are evenly split (49% would vote for Obama, 48% would support Romney).

In the U.S. Senate race to replace the retiring Herb Kohl, Democrat Tammy Baldwin is three points ahead of Republican contender Tommy Thompson (50% to 47%) among decided voters.

Full Report, Detailed Tables and Methodology (PDF)

CONTACT:

Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public Opinion
+877 730 3570
mario.canseco@angus-reid.com

Methodology: From October 18 to October 20, 2012, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted an online survey among 502 randomly selected Wisconsin registered voters who are Springboard America panelists. The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/- 4.5%. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current age and gender data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Wisconsin. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.