Senate - Connecticut (2010)

Senate (2010)
A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 11/3-8; surveyed 1,236 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.8%. Subsamples of 474 Dems and 332 GOPers; margins of error +/- 4.5% and +/- 5.4%, respectively (release, 11/12). Tested: Sen. Chris Dodd (D), businessman/ex-USAF officer Merrick Alpert (D), ex-Rep. Rob Simmons (R), ex-Amb. Thomas Foley (R), ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R), state Sen. Sam Caligiuri (R) and businessman Peter Schiff (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            Now 9/14 7/20 5/25
C. Dodd      55% 56%  52%  44%
M. Alpert    22  13   18   24
Other         1   4    2    1
Not vote      1   2    1    2
Undec        21  25   27   30

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            Now 9/14 7/20 5/25
R. Simmons   28% 43%  42%  48%
L. McMahon   17  n/a  n/a  n/a
T. Foley      9   5    5   n/a
P. Schiff     5   2   --   n/a
S. Caligiuri  4   4    5   10
Other        --   2    1    1
Not vote      2   2    1    2
Undec        36  43   45   39

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 9/14 7/20 5/25 3/31 3/8
R. Simmons   49% 15% 87% 57% 52% 45% 44%  48%  45%  50%  43%
C. Dodd      38  68   6  29  35  41  39   39   39   34   42
Other        --  --  --  --  --  --   1   --    2    2    1
Not vote      2   2  --   1   2   1   1    2    1    2    1
Undec        11  14   6  12  11  12  15   10   13   12   12

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
L. McMahon   43% 12% 79% 51% 47% 39%
C. Dodd      41  71  13  32  40  42
Other        --  --  --   1  --   1
Not vote      2   1  --   3   2   1
Undec        14  17   7  13  11  18

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 9/14 7/20 5/25 3/31 3/8
C. Dodd      42% 72% 11% 35% 41% 44% 40%  42%  41%  37%  47%
S. Caligiuri 42  11  80  49  46  38  36   40   39   41   34
Other         1  --   1  --  --   1   2    1    1    3    2
Not vote      2   1   3   1   2   2   2    1    2    2    2
Undec        14  16   5  14  11  16  20   15   17   17   16

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 9/14 7/20 3/31
T. Foley     47% 12% 85% 58% 50% 43% 38%  42%  43%
C. Dodd      40  73   9  27  38  42  40   42   35
Other        --  --  --   1  --   1   2    1    3
Not vote      1   1  --  --   1   1   2    1    2
Undec        13  14   5  14  12  14  18   14   16

-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 9/14 7/20
C. Dodd      42% 74% 11% 34% 41% 43% 42%  43%
P. Schiff    41  10  81  47  44  38  36   38
Other         1  --  --   1  --   1   2    1
Not vote      1   1   2   1   1   1   2    2
Undec        15  16   6  17  13  17  19   16

Do You Feel That Dodd Deserves To Be Re-Elected?
-        All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Yes      39% 65% 14% 30% 34% 43%
No       53  25  83  62  58  49
Undec     8  10   3   8   8   8

Fav/Unfav
-            All     Dem     GOP     Ind     9/14    7/20
C. Dodd      42%/49% 68%/22% 19%/77% 34%/59% 40%/48% 40%/50%
R. Simmons   40 /10  25 /16  61 / 7  42 / 7  41 /11  39 /12
T. Foley     20 / 6  11 / 8  33 / 3  21 / 4  12 / 6  17 / 5
L. McMahon   20 /13   7 /18  15 / 2  12 / 3   n/a     n/a
S. Caligiuri 10 / 3   4 / 3  15 / 2  12 / 3  11 / 5  12 / 4
P. Schiff     7 / 4   1 / 5  13 / 2   8 / 4   6 / 2   7 / 3
M. Alpert     1 / 3   2 / 5   2 /--  -- / 1   2 / 2   3 / 1

Dodd As Sen.
-            All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom 9/14 7/20 5/25 3/31 3/8
Approve      40% 65% 13% 34% 38% 43% 43%  42%  38%  33%  49%
Disapprove   54  28  86  60  56  52  49   52   53   58   44