WISC-TV poll
2/18/2008

WISC-TV POLL RESULTS – FEBRUARY 2008

                                                                  

The WISC-TV Poll was conducted from February 13 through February 14, 2008. A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone.

 

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect the voter registration of distribution by county.  The poll was conducted by Research 2000 and paid for by WISC-TV.

 

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the “true” figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as for gender or party affiliation.

 

 

SAMPLE FIGURES:

 

Men                            277         (48%)               

Women                      323          (52%)

 

Democrats                  224         (37%)    

Republicans               197          (33%)     

Independents/Other     179          (30%)

 

 

 

 

GENERAL ELECTION MATCHUPS:

QUESTION: If the 2008 election for President were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choice were between Barack Obama, the Democrat, and John McCain, the Republican?

                                            OBAMA              MCCAIN           UNDECIDED

 

ALL                                         49%                      42%                         9% 

 

MEN                                        45%                      47%                         8%

WOMEN                                 53%                      37%                        10%    

 

DEMOCRATS                        82%                        9%                         9%

REPUBLICANS                     11%                      79%                        10%

INDEPENDENTS                   50%                      41%                         9%

 

 

QUESTION: If the 2008 election for President were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choice were between Barack Obama, the Democrat, and Mike Huckabee, the Republican?

                                               OBAMA           HUCKABEE         UNDECIDED

 

ALL                                          54%                      38%                        8% 

 

MEN                                         50%                      43%                        7%

WOMEN                                  58%                      33%                        9%    

 

DEMOCRATS                         86%                        6%                        8%

REPUBLICANS                      12%                       80%                        8%

INDEPENDENTS                    59%                      33%                        8%

 

 

 

QUESTION: If the 2008 election for President were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choice were between Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, and John McCain, the Republican?

                                            CLINTON          MCCAIN          UNDECIDED

 

ALL                                         46%                    44%                       10% 

 

MEN                                        41%                    50%                        9%

WOMEN                                 51%                    38%                       11%    

 

DEMOCRATS                        81%                    10%                        9%

REPUBLICANS                       9%                     81%                      10%

INDEPENDENTS                   45%                    45%                      10%

 

 

QUESTION: If the 2008 election for President were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choice were between Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, and Mike Huckabee, the Republican?

                                          CLINTON           HUCKABEE        UNDECIDED

 

ALL                                     51%                  39%                   10% 

 

MEN                                        46%             45%                   9%

WOMEN                                 56%               33%                 11%    

 

DEMOCRATS                        83%                  6%                  11%

REPUBLICANS                     11%                   82%                7%

INDEPENDENTS                  56%                   33%                 11%