Poll Watch: Howey/DePauw Indiana 2012 Republican Senatorial Primary Survey

Howey/DePauw Indiana 2012 GOP Senate Primary Poll

• Richard Mourdock 48% (35%) 
• Richard Lugar 38% (42%)
• Undecided 14% (23%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net} 

• Richard Mourdock 47% (24%) / 25% (18%) {+22%} 
• Richard Lugar 43% (47%) / 43% (31%) {0%} 

Survey of 700 likely GOP primary voters was conducted April 30 - May 1, 2012, by Republican pollster Christine Matthews, the president of Alexandria, Va.-based Bellwether Research, and Democratic pollster Fred Yang, of D.C.-based Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group. The margin of error for each sample is +/- 3.7 percentage points.  Party ID: 76% Republican; 23% Independent; 1% Democrat.  Political ideology: 44% Very conservative; 33% Somewhat conservative; 19% Moderate; 1% Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted March 26-28, 2012 are in parentheses.