Question:
If the election for the Maine Governor’s seat were held tomorrow, would you vote for...

About this Poll
Background & Methodology
• Each Spring and Fall, Critical Insights conducts the Critical Insights on MaineTM Tracking Survey, a
comprehensive, statewide public opinion survey of registered voters which covers a variety of topics of
interest to business, government, and the general public.
• Critical Insights on MaineTM has been documenting the attitudes, perceptions, and preferences of
Maine’s residents for over 17 years, making it the longest running consistently administered Tracking
Survey in the Northeast.
– In addition to general interest items (the results of which are released to the media as a public service) the survey
also includes a number of proprietary items included in the poll on behalf of sponsoring entities, with results of
those items released only to those sponsors.
• For the current wave of the study, Critical Insights completed a total of 600 telephone interviews
(including cell phones) with randomly selected likely voters across the state between September 27th –
30th, 2013.
– With a sample of 600 interviews, results presented here have an associated sampling error of +/- 4 percentage
points at the 95% confidence level.
– All interviews were conducted with self-reported registered and likely voters; final data were statistically
weighted according to relevant demographics to reflect the voter base in Maine.
– On average, the entire survey instrument – including both general interest items and all subscriber questions –
was 20 minutes in administrative length.
• This document presents findings from general interest questions from the current round of
measurement compared with results from past iterations of the Critical Insights on MaineTM Tracking
Survey.