Question:
QUESTION: If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choices were between William Barnes, the Democrat, and Richard Shelby, the Republican?
WILLIAM BARNES RICHARD SHELBY OTHER UNDECIDED
ALL 33 57 3 7
MEN 32 61 4 3
WOMEN 34 53 2 11
DEMOCRATS 66 22 2 10
REPUBLICANS 6 87 3 4
INDEPENDENTS 29 58 6 7
WHITE 22 72 4 2
BLACK 71 5 1 23
18-29 41 50 2 7
30-44 37 54 3 6
45-59 32 58 4 7
60+ 28 62 3 7
BLACK BELT 58 27 2 13
JEFFERSON COUNTY 47 44 2 7
NORTH 30 61 4 5
NORTH CENTRAL 23 68 3 6
SOUTH 29 61 3 7

QUESTION: If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choices were between Simone De Moore, the Democrat, and Richard Shelby, the Republican?
SIMONE DE MOORE RICHARD SHELBY OTHER UNDECIDED
ALL 27 62 3 8
MEN 25 66 3 6
WOMEN 29 58 3 10
DEMOCRATS 56 31 2 11
REPUBLICANS 4 88 3 5
INDEPENDENTS 22 65 5 8
WHITE 14 79 4 3
BLACK 72 5 0 23
18-29 35 55 2 8
30-44 31 59 3 7
45-59 25 62 4 9
60+ 22 69 3 6
BLACK BELT 52 28 2 18
JEFFERSON COUNTY 41 48 3 8
NORTH 24 68 3 5
NORTH CENTRAL 16 73 3 8
SOUTH 23 68 3 6

Poll Demographics
MEN 287 48%
WOMEN 313 52%
DEMOCRATS 223 37%
REPUBLICANS 256 43%
INDEPENDENTS 121 20%
WHITE 453 75%
BLACK 133 22%
18-29 62 10%
30-44 164 27%
45-59 220 37%
60+ 154 26%
BLACK BELT 65 10%
JEFFERSON COUNTY 86 14%
NORTH 136 22%
NORTH CENTRAL 169 28%
SOUTH 144 24%
Democratic MEN 186 46%
Democratic WOMEN 214 54%
Democratic WHITE 285 71%
Democratic BLACK 102 25%
Republican MEN 213 53%
Republican WOMEN 187 47%

About this poll
The Research 2000 Alabama Poll was conducted from May 17 through May 19, 2010. 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 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.

NOTE: There was an over sample conducted among both Democratic and Republican primary voters totaling 400 each. The margin of error is 5% for both.
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