Question: If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Joe Sestak, the Democrat, or Pat Toomey, the Republican?
JOE SESTAK PAT TOOMEY UNDECIDED
ALL 43 40 17
MEN 37 44 19
WOMEN 49 36 15
DEMOCRATS 76 8 16
REPUBLICANS 6 82 12
INDEPENDENTS 35 35 30
WHITE 40 44 16
HISPANIC 69 3 28
18-29 49 32 19
30-44 40 42 18
45-59 46 37 17
60+ 38 48 14
PHILLY CITY 72 9 19
PHILLY SUBURBS 51 29 20
PITTSBURGH 41 37 22
REST OF STATE 32 56 12

About this Poll
The Research 2000 Pennsylvania Poll was conducted from May 24 through May 26, 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.