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There were no significant differences among the Republicans and Independents.
Berg VsSandTotal(297)Party AffiliationRepublican(191)Independent(101)
Rick Berg 65%(194)71%(136)53%(53)Duane Sand 21%(61)14%(27)34%(34)Undecided 14%(42)15%(28)14%(14)
Democrats and Republicans
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If the general election was held today, and the candidates for the U.S. Senateare Heidi Heitkamp (Democrat) and Rick Berg (Republican), who would you votefor?
For the U.S. Senate seat, if the candidates today were Rick Berg and Heidi Heitkamp,51% of likely voters would vote for Berg and 44% would vote for Heitkamp. Fivepercent are undecided.Among the six counties, a higher percentage of voters in Sioux (48%) and Grand Forks(62%) counties would vote for Heitkamp.
Berg vsHeitkampCounty Breakdown AllCounties(500) All counties,excluding Sioux (475)Sioux County (25)*BurleighCounty (63)CassCounty (116)GrandForks(42)Ramsey County (5)*WardCounty (41)Rick Berg 51%(254)
52%(245)36%(9)54%(34)51%(59)33%(14)60%(3)61%(25)HeidiHeitkamp44%(220)44%(208)
48%(12)
43%(27)45%(52)
62%(26)
40%(2)37%(15)Undecided 5%(26)5%(22)16%(4)3%(2)4%(5)5%(2)0 2%(1)*Significance testing is unreliable due to the small sample size.
Among party affiliation, 54% of the Independent voters polled will vote for Heitkamp.
Berg vsHeitkampTotal100%(500)Political Party Republican(192)Democrat(117)Independent(183)Rick Berg 51%(254)
87%(166)9%(10)41%(75)Heidi Heitkamp 44%(220)8%(16)87%(102)
54%(98)
Undecided 5%(26)5%(10)4%(5)6%(10)