| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14476 |
| Udall Remains Well Positioned to Pick-Up US Senate Seat for Democrats in New Mexico: In an election for United States Senator from New Mexico today, 10/01/08, Democrat Tom Udall defeats Republican Steve Pearce 58% to 39%, according to this latest exclusive KOB-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released two weeks ago, Udall is up two points; Pearce is down two points.
Udall, who represents New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House, takes a majority of votes among men and women, young and old, white and minority. Pearce, who represents New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District, keeps 76% of Republican votes. Udall keeps 84% of Democratic votes; independents favor Udall by 26 points. The two candidates are competing for Republican Pete Domenici's open seat. Domenici is retiring. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 900 New Mexico adults 09/29/08 and 09/30/08. Of them, 795 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 698 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the 11/04/08 general election. |
 | New Mexico will also elect a United States Senator. If the election for United States Senator were today, would you vote for ... (choices rotated) Republican Steve Pearce? Or Democrat Tom Udall? |
| 698 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | College Grad | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Income | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.7% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Native A | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Yes | No | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Could Ch | Mind Mad | Economy | Environm | Health C | Iraq | Terroris | Social S | Educatio | Immigrat | < $50K | > $50K | Bernalil | Rest of | |
| Steve Pearce (R) | 39% | 43% | 36% | 33% | 46% | 35% | 43% | 41% | 38% | 46% | ** | 27% | 32% | ** | 76% | 15% | 34% | 73% | 29% | 12% | 37% | 42% | 48% | 33% | 31% | 60% | 24% | 28% | 41% | 36% | 24% | 15% | 26% | 83% | ** | ** | ** | 33% | 44% | 37% | 41% |
| Tom Udall (D) | 58% | 56% | 60% | 62% | 51% | 64% | 55% | 56% | 60% | 52% | ** | 71% | 66% | ** | 22% | 84% | 60% | 26% | 68% | 88% | 60% | 56% | 50% | 65% | 66% | 38% | 73% | 65% | 57% | 62% | 74% | 80% | 69% | 17% | ** | ** | ** | 64% | 53% | 61% | 56% |
| Undecided | 3% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | ** | 2% | 1% | ** | 2% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 0% | ** | ** | ** | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 49% | 51% | 18% | 29% | 31% | 22% | 47% | 53% | 60% | 1% | 31% | 6% | 2% | 35% | 50% | 13% | 27% | 42% | 14% | 51% | 49% | 46% | 26% | 28% | 43% | 55% | 13% | 86% | 57% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 42% | 58% | 40% | 60% |