Kiley & Company conducted a survey of 602 likely New Hampshire voters between September 5, 2014. The survey found Senator Jeanne Shaheen leading her opponent Scott Brown by 50% to 42%, the same eight point lead she held in August. Shaheen benefits from a gender gap, leading by 21 points among women while Brown leads by 7 points among men. Shaheen also leads among Democrats and independents, while Brown leads among Republicans. Shaheen has higher favorability ratings at 52% favorable versus 42% unfavorable, while Brown has net-negative ratings at 38% favorable and 53% unfavorable. Shaheen is seen as more committed to New Hampshire while Brown is viewed as closer to special
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NH-Sen Kiley & Company for the DSCC (Sept. 2-4, 2014)
Kiley & Company conducted a survey of 602 likely New Hampshire voters between September 5, 2014. The survey found Senator Jeanne Shaheen leading her opponent Scott Brown by 50% to 42%, the same eight point lead she held in August. Shaheen benefits from a gender gap, leading by 21 points among women while Brown leads by 7 points among men. Shaheen also leads among Democrats and independents, while Brown leads among Republicans. Shaheen has higher favorability ratings at 52% favorable versus 42% unfavorable, while Brown has net-negative ratings at 38% favorable and 53% unfavorable. Shaheen is seen as more committed to New Hampshire while Brown is viewed as closer to special
Kiley & Company conducted a survey of 602 likely New Hampshire voters between September 5, 2014. The survey found Senator Jeanne Shaheen leading her opponent Scott Brown by 50% to 42%, the same eight point lead she held in August. Shaheen benefits from a gender gap, leading by 21 points among women while Brown leads by 7 points among men. Shaheen also leads among Democrats and independents, while Brown leads among Republicans. Shaheen has higher favorability ratings at 52% favorable versus 42% unfavorable, while Brown has net-negative ratings at 38% favorable and 53% unfavorable. Shaheen is seen as more committed to New Hampshire while Brown is viewed as closer to special
Date: September 5, 2014 ________________________________________________________
Kiley & Company interviewed a representative sample of 602 New Hampshire voters who are likely to cast ballots in the November election. Respondents were randomly selected from a file of all voters in the state, and were interviewed on both landlines and cell phones. The party breakdown of the sample is: 30% Republican; 27% Democratic; and 43% Independent/ Other. The margin of error for these results is +/- 4%.
Key Findings
Jeanne Shaheen has a stable, majority-level lead over Scott Brown.
Shaheen leads Brown, 50% to 42% the same eight-point lead we saw in our initial survey in August. Shaheen benefits from a sizeable gender gap. She leads by 21 points among women; Brown leads by seven points among men. Shaheen leads, 91% to 6%, among Democrats and by 51% to 39% among Independents. Brown leads, 80% to 12%, among Republicans.
Shaheen is substantially more popular than Brown.
52% of voters express a favorable view of Jeanne Shaheen, and 42% express an unfavorable view. Scott Browns ratings are net-negative: 38% express a favorable view of Brown, while 53% express an unfavorable view.
Shaheen is widely viewed as being more committed to New Hampshire; Brown is seen as closer to the special interests.
In direct comparisons on key areas, Shaheen enjoys her biggest lead +33 points on being committed to New Hampshire. Shaheen also leads by large margins on protecting Medicare and Social Security (+26) and doing more for New Hampshire (+14). Browns biggest lead is in a negative area: by a margin of +25 points, he is seen as the candidate who is too close to wealthy special interests.