[Lnc-business] paid poll results for Libertarian federal candidate

[Wes Benedict]

A Libertarian Party candidate for federal office commissioned a poll.

He paid $2,500 to Pulse Opinion Research for the poll of 334 Likely Voters .

Results are below.

Other Libertarian Party candidate interested in doing this kind of poll 
for themselves can find out how here:

http://www.pulseopinionresearch.com/

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Conducted August 29 through September 1, 2016
By Pulse Opinion Research


1* Do you consider yourself a Libertarian?

12% Yes
72% No
16% Not sure

2* If the 2016 presidential election were held today, would you vote for 
Republican Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton, or Libertarian Gary 
Johnson?

31% Donald Trump
56% Hillary Clinton
   6% Gary Johnson
   7% Not sure

3* If the 2016 election for the United States Senate were held today, 
would you vote for Republican FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, Libertarian FIRSTNAME 
LASTNAME, or Democrat FIRSTNAME LASTNAME?

34% REPUBLICAN FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
   6% LIBERTARIAN FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
42% DEMOCRAT FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
18% Not sure

4* Next, I'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the 
news. As I read each name, please let me know if you have a very 
favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable 
opinion of this person.  If you have never heard of them, that’s okay, 
just let me know.

First, REPUBLICAN FIRSTNAME LASTNAME

19% Very favorable
33% Somewhat favorable
19% Somewhat unfavorable
10% Very unfavorable
12% You’ve never heard of him
   7% Not sure

5*     DEMOCRAT FIRSTNAME LASTNAME

   8% Very favorable
29% Somewhat favorable
12% Somewhat unfavorable
   3% Very unfavorable
33% You’ve never heard of him
14% Not sure

6*    LIBERTARIAN FIRSTNAME LASTNAME

   1% Very favorable
13% Somewhat favorable
14% Somewhat unfavorable
   4% Very unfavorable
56% You’ve never heard of him
11% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 5.5 percentage points with a 95% 
level of confidence


-- 
Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
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