M E M O R A N D U M To: Interested Parties From: Normington, Petts and Associates Date: March 11, 2014

The following is a summary of findings from a telephone survey conducted among 800 likely voters in Maine. Interviews were conducted March 3-6, 2014. The sampling error for th is survey is plus or minus 3 .5 percentage point s. The poll has the f ollowing makeup: 34% registered Democrats, 32% registered Republicans and 34% registered Independents and minor parties; 50% men and 50% women; 29% 18-44, 33% 45-49 and 36% 60 and older; 52% CD1 and 48% CD2. Question wording can be found on page two of this memo.

Mike Michaud has led in every poll conducted since he officially announced his candidacy last August (see public polli ng trend on page 3 ). Our most recent p oll shows the race at 39% for Michau d and 35% for Paul LePage. Third party candidate Eliot Cutler remains far behind, with just 16% of the vote. Michaud has important advantages over LePage on key characteristics as well. When asked which candidate is best described by a particular attribu te, Michaud hol ds significant leads over LePage on ex perience, caring, understanding the middle class and understanding how state government works (see table below). On the important metric of electability, Michaud holds an overwhelming 51% lead over Eliot Cutler. Note that this question was only asked among the 65% of voters who do not currently support LePage. Attribute

Michaud LePage Cutler