Thursday, September 01, 2011

Poll Watch: Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Survey
  • Rick Perry 44% {40%} [39%] (28%)
  • Barack Obama 41% {43%} [44%] (45%)
  • Barack Obama 43% {46%} [42%] {45%} [42%] (44%)
  • Mitt Romney 39% {38%} [43%] {40%} [44%] (44%)
  • Barack Obama 42%
  • Herman Cain 35%
  • Barack Obama 46% {43%} [46%] (49%)
  • Michele Bachmann 38% {39%} [39%] (27%)
Surveys of 1,000 likely voters were conducted August 23-30, 2011.  The margin of error for each survey is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the polls conducted August 17-22, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the polls conducted between June 24 and July 17, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the polls conducted May 1-14, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted between March 6 and March 31, 2011 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted between January 3 and February 1, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted November 24, 2009 are in parentheses.


Inside the numbers:
Perry leads by nine among men but trails by five among women. Among voters under 30, the president leads while Perry has the edge among those over 30. The president leads Perry by 16 percentage points among union members while Perry leads among those who do not belong to a union.

Against all four Republicans, the president leads among voters who earn less than $40,000 a year and those who earn more than $100,000 a year. The Republicans do better among those in the middle. Perry leads Obama by 70 percentage points among Republicans while Romney leads by 63. The president leads all three among unaffiliated voters. However, the president’s support among unaffiliateds ranges from 41% to 44% and a quarter of unaffiliateds remain either undecided or interested in a third party option.  
Match-ups for each candidate were conducted on separate nights as part of the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

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