Poll Watch: PPP (D) West Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) West Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

• Mitt Romney 54% [49%] (50%)
• Barack Obama 33% [37%] (37%)

• Rick Perry 52% [49%]
• Barack Obama 36% [38%]

• Michele Bachmann 52% [48%]
• Barack Obama 37% [39%]

• Newt Gingrich 51% [45%] (49%)
• Barack Obama 36% [40%] (39%)

• Ron Paul 48% 
• Barack Obama 34%

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 56% of the vote in West Virginia. In 2004, George W. Bush also received 56% of the vote in WV.

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 34% [27%] (34%) / 36% [41%] (37%) {-2%}
• Michele Bachmann 28% [25%] / 40% [44%] {-12%}
• Newt Gingrich 31% [22%] (33%) / 45% [56%] (43%) {-14%}
• Rick Perry 25% [29%] / 42% [32%] {-17%}
• Ron Paul 19% / 47% {-28%}

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 28% [32%] (34%)
• Disapprove 63% [62%] (58%)

Survey of 932 likely West Virginia voters was conducted September 30 - October 2, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 55% [55%] (57%) Democrat; 35% [36%] (32%) Republican; 9% [9%] (10%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 26% [28%] Somewhat conservative; 25% [26%] Moderate; 23% [22%] Very conservative; 14% [15%] Somewhat liberal; 11% [8%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 1-4, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 20-23, 2011 are in parentheses.