Poll Watch: PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

• Barack Obama 48% (47%) {51%} [48%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 42% (43%) {40%} [42%] (43%)

• Barack Obama 50% {54%} [51%] (52%)
• Newt Gingrich 43% {37%} [39%] (41%)

• Barack Obama 48%
• Ron Paul 40%

• Barack Obama 51% (48%)
• Rick Perry 41% (39%)

• Barack Obama 52% (49%)
• Michele Bachmann 39% (40%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 33% (34%) {35%} [33%] (33%) / 52% (49%) {43%} [48%] (46%) {-19%}
• Newt Gingrich 31% {26%} [29%] (32%) / 55% {54%} [56%] (53%) {-24%}
• Michele Bachmann 28% (30%) / 53% (49%) {-25%}
• Ron Paul 21% / 57% {-36%}
• Rick Perry 20% (25%) / 61% (35%) {-41%}

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

• Approve 48% (47%) {51%} [48%] (50%)
• Disapprove 47% (48%) {44%} [45%] (45%)

Survey of 600 Virginia voters was conducted December 11-13, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.0 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 36% (36%) {34%} [34%] (35%) Republican; 33% (35%) {37%} [39%] (36%) Democrat; 31% (30%) {29%} [27%] (30%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 34% (30%) {31%} [32%] Moderate; 24% (21%) {22%} [25%] Somewhat conservative; 18% (20%) {21%} [16%] Very conservative; 15% (18%) {18%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 9% (11%) {8%} [11%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted July 21-24, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.