Poll Watch: Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind 2012 Presidential Survey

FDU PublicMind 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 45% {46%} [45%] (44%)
• Mitt Romney 41% {42%} [39%] (43%)

• Barack Obama 46% {54%} [48%]
• Ron Paul 39% {35%} [35%]

• Barack Obama 48% {55%} [52%]
• Rick Santorum 39% {34%} [33%]

• Barack Obama 51% {48%} [50%] (52%)
• Newt Gingrich 36% {42%} [30%] (37%)

In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

• Approve 44% {45%} [47%] (44%)
• Disapprove 48% {46%} [45%] (48%)

Among Democrats

• Approve 79% {74%} [78%] (74%)
• Disapprove 15% {16%} [16%] (17%)

Among Republicans

• Approve 6% {10%} [12%] (13%)
• Disapprove 88% {84%} [82%] (81%)

Among Independents

• Approve 35% {36%} [39%] (39%)
• Disapprove 48% {48%} [50%] (53%)

National survey of 903 registered voters was conducted February 6-12, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.3 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 32% {34%} [36%] (31%) Democrat; 24% {23%} [24%] (23%) Republican; 40% {39%} [35%] (41%) Independent; 4% {3%} [5%] (4%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted November 29 - December 5, 2011 are in curly brackets.   Results from the poll conducted June 1-7, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 21-28, 2011 are in parentheses.