Poll Watch: Rasmussen Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 55%
• Mitt Romney 38%

• Barack Obama 58%
• Rick Santorum 32%

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 36% of the vote in Massachusetts. In 2004, George W. Bush received 37% of the vote in MA.

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President?

• Strongly approve 32%
• Somewhat approve 26%
• Somewhat disapprove 8%
• Strongly disapprove 34%

I’m going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Mitt Romney

• Very favorable 19%
• Somewhat favorable 30%
• Somewhat unfavorable 28%
• Very unfavorable 23%

Rick Santorum

• Very favorable 6%
• Somewhat favorable 24%
• Somewhat unfavorable 18%
• Very unfavorable 48%

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted February 29, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Obama earns overwhelming Democratic support against both Republicans. Yet while Romney captures 85% of the GOP vote in the state, only 60% of these voters favor Santorum. Among voters not affiliated with either political party, Romney leads Obama 49% to 43% and Santorum edges the incumbent 46% to 42%.

The president holds a sizable lead over both GOP hopefuls among female voters in Massachusetts but is nearly tied with Romney and trails Santorum by five points among male voters.