Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

  • Barack Obama 47% (44%)
  • Rick Santorum 41% (44%)
  • Some other candidate 7% (8%)
  • Undecided 5% (5%)
  • Barack Obama 48% (45%)
  • Mitt Romney 40% (41%)
  • Some other candidate 8% (10%)
  • Undecided 3% (4%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Mitt Romney 42% (45%) / 52% {-10%}
  • Rick Santorum 42% (49%) / 53% {-11%}
How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president? 
  • Strongly approve  27%
  • Somewhat approve 22% 
  • Somewhat disapprove 12%
  • Strongly disapprove 37%
Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted March 26, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted February 8, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:
Both Romney and Santorum hold a double-digit lead over Obama among male voters but trail Obama by similar margins among female voters. Voters ages 18-39 heavily favor the president, but the two GOP hopefuls are ahead among older voters in Ohio.
Among voters not affiliated with either political party, its Obama 51%, Romney 29% and Obama 53%, Santorum 31%.

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