Monday, March 26, 2012

Poll Watch: Suffolk University 2012 Presidential Survey

Suffolk University 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Barack Obama 47%
  • Mitt Romney 37%
  • Barack Obama 49%
  • Rick Santorum 35%
  • Barack Obama 50%
  • Newt Gingrich 31%
  • Barack Obama 49%
  • Ron Paul 28%
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Barack Obama 52% / 43% {+9%}
  • Mitt Romney 38% / 44% {-6%}
  • Rick Santorum 33% / 46% {-13%}
  • Ron Paul 28% / 43% {-15%}
  • Newt Gingrich 25% / 61% {-36%}
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
  • Approve 46%
  • Disapprove 45%
Thinking about the current presidential primary process for electing party nominees, would you support a national primary election held on one day as opposed to the current, state-based process that takes over six months?
  • Yes 54%
  • No 35%
Among Republicans
  • Yes 58%
  • No 34%
Regardless of who you personally support for president this year, who do you expect our next president will be?
  • Barack Obama 51%
  • Mitt Romney 28%
  • Rick Santorum 5%
  • Someone else 4%
  • Undecided 12%
Do you believe citizens should be required to show a photo ID before voting?
  • Yes 73%
  • No 24%
Do you believe the use of contraception is a religious, economic, family or women's health issue?
  • Women's health 55%
  • Family 17%
  • Religious 13%
  • Economic 3%
Do you agree or disagree that making changes or cuts to entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are necessary to reduce the national debt?
  • Agree 30%
  • Disagree 64%
Do you believe that the Social Security and Medicare programs will be available to you in your retirement?

Age 18-34
  • Yes 21%
  • No 70%
Age 35-44
  • Yes 33%
  • No 59%
Do you think that the near-universal health care bill passed in Washington in 2009 should be repealed, modified or left alone?
  • Repealed 34%
  • Modified 32%
  • Left alone 23%
Do you think you are better or worse off as a result of the national healthcare reform law, enacted in March 2010?
  • Better off 20%
  • Worse off 33%
  • No difference 40%
To help save healthcare costs, do you believe that chronically-ill, mentally-able seniors should be able to end their own lives?
  • Yes 46%
  • No 44%
If the price of regular gas were to increase to $4.50/gallon by October will you vote Democrat, Republican or Independent for President in the General Election?
  • Republican 37%
  • Democrat 36%
  • Independent 6%
How much influence do you think the President has on gas prices?
  • A lot 25%
  • Some 27%
  • A little 27%
  • None at all 19%
Should the United States explore options to increase its domestic oil production, even if that includes more offshore drilling?
  • Yes 78%
  • No 19%
Overall, which country do you feel poses the greatest threat to the United States?
  • Iran 36%
  • China 27%
  • North Korea 9%
  • Afghanistan 8%
  • Mexico 3%
  • Syria 2%
  • Greece 0%
  • Other 7%
What TV news or commentary source do you trust the most?
  • Fox News 28%
  • CNN 17%
  • NBC 10%
  • MSNBC 8%
  • ABC 7%
  • CBS 6%
  • Comedy Central 3%
  • C-SPAN 2%
  • Undecided 19%
Survey of 1,070 likely voters was conducted March 21-25, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Party ID: 39% Democrat; 34% Republican; 22% Independent.

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