Rasmussen (R) Iowa 2012 Presidential Poll
Generally speaking, do you prefer a candidate with mostly political experience, mostly business experience or a combination of political and business experience?
Inside the numbers:- Mitt Romney 47%
- Barack Obama 46%
- Some other candidate 3%
- Undecided 4%
- Strongly approve 29%
- Somewhat approve 19%
- Somewhat disapprove 13%
- Strongly disapprove 37%
- Very favorable 12%
- Somewhat favorable 34%
- Somewhat unfavorable 25%
- Very unfavorable 26%
- Mitt Romney 50%
- Barack Obama 40%
- Excited about choices 46%
- Voting for lesser of two evils 45%
Generally speaking, do you prefer a candidate with mostly political experience, mostly business experience or a combination of political and business experience?
- Mostly political experience 15%
- Mostly business experience 14%
- Combination of political and business experience 65%
Romney leads by 11 points among male voters in Iowa but trails Obama by eight among female voters. The two are tied among voters not affiliated with either of the major political parties.
Just 18% of voters in Iowa think Obama and Romney are the two best people running for the presidency.
Forty-seven percent (47%) of all Iowa voters say they agree with the president on most issues, with 16% who agree with him on just about everything. Forty-five percent (45%) agree with Romney, but that includes only five percent (5%) who agree with him on just about everything.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) believe the two candidates disagree on most important issues, and another 28% say they disagree on just about everything.
Forty-four percent (44%) consider Romney’s business experience primarily a reason to vote for him, but 38% think it’s chiefly a reason to vote against him.
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