Poll Watch: Pew Research 2012 Presidential Survey

Pew Research 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% (50%) [50%] {49%} (49%) [54%] {52%} (50%) [49%] {48%}
• Mitt Romney 41% (43%) [46%] {42%} (45%) [42%] {44%} (45%) [47%] {48%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 47% (46%) [53%] {44%} (50%) [46%] {50%}
• Barack Obama 46% (47%) [43%] {46%} (44%) [49%] {45%} 

Among Women

• Barack Obama 56% (53%) [55%] {51%} (53%) [58%] {59%}
• Mitt Romney 37% (40%) [40%] {40%} (40%) [38%] {38%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 45% (45%) [49%] {43%} (48%) [44%] {42%} (50%) [53%] 
• Barack Obama 43% (46%) [44%] {43%} (42%) [47%] {51%} (40%) [41%] 

Battleground States (CO, FL, IA, MI, MO, NV, NH, NC, OH, PA, VA and WI)

• Barack Obama 48% (51%) [51%]
• Mitt Romney 44% (44%) [44%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 50% (50%) [55%] (49%) [50%] / 45% (48%) [43%] (48%) [48%] {+5%}
• Mitt Romney 37% (41%) [29%] (33%) [38%] / 52% (47%) [55%] (47%) [45%] {-15%}

Survey of 1,956 registered voters was conducted July 16-26, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points.  Party ID: 38% Democrat; 25% Republican; 33% Independent.  Ideology: 39% Conservative; 36% Moderate; 21% Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted June 28 - July 9, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 7-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 9 - June 3, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 4-15, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 7-11, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 8-12, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 11-16, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted November 9-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 22 - October 4, 2011 are in curly brackets.