Poll Watch: PPP (D) Iowa 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Iowa 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% [48%] (51%) {46%} [49%] (49%) [45%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 45% [43%] (41%) {42%} [39%] (40%) [41%] (41%)

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 87% [87%] (90%) {86%} [87%] (84%) [81%] (86%)
• Mitt Romney 10% [7%] (9%) {8%} [9%] (10%) [10%] (9%)

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 85% [84%] (79%) {81%} [77%] (78%) [81%] (76%)
• Barack Obama 8% [10%] (11%) {9%} [8%] (9%) [6%] (11%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 49% [46%] (54%) {35%} [47%] (51%) [41%] (40%)
• Mitt Romney 36% [38%] (34%) {42%} [34%] (32%) [37%] (38%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 62% [66%] (70%) {59%} [57%] (62%) [56%] (58%)
• Mitt Romney 25% [23%] (24%) {27%} [28%] (24%) [26%] (29%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 51% [48%] (46%) {48%} [41%] (43%) [45%] (48%)
• Barack Obama 40% [43%] (45%) {39%} [46%] (45%) [41%] (36%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 53% [54%] (57%) {52%} [51%] (52%) [49%] (56%)
• Mitt Romney 40% [37%] (37%) {37%} [36%] (36%) [37%] (35%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Paul Ryan 46% / 44% {+2%}
• Mitt Romney 47% [37%] (34%) {34%} [31%] (35%) [36%] (37%) / 48% [55%] (56%) {52%} [53%] (47%) [44%] (42%) {-1%}

Among Democrats

• Mitt Romney 14% [7%] (9%) {17%} [21%] (20%) [21%] (16%) / 82% [88%] (86%) {72%} [67%] (59%) [63%] (62%) {-68%}
• Paul Ryan 11% / 80% {-69%}

Among Republicans

• Paul Ryan 82% / 9% {+73%}
• Mitt Romney 82% [72%] (63%) {52%} [45%] (51%) [56%] (59%) / 12% [19%] (25%) {36%} [36%] (35%) [23%] (25%) {+70%}

Among Independents

• Paul Ryan 41% / 44% {-3%}
• Mitt Romney 41% [31%] (28%) {32%} [27%] (35%) [33%] (35%) / 52% [57%] (59%) {44%} [55%] (46%) [43%] (39%) {-11%}

Among Moderates

• Paul Ryan 28% / 56% {-28%}
• Mitt Romney 27% [20%] (22%) {33%} [31%] (34%) [30%] (32%) / 63% [70%] (70%) {50%} [49%] (44%) [47%] (46%) {-36%}

Among Men

• Paul Ryan 54% / 38% {+16%}
• Mitt Romney 52% [42%] (39%) {35%} [31%] (35%) [40%] (42%) / 42% [50%] (51%) {52%} [55%] (49%) [45%] (40%) {+10%}

Among Women

• Paul Ryan 38% / 49% {-11%}
• Mitt Romney 41% [31%] (29%) {32%} [30%] (35%) [32%] (32%) / 53% [60%] (61%) {52%} [51%] (45%) [44%] (45%) {-12%}

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 45% [47%] (49%) {43%} [45%] (49%) [46%] (50%)
• Disapprove 50% [49%] (46%) {52%} [48%] (45%) [48%] (43%)

Among Democrats

• Approve 84% [86%] (86%) {82%} [79%] (84%) [82%] (87%)
• Disapprove 12% [11%] (10%) {12%} [14%] (12%) [14%] (8%)

Among Republicans

• Approve 6% [9%] (11%) {5%} [10%] (9%) [8%] (13%)
• Disapprove 91% [89%] (84%) {92%} [87%] (86%) [87%] (82%)

Among Independents

• Approve 49% [45%] (52%) {37%} [43%] (52%) [41%] (49%)
• Disapprove 42% [48%] (41%) {54%} [47%] (38%) [50%] (40%)

Among Moderates

• Approve 58% [63%] (65%) {55%} [58%] (65%) [62%] (64%)
• Disapprove 33% [31%] (28%) {37%} [32%] (26%) [30%] (27%)

Among Men

• Approve 38% [41%] (44%) {34%} [42%] (45%) [42%] (43%)
• Disapprove 56% [54%] (52%) {60%} [51%] (49%) [52%] (51%)

Among Women

• Approve 52% [53%] (54%) {52%} [48%] (54%) [49%] (56%)
• Disapprove 44% [44%] (40%) {43%} [45%] (41%) [44%] (37%)

Do you support or oppose Paul Ryan's proposal for reforming Medicare?

• Support 37%
• Oppose 46%

Do you support or oppose the tax credit for wind energy production companies?

• Support 54%
• Oppose 26%

Do you trust Barack Obama or Mitt Romney more on the issue of wind energy?

• Barack Obama 47%
• Mitt Romney 37%

Is the wind energy issue very important, somewhat important, or not that important to you?

• Very important 29%
• Somewhat important 39%
• Not that important 31%

Survey of 1,244 likely Iowa voters was conducted August 23-26, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points. Party ID: 38% [34%] (37%) {35%} [32%] (34%) [33%] (37%) Republican; 35% [35%] (36%) {39%} [35%] (37%) [38%] (37%) Democrat; 27% [30%] (27%) {26%} [33%] (28%) [29%] (25%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 28% [33%] (30%) {29%} [32%] (34%) [30%] Moderate; 24% [24%] (24%) {24%} [23%] (22%) [22%] Somewhat conservative; 19% [18%] (18%) {18%} [19%] (18%) [19%] Somewhat liberal; 17% [18%] (19%) {18%} [17%] (17%) [20%] Very conservative; 11% [7%] (10%) {12%} [9%] (9%) [8%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted July 12-15, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 3-6, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 7-10, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 19-21, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 27-30, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 15-17, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 7-9, 2011 are in parentheses.