Poll Watch: Quinnipiac/New York Times/CBS News Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac/NY Times/CBS News Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 50% (50%)
• Mitt Romney 44% (44%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 48% (44%)
• Barack Obama 43% (47%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 48% (52%)
• Barack Obama 46% (42%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 54% (58%)
• Mitt Romney 41% (37%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 51% (51%) / 45% (45%) {+6%}  
• Paul Ryan 32% / 27% {+5%}
• Joe Biden 40% / 40% {0%}
• Mitt Romney 39% (40%) / 45% (43%) {-6%}

Do you think Joe Biden is or is not qualified to serve as President if it becomes necessary, or don't you know enough about Joe Biden to say?

• Qualified 43%
• Not qualified 34%
• Don't know enough 22%

Do you think Paul Ryan is or is not qualified to serve as President if it becomes necessary, or don't you know enough about Joe Biden to say?

• Qualified 32%
• Not qualified 22%
• Don't know enough 45%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

• Approve 49% (48%)
  
• Disapprove 48% (48%)

Would you say that Barack Obama cares about the needs and problems of people like you or not?

• Yes 59% (55%)
• No 39% (43%)

Would you say that Mitt Romney cares about the needs and problems of people like you or not?

• Yes 41% (38%)
• No 53% (55%)

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 47% (46%)
• Mitt Romney 47% (45%)

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on health care, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 51% (48%)
• Mitt Romney 43% (42%)

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on foreign policy, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 40%

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on taxes, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 51%
  
• Mitt Romney 41%

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the budget deficit, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Mitt Romney 50%
• Barack Obama 40%

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the housing market and foreclosures, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 46%
• Mitt Romney 42%
  

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on Medicare, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 51%
  
• Mitt Romney 41%

Survey of 1,253 likely voters was conducted August 15-21, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points.  Party ID: 34% (35%) Democrat; 26% (27%) Republican; 34% (32%) Independent; 6% (5%) Other.  Click here to view crosstabs. Results from the poll conducted July 24-30, 2012 are in parentheses.