Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Colorado 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Colorado 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% (45%)
• Mitt Romney 47% (45%)
• Some other candidate 3% (6%)
• Undecided 2% (5%)
  

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?

• Very favorable 21% (19%)
• Somewhat favorable 27% (25%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 14% (21%)
• Very unfavorable 32% (31%)

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President?

• Strongly approve 31% (23%)
• Somewhat approve 18% (25%)
• Somewhat disapprove 6% (6%)
• Strongly disapprove 44% (43%)

Generally speaking, is Mitt Romney’s track record in business primarily a reason to vote for him or vote against him?

• Reason to vote for him 51%
• Reason to vote against him 40%

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted August 6, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted June 6, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Romney is ahead of Obama among men by nine points but trails the president by a similar margin among women. Obama continues to lead among young voters, while Romney remains ahead among voters over 40.

The candidates now run even among voters not affiliated with either major political party.