Friday, August 10, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Iowa 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Iowa 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Mitt Romney 46% (47%)
  • Barack Obama 44% (46%)
  • Some other candidate 5% (3%)
  • Undecided 6% (4%)
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?
  • Very favorable 20% (12%)
  • Somewhat favorable 30% (34%)
  • Somewhat unfavorable 18% (25%)
  • Very unfavorable 31% (26%)
How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president?
  • Strongly approve 30% (29%)
  • Somewhat approve 18% (19%)
  • Somewhat disapprove 9% (13%)
  • Strongly disapprove 42% (37%)
Survey of 500 likely Iowa voters was conducted August 8, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted June 11, 2012 are in parentheses.
Inside the numbers:
Romney leads among male voters in the state, while the president is ahead among female voters. Voters under 40 give the edge to Obama; their elders prefer the GOP challenger.

Romney holds a slight five-point lead among voters not affiliated with either of the major political parties.

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