Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Montana 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Montana 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 55% (51%) {51%} [49%] (48%)
• Barack Obama 38% (42%) {44%} [40%] (41%)
• Some other candidate 4% (5%) {3%} [9%] (7%)
• Undecided 4% (2%) {1%} [2%] (4%)

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

• Very favorable 21% (17%) {22%} [13%]
• Somewhat favorable 32% (32%) {35%} [36%]
• Somewhat unfavorable 16% (24%) {15%} [23%]
• Very unfavorable 28% (26%) {24%} [25%]

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Paul Ryan?

• Very favorable 33%
• Somewhat favorable 16%
• Somewhat unfavorable 9%
• Very unfavorable 27%

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Joe Biden? 

• Very favorable 12%
• Somewhat favorable 23%
• Somewhat unfavorable 15%
• Very unfavorable 45%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Paul Ryan 49% / 36% {+13%}
• Mitt Romney 53% (49%) {57%} [49%] / 44% (50%) {39%} [48%] {+9%}
• Joe Biden 35% / 60% {-25%}

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

• Strongly approve (23%) {28%} [24%] (26%)
• Somewhat approve (20%) {15%} [18%] (18%)
• Somewhat disapprove (10%) {7%} [7%] (7%)
• Strongly disapprove (46%) {49%} [50%] (48%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted August 20, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted June 18, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 2, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 2, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 22, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Seventy-two percent (72%) of Montana voters think Obama is a liberal, with 48% who say he’s very liberal. Romney is seen as a conservative by 69%, but that includes just 24% who feel he’s very conservative.