Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) New Mexico 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) New Mexico 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 52% [52%] (55%)
• Mitt Romney 38% [36%] (36%)

I’m going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Mitt Romney

• Very favorable 19%
• Somewhat favorable 23%
• Somewhat unfavorable 22%
• Very unfavorable 34%

Joe Biden

• Very favorable 18%
• Somewhat favorable 27%
• Somewhat unfavorable 17%
• Very unfavorable 33%

Paul Ryan

• Very favorable 25%
• Somewhat favorable 17%
• Somewhat unfavorable 11%
• Very unfavorable 35%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Paul Ryan 42% / 46% {-4%}
• Joe Biden 45% / 50% {-5%}
• Mitt Romney 42% [41%] / 56% [56%] {-14%}

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

• Strongly approve 31% [27%] (30%)
• Somewhat approve 23% [27%] (22%)
• Somewhat disapprove 10% [9%] (12%)
• Strongly disapprove 36% [36%] (36%)

Survey of 500 likely New Mexico voters was conducted August 21, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted April 3, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 14, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of New Mexico voters think that Obama is at least somewhat liberal, compared to 71% who view Romney as a conservative. But while 41% see Obama as very liberal, just 31% think Romney is very conservative.