Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% {45%} [47%] (44%) {46%} [48%] (45%)
• Mitt Romney 46% {45%} [45%] (46%) {42%} [40%] (41%)
• Some other candidate 3% {6%} [5%] (6%) {5%} [8%] (10%)
• Undecided 3% {4%} [4%] (5%) {8%} [3%] (4%)

Please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney. 

• Very favorable 28% {27%} [25%] (17%) {14%}
• Somewhat favorable 22% {22%} [23%] (31%) {34%}
• Somewhat unfavorable 12% {19%} [17%] (23%) {23%}
• Very unfavorable 37% {31%} [33%] (27%) {23%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 50% {49%} [48%] (48%) {48%} [42%] (45%) / 49% {50%} [50%] (50%) {46%} [52%] {+1%}

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

• Strongly approve 36% {30%} [29%] (24%) {23%}  [27%]
• Somewhat approve 13% {18%} [21%] (22%) {27%} [22%] 
• Somewhat disapprove 7% {9%} [4%] (12%) {9%} [12%]
• Strongly disapprove 43% {42%} [43%] (42%) {39%} [37%]

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted September 12, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted August 13, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 18, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 29, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 18, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 26, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 8, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Obama leads by seven points among female voters in Ohio, while Romney has a four-point advantage among male voters. Most married voters prefer the Republican, but the majority of unmarried voters favors the incumbent.

Voters not affiliated with either of the major parties are evenly divided.

The president captures 52% support among voters under 40, while Romney has 50% of the vote among those who are older.

Voters in the state trust Romney more than Obama by a narrow two-point margin – 48% to 46% - when it comes to handling the economy.

But on four other key issues, Ohio voters trust the president a bit more. When it comes to national security, Obama leads in voter trust 49% to 44%, and voters give the incumbent the edge 47% to 43% in the area of health care. Obama has a 47% to 45% advantage over Romney on the issue of taxes. It’s Obama 45%, Romney 44% when voters are asked who they trust more to handle energy policy.