Poll Watch: Fox News Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Fox News Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 47% (43%)
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 45% (50%)
  

Among Men

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 52% (44%)  
  
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 40% (45%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49% (53%) 
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 43% (40%)

If the presidential election were held today, how would you vote if the candidates were:  

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 46% (42%)
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 44% (49%)
  
• Virgil Goode-Jim Clymer 1% (2%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 54% (48%) / 41% (46%) {+13%}
• Barack Obama 54% (58%) / 42% (39%) {+12%}

Regardless of how you might vote, which presidential candidate do you trust to do a better job on each of the following issues: 

Protecting Medicare and making sure it’s there for future generations

• Barack Obama 48% (52%)
• Mitt Romney 43% (40%)

Handling foreign policy 

• Barack Obama 49% (53%)
• Mitt Romney 43% (40%)

Managing your tax dollars

• Mitt Romney 48%
• Barack Obama 43%

Improving the economy and creating jobs

• Mitt Romney 50% (44%)
• Barack Obama 44% (49%)

Cutting government spending

• Mitt Romney 53%
• Barack Obama 38%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 48% (53%)
• Disapprove 48% (45%)

Survey of 1,126 likely voters was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) October 23-24, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Party ID: 39% (38%) Democrat; 34% (33%) Republican; 23% (26%) Independent/Other. Results from the poll conducted September 16-18, 2012 are in parentheses.