Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Poll Watch: Marquette University Law School Wisconsin 2012 Presidential Survey

Marquette University Law School Wisconsin 2012 Presidential Poll
Among Likely Voters
  • Barack Obama-Joe Biden 53% [54%] (49%) {50%} [51%] (49%) {51%} [46%] (49%)
  • Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 42% [40%] (46%) {45%} [43%] (43%) {43%} [46%] (45%)
Among Registered Voters
  • Barack Obama-Joe Biden 54% [54%] (50%) {50%} [51%] (53%) {52%} [46%] (51%) {48%} [53%] (48%)
  • Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 40% [39%] (44%) {43%} [41%] (39%) {40%} [44%] (42%) {43%} [38%] (40%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Barack Obama 56% [55%] (52%) {53%} [51%] (53%) {55%} [49%] (55%) {52%} [52%] (50%) / 41% [39%] (43%) {42%} [42%] (39%) {41%} [47%] (43%) {43%} [43%] (44%) {+15%}
  • Joe Biden 45% [45%] (38%) / 39% [40%] (43%) {+6%} 
  • Paul Ryan 42% [41%] (41%) / 42% [41%] (34%) {0%}
  • Mitt Romney 37% [36%] (35%) {36%} [36%] (35%) {40%} [40%] (33%) {32%} [27%] (30%) / 53% [51%] (45%) {48%} [42%] (43%) {47%} [44%] (46%) {47%} [50%] (42%) {-16%}
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Barack Obama, or not...he is someone who cares about people like me.
  • Describes 61% [64%] (57%)
  • Does not describe 36% [33%] (39%)
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Mitt Romney, or not...he is someone who cares about people like me.
  • Describes 37% [39%] (37%)
  • Does not describe 56% [53%] (51%)
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Barack Obama, or not...he is a strong leader.
  • Describes 56% [60%] (52%)
  • Does not describe 42% [38%] (46%)
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Mitt Romney, or not...he is a strong leader.
  • Describes 45% [46%] (46%)
  • Does not describe 45% [44%] (38%)
Regardless of how you intend to vote, which candidate do you think would do a better job
handling each of the following issues:


The Economy
  • Barack Obama 52%
  • Mitt Romney 43%
Health Care
  • Barack Obama 54%
  • Mitt Romney 40%
Foreign Policy
  • Barack Obama 55%
  • Mitt Romney 40%
Taxes
  • Barack Obama 54%
  • Mitt Romney 41%
Federal Budget Deficit
  • Barack Obama 50%
  • Mitt Romney 44%
Social Issues Such as Abortion or Same-Sex Marriage
  • Barack Obama 59%
  • Mitt Romney 35%
Do you think Obama has or has not provided enough details about the policies he would pursue
in a second term as president?

  • Has provided enough 45%
  • Has not provided enough 51% 
Do you think Romney as or has not provided enough details about the policies he would pursue
as president?

  • Has provided enough 27%
  • Has not provided enough 69% 
Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?
  • Approve 53% [54%] (48%) {50%} [49%] (52%) {52%} [45%] (50%) {48%}
  • Disapprove 42% [39%] (45%) {46%} [44%] (43%) {43%} [49%] (46%) {47%}
Survey of 1,003 registered voters, including 894 likely voters, was conducted September 27-30, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points among registered voters; +/- 3.3 percentage points among likely voters.  Party ID: 33% [34%] (28%) {32%} [33%] (30%) {33%} [29%] (33%) {33%} [34%] Democrat; 26% [26%] (26%) {30%} [29%] (27%) {28%} [28%] (30%) {27%} [26%] Republican; 37% [38%] (42%) {35%} [36%] (39%) {36%} [40%] (34%) {36%} [35%] Independent.  Political views: 10% [8%] (11%) {10%} [8%] (10%) {9%} [9%] (9%) {9%} [8%] Very conservative; 30% [31%] (30%) {33%} [32%] (31%) {33%} [38%] (33%) {30%} [30%] Conservative; 33% [32%] (30%) {31%} [35%] (34%) {32%} [30%] (32%) {37%} [38%] Moderate; 16% [19%] (16%) {17%} [15%] (16%) {16%} [13%] (17%) {15%} [14%] Liberal; 5% [7%] (7%) {6%} [5%] (6%) {7%} [6%] (5%) {4%} [4%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 13-16, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 16-19, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 2-5, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 5-8, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 13-16, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 23-26, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 9-12, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 26-29, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 22-25, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 16-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 19-22, 2012 are in parentheses.

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