Thursday, October 18, 2012

Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist Iowa 2012 Presidential Survey

NBC/WSJ/Marist Iowa 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Barack Obama-Joe Biden 51% (50%)
  • Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 43% (42%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Barack Obama 54% (53%) / 43% (42%) {+11%} 
  • Joe Biden 47% (44%) / 46% (43%) {+1%}
  • Paul Ryan 44% (40%) / 45% (43%) {-1%
  • Mitt Romney 44% (42%) / 51% (50%) {-7%}
Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?
  • Barack Obama 47% (47%)
  • Mitt Romney 46% (43%)
Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?
  • Barack Obama 51% (52%)
  • Mitt Romney 40% (38%)
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
  • Approve 51% (49%)
  • Disapprove 44% (44%)
Survey of 1,137 likely voters was conducted October 15-17, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage pointsParty ID: 33% (36%) Democrat; 31% (31%) Republican; 35% (33%) Independent.  Ideology: 36% (31%) Moderate; 33% (32%) Conservative; 16% (19%) Liberal; 10% (12%) Very conservative; 5% (6%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 16-18, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 22-24, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 27-29, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 3-5, 2011 are in parentheses.

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