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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Nevada 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 50% (49%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 47% (47%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 52% (50%) / 44% (47%) {+8%}
• Mitt Romney 48% (45%) / 46% (48%) {+2%} 

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

• Mitt Romney 49% (48%)
• Barack Obama 46% (47%)

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 51% (48%)
• Mitt Romney 44% (45%)

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

• Approve 50% (47%)
• Disapprove 46% (49%)

Who do you think won Monday night's debate?

• Barack Obama 46%
• Mitt Romney 25%

Survey of 1,042 likely voters was conducted October 23-24, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.0 percentage points.  Party ID: 39% (38%) Democrat; 33% (31%) Republican; 27% (30%) Independent.  Ideology: 6% (6%) Very liberal; 17% (18%) Liberal; 34% (38%) Moderate; 31% (29%) Conservative; 11% (9%) Very conservative. Results from the poll conducted September 23-25, 2012 are in parentheses.