Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Missouri 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Missouri 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 49% (48%) {46%} [50%] (49%) {48%} [50%] (45%)
• Barack Obama 46% (45%) {47%} [44%] (42%) {45%} [41%] (42%)

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

• Very favorable 33% (31%) {24%} [22%] (23%) {16%}
• Somewhat favorable 22% (24%) {27%} [27%] (33%) {33%}
• Somewhat unfavorable 13% (16%) {20%} [18%] (20%) {31%}
• Very unfavorable 29% (28%) {27%} [31%] (20%) {18%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 55% (55%) {51%} [49%] (56%) {49%} / 42% (44%) {47%} [49%] (40%) {49%} {+13%}

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

• Strongly approve 32% (31%) {26%} [27%] (27%) {29%} [27%] (27%)
• Somewhat approve 14% (17%) {22%} [18%] (15%) {19%} [19%] (20%)
• Somewhat disapprove 8% (9%) {7%} [8%] (10%) {8%} [7%] (9%)
• Strongly disapprove 45% (42%) {42%} [46%] (47%) {43%} [46%] (43%)

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 46% (48%) {48%} [45%] (42%) {48%} [46%] (47%)
• Disapprove 53% (51%) {49%} [54%] (57%) {51%} [53%] (52%)
  

Survey of 500 likely Missouri voters was conducted October 2, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted September 11, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 22, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 30, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 17, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 14-15, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 9, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

As in most other states, voters under 40 prefer Obama, while their elders give the challenger the nod.

Voters not affiliated with either major party favor Romney by 14 points, 51% to 37%.

Romney leads among married voters and those with children in the home. The president is ahead among those who are not married and voters who don’t have children living with them.

Missouri voters trust Romney more than Obama by a 12-point margin – 54% to 42% - when it comes to handling the economy, and a plurality (46%) thinks the economy will get better if Romney is elected and the GOP takes full control of Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) expect a better economy if the president is reelected and Democrats regain control of Congress. Forty-seven percent (47%) think the economy will get worse if Obama wins, and 36% say the same of a Romney victory.

Voters in the Show Me State also trust Romney more 51% to 42% when it comes to handling national security issues.