Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Washington 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Washington 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 55% (52%)
• Mitt Romney 42% (41%)
• Some other candidate 2% (3%)
• Undecided 1% (4%)

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?

• Very favorable 31% (25%)
• Somewhat favorable 15% (19%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 16% (15%)
• Very unfavorable 38% (38%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 46% (44%) / 54% (53%) {-8%}

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

• Strongly approve 33% (35%)
• Somewhat approve 22% (16%)
• Somewhat disapprove 7% (9%)
• Strongly disapprove 37% (39%)

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 55% (51%)
• Disapprove 44% (48%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted October 14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted September 26, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Ninety-two percent (92%) of Washington voters are certain they will vote in November. Among those voters, the president leads Romney 55% to 44%.

Eiohty-seven percent (87%) say they've already decided how they will vote. Obama leads in this group 57% to 43%.

Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans in the state support Romney, while 96% of Democrats back the incumbent. Among voters not affiliated with either political party, it’s Obama 49%, Romney 43%.

Voters in Washington trust the president more than Romney by eight points when it comes to handling the economy and by 13 points in the area of national security.

Forty-four percent (44%) of voters in the state believe the economy will get better if Obama is reelected and Democrats regain control of Congress. Thirty-nine percent (39%) think that’ll be the case if Romney wins the election and Republicans win control of Congress. Forty-one percent (41%) expect the economy to get worse if Obama and the Democrats triumph, while 44% think that's what will happen if Romney and the GOP come out ahead.