Poll Watch: Suffolk University Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Suffolk University Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney (R) 47%
• Barack Obama (D) 47%
• Jill Stein (G) 1%
• Gary Johnson (L) 1%
• Richard Duncan (I) 1%
• Virgil Goode (C) 0%
• Stewart Alexander (S) 0%
  

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 50% / 45% {+5%}
• Barack Obama 50% / 46% {+4%}   
• Gary Johnson 10% / 7% {+3%}
• Virgil Goode 5% / 4% {+1%}
• Jill Stein 7% / 7% {0%}

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

• Approve 50%
  
• Disapprove 47%

Does Barack Obama deserve to be re-elected?

• Yes 48%
• No 48%

Did you watch the SECOND Town Hall Presidential debate last Tuesday?

• Yes 80%
• No 19%
  

In your opinion which candidate performed better in the debate?

• Barack Obama 54%
• Mitt Romney 37%
  

Who has the best plan to fix the economy?

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 44%
  

Who do you better connect with?

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 44%
  

Who will handle foreign policy better?

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 42%
  

Who has a better plan to deal with immigration?

• Barack Obama 43%
• Mitt Romney 40%

Which campaign has been more negative in tone?

• Barack Obama 44%
• Mitt Romney 41%

Overall, do you feel that the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010 sometimes called Obamacare, is generally good for Ohio or generally bad?

• Generally good 43%
• Generally bad 49%

Despite who you are personally supporting for president, when all the votes are counted in November, who do you think will be elected president?

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 41%

What TV news or commentary source do you trust the most?

• Fox News 33%
• CNN 15%
• MSNBC 10%
• ABC 9%
• NBC 9%
• CBS 7%
• Comedy Central 3%
• C-SPAN 1%
• Other 6%
• Undecided 6%
  

Survey of 600 likely voters was conducted October 18-21, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Party ID: 39% Democrat; 35% Republican; 27% Independent.