Monday, November 05, 2012

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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Barack Obama-Joe Biden 48% [47%] (48%) {49%}
  • Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 47% [48%] (46%) {44%}
Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?
  • Mitt Romney 48% [48%] (47%) {45%}
  • Barack Obama 46% [45%] (46%) {45%}
Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?
  • Barack Obama 50% [49%] (51%) {50%}
  • Mitt Romney 44% [44%] (41%) {39%}
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Barack Obama 51% [51%] (52%) {53%} / 45% [45%] (44%) {43%} {+6%}
  • Mitt Romney 50% [49%] (45%) {46%} / 45% [44%] (47%) {45%} {+5%}
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
  • Approve 48% [48%] (49%) {49%}
  • Disapprove 48% [47%] (46%) {45%} 
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing handling Hurricane Sandy?
  • Approve 71%
  • Disapprove 15%
Survey of 1,165 likely voters was conducted November 1-2, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Party ID: 33% [30%] (32%) {31%} Democrat; 30% [28%] (30%) {26%} Republican; 35% [40%] (37%) {43%} Independent. Ideology: 33% [35%] (37%) {39%} Moderate; 29% [31%] (29%) {31%} Conservative; 16% [18%] (15%) {16%} Liberal; 14% [12%] (14%) {10%} Very conservative; 7% [4%] (5%) {5%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted October 7-9, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted September 30 - October 1, 2012 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted September 9-11, 2012 are in curly brackets.

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