Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Poll Watch: New England College New Hampshire 2012 Presidential Survey

New England College New Hampshire 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Barack Obama 50% [49.5%] (49%)
  • Mitt Romney 46% [44.4%] (46%)
  • Some other candidate 1% [2.4%] (2%)
  • Not sure 3% [3.7%] (4%)
Survey of 687 likely voters was conducted November 3-4, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.72 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 29-31, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 23-25, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers: 
The President has significant support among Democrats (92%) and is doing better among Republicans (16%) than Governor Romney is doing among Democrats (7%). The two candidates effectively split the vote among Independents. The major difference between the candidates is among women who strongly back the President, by a 55%-42% margin.
In addition, New Hampshire voters gave the President high marks for his initial emergency response to Hurricane Sandy. His approval rating for handling the hurricane’s aftermath is 67%.

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