Thursday, November 01, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Iowa 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Iowa 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Mitt Romney 49% [48%] (47%) {47%} [46%] (47%)
  • Barack Obama 48% [48%] (49%) {44%} [44%] (46%)
  • Some other candidate 2% [1%] (1%) {3%} [5%] (3%)
  • Undecided 1% [2%] (2%) {5%} [6%] (4%)
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?
  • Very favorable 33% [29%] (29%) {26%} [20%] (12%)
  • Somewhat favorable 17% [21%] (20%) {22%} [30%] (34%)
  • Somewhat unfavorable 19% [14%] (15%) {11%} [18%] (25%)
  • Very unfavorable 29% [35%] (35%) {38%} [31%] (26%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Mitt Romney 50% [50%] (49%) {48%} [50%] (46%) / 48% [49%] (50%) {49%} [49%] (51%) {+2%}
Survey of 750 likely Iowa voters was conducted October 30, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 19, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 8, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 11, 2012 are in parentheses.
Inside the numbers:
Forty-two percent (42%) of likely Iowa voters have already voted. The president leads 56% to 39% among these voters.
Iowa voters trust Romney more by seven points – 51% to 44% - when it comes to handling the economy, but trust the candidates equally in the area of national security.
Both candidates earn more than 90% support from Iowa voters in their respective parties. Obama leads 52% to 40% among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.

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