Thursday, November 01, 2012

Poll Watch: St. Norbert College/WPR Wisconsin 2012 Presidential Survey

  • Barack Obama 51% (49%)
  • Mitt Romney 42% (43%)
Regardless of how you intend to vote, which candidate Mitt Romney or Barack Obama do you think would do a better job handling each of the following issues:

Terrorism and National Security 
  • Barack Obama 55%
  • Mitt Romney 41%
An Unexpected Major Crisis
  • Barack Obama 54%
  • Mitt Romney 41%
Health Care
  • Barack Obama 51%
  • Mitt Romney 43%
Medicare
  • Barack Obama 52%
  • Mitt Romney 40%
Taxes
  • Barack Obama 52%
  • Mitt Romney 39%
Federal Budget Deficit
  • Mitt Romney 51%
  • Barack Obama 38%
The Economy and Unemployment
  • Barack Obama 48%
  • Mitt Romney 45%
Foreign Policy
  • Barack Obama 58%
  • Mitt Romney 36%
Energy Policy
  • Barack Obama 53%
  • Mitt Romney 38%
Immigration Policy
  • Barack Obama 44%
  • Mitt Romney 42%
Reproductive Rights for Women
  • Barack Obama 59%
  • Mitt Romney 32%
Bringing Change to Washington
  • Mitt Romney 42%
  • Barack Obama 38%
Regardless of how you intend to vote, which candidate, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, do you think cares more about people like you?
  • Barack Obama 53%
  • Mitt Romney 38%
Please tell me whether you strongly approve, approve, disapprove, or strongly disapprove with the way Barack Obama is doing his job as president.
  • Strongly approve 23% (16%)
  • Approve 31% (38%)
  • Disapprove 16% (18%)
  • Strongly disapprove 28% (27%)
Do you favor or oppose the recent health care reforms, referred to as Obamacare, passed by Congress and President Obama?
  • Favor 46%
  • Oppose 48%
Survey of 402 likely voters was conducted October 25-29, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 5 percentage points. Party ID: 42% Democrat; 32% Republican; 22% Independent. Ideology: 21% Very conservative; 36% Somewhat conservative; 28% Somewhat liberal; 10% Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted May 17-22, 2012 are in parentheses.

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