Poll Watch: PPP (D) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Survey

• Barack Obama 45% (46%) {49%} [45%] (44%)
• Mike Huckabee 45% (47%) {45%} [46%] (48%)

• Barack Obama 44% (47%) {47%} [46%] (44%)
• Mitt Romney 42% (44%) {44%} [43%] (44%)

• Barack Obama 47% (48%) {50%} [48%] (46%)
• Newt Gingrich 42% (44%) {44%} [42%] (45%)

• Barack Obama 51% (51%) {50%} [52%] (48%)
• Sarah Palin 40% (41%) {41%} [38%] (43%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 40% (41%) {44%} [44%] (37%)
• Mitt Romney 37% (42%) {39%} [37%] (50%)

• Barack Obama 45% (40%) {51%} [37%] (37%)
• Mike Huckabee 36% (45%) {40%} [47%] (46%)

• Barack Obama 45% (45%) {49%} [41%] (39%)
• Newt Gingrich 27% (38%) {42%} [38%] (44%)

• Barack Obama 55% (54%) {48%} [51%] (42%)
• Sarah Palin 30% (33%) {32%} [33%] (46%)

Among Men

• Mike Huckabee 47% (52%) {49%} [51%] (55%)
• Barack Obama 43% (44%) {45%} [38%] (36%)

• Mitt Romney 44% (49%) {45%} [49%] (52%)
• Barack Obama 42% (44%) {43%} [39%] (37%)

• Newt Gingrich 45% (49%) {47%} [45%] (55%)
• Barack Obama 44% (44%) {45%} [44%] (38%)

• Barack Obama 47% (49%) {46%} [46%] (39%)
• Sarah Palin 44% (43%) {42%} [44%] (51%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 48% (48%) {53%} [50%] (50%)
• Mike Huckabee 43% (43%) {41%} [42%] (41%)

• Barack Obama 46% (50%) {51%} [53%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 41% (39%) {42%} [39%] (37%)

• Barack Obama 50% (51%) {53%} [52%] (53%)
• Newt Gingrich 39% (40%) {41%} [39%] (37%)

• Barack Obama 54% (54%) {53%} [56%] (55%)
• Sarah Palin 36% (38%) {40%} [33%] (35%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mike Huckabee 42% (43%) {42%} [43%] (44%) / 39% (34%) {32%} [34%] (31%) {+3%}
• Mitt Romney 32% (37%) {33%} [34%] (33%) / 41% (39%) {36%} [39%] (38%) {-9%}
• Newt Gingrich 29% (30%) {34%} [35%] (34%) / 48% (48%) {45%} [47%] (43%) {-19%}
• Sarah Palin 37% (37%) {39%} [36%] (36%) / 57% (57%) {55%} [57%] (55%) {-20%}

Among Republicans

• Mike Huckabee 69% (67%) {69%} [72%] (67%) / 13% (15%) {11%} [15%] (11%) {+56%}
• Sarah Palin 66% (71%) {73%} [68%] (62%) / 26% (23%) {17%} [24%] (24%) {+40%}
• Newt Gingrich 48% (55%) {54%} [65%] (56%) / 23% (23%) {19%} [23%] (20%) {+25%}
• Mitt Romney 48% (48%) {51%} [57%] (44%) / 25% (25%) {20%} [21%] (22%) {+23%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 30% (45%) {35%} [30%] (46%) / 44% (36%) {43%} [39%] (32%) {-14%}
• Mike Huckabee 30% (46%) {39%} [39%] (51%) / 56% (32%) {41%} [31%] (26%) {-26%}
• Sarah Palin 29% (32%) {29%} [36%] (38%) / 67% (62%) {64%} [52%] (50%) {-38%}
• Newt Gingrich 17% (29%) {34%} [34%] (33%) / 58% (54%) {51%} [43%] (41%) {-41%}

Among Men

• Mike Huckabee 42% (45%) {44%} [49%] (47%) / 39% (41%) {34%} [40%] (31%) {+3%}
• Newt Gingrich 36% (37%) {38%} [40%] (43%) / 43% (50%) {46%} [50%] (41%) {-7%}
• Mitt Romney 33% (45%) {37%} [36%] (39%) / 43% (40%) {36%} [47%] (39%) {-10%}
• Sarah Palin 39% (41%) {38%} [42%] (42%) / 54% (54%) {54%} [54%] (50%) {-15%}

Among Women

• Mike Huckabee 42% (40%) {41%} [38%] (41%) / 38% (28%) {31%} [28%] (31%) {+4%}
• Mitt Romney 31% (29%) {31%} [32%] (29%) / 40% (38%) {36%} [32%] (38%) {-9%}
• Sarah Palin 34% (34%) {39%} [31%] (30%) / 59% (60%) {55%} [60%] (60%) {-25%}
• Newt Gingrich 23% (24%) {31%} [31%] (26%) / 52% (46%) {44%} [45%] (45%) {-29%}

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 48% (47%) {49%} [46%] (45%)
• Disapprove 46% (48%) {47%} [49%] (51%)

Survey of 584 North Carolina voters was conducted March 17-20, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted February 16-21, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 20-23, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 17-19, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 19-21, 2010 are in parentheses. Party ID breakdown: 45% (45%) {47%} [46%] (49%) Democrat; 38% (37%) {36%} [34%] (35%) Republican; 17% (18%) {18%} [21%] (17%) Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 28% Moderate; 24% Very conservative; 23% Somewhat conservative; 16% Somewhat liberal; 9% Very liberal.