Poll Watch: Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

Republican Nomination

• Mike Huckabee 15%
• Mitt Romney 14%
• Sarah Palin 12%
• Donald Trump 11%
• Rudy Giuliani 9%
• Newt Gingrich 7%
• Tim Pawlenty 4%
• Ron Paul 3%
• Mitch Daniels 3%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Herman Cain 2%
• Haley Barbour 1%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else 1%
• Too soon to say 5%
• Don't know 8%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 49%
• Disapprove 47%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing on the following issues?

The Economy

• Approve 40%
• Disapprove 57%

Job Creation

• Approve 41%
• Disapprove 55%

The situation in Libya

• Approve 42%
• Disapprove 51%

Do you believe Barack Obama enjoys being president, or does it feel more like he’s frustrated a lot of the time?

• Enjoys being president 56%
• Frustrated a lot of the time 34%

Considering how President Obama has performed so far, do you think he deserves to be re-elected, or would the country probably be better off with someone else as president?

• Better off with someone else 48%
• Deserves to be re-elected 44%

How impressed are you with the overall field of Republican candidates who have so far expressed interest in challenging Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election?

• Very impressed 5%
• Somewhat impressed 26%
• Not very impressed 27%
• Not at all impressed 38%

If the 2012 presidential election were held today, how would you vote if the candidates were:

• President Barack Obama, the Democrat 52%
• Businessman Donald Trump, the Republican 34%

Would you say you are looking forward to the start of the 2012 presidential campaign or dreading it?

• Dreading it 47%
• Looking forward to it 42%

Do you think requiring U.S. citizens to show identification before being allowed to vote in elections is a good idea or bad idea?

• Good idea 88%
• Bad idea 9%

Do you think the actions of the Obama administration have been more open and transparent to the public than previous administration, less open and transparent, or has the Obama administration been about the same as previous administrations?

• More 29%
• Less 27%
• Same as 42%

Survey of 914 registered voters, including a subsample of 344 Republicans, was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) April 3-5, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points; +/- 5 percentage points among Republican voters.