Poll Watch: Newsweek/Daily Beast 2012 Presidential Survey

Newsweek/Daily Beast 2012 Presidential Survey

Among Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 42% [46%] (46%)
• Mike Huckabee 38% [43%] (46%)

• Barack Obama 42% [44%] (49%)
• Mitt Romney 36% [44%] (47%)

• Barack Obama 50% [53%] (51%)
• Sarah Palin 29% [35%] (40%)

• Barack Obama 53% [55%] (43%)
• Donald Trump 25% [30%] (41%)

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 48% [48%] (50%)
• Disapprove 49% [49%] (44%)

Has Obama done his job well enough to deserve re-election?

• Yes 39% [40%]
• No 49% [48%]

In the wake of the capture of Osama Bin Laden…Do you think President Obama is a strong or weak leader overall?

• Strong 55%
• Weak 44%

Do you think President Obama is a strong leader in the war on terrorism?

• Strong 63%
• Weak 34%

Do you think President Obama has made the world more safe or less safe, or no impact?

• More safe 38%
• Less safe 16%
• No impact 40%

Does news that U.S. forces have killed Osama bin Laden make you more favorable, to President Obama less favorable, or does it not impact your opinion?

• More favorable 26%
• Less favorable 3%
• No impact 67%

Do you think President Obama deserves all of the credit, some of the credit, not much of the credit, or none of the credit for this operation?

• All of the credit 10%
• Some of the credit 59%
• Not much of the credit 13%
• None of the credit 14%

Who do you think deserves more credit for Bin Laden's capture - President Obama or President George W. Bush?

• President Obama 48%
• President George W. Bush 31%

Who has done a better job at prosecuting the war on terror - President Obama or President Bush?

• President George W. Bush 45%
• President Obama 31%

Has news that Osama bin Laden has been killed made you more confident in President Obama's ability to lead America, less confident in President Obama's ability to lead America, or does it not impact your opinion?

• More confident 30%
• Less confident 3%
• No impact 65%

Has news that Osama bin Laden has been killed made you more confident in President Obama's foreign policy, less confident, or does it not impact your opinion?

• More confident 27%
• Less confident 4%
• Does not impact opinion 64%

Has news that Osama bin Laden has been killed made you feel safer, less safe, or no impact?

• Safer 26%
• Les safe 14%
• No impact 55%

With Osama bin Laden dead, do you feel more or less support for war in Afghanistan?

• More support 30%
• Less support 23%
• The same 38%

Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, should the U.S. continue to fight the war in Afghanistan or should we now move on and focus on problems at home?

• Continue to fight 33%
• Move on and focus on problems at home 57%

Do you think that Americans have had to give up too many freedoms in the war on terror?

• Yes 49%
• No 47%

Has news that Osama bin Laden has been killed changed the way you will vote in the 2012 presidential election from the way you felt before Sunday night.

• Yes 5%
• No 92%

Survey of 600 adults, including a subsample of likely voters, was conducted by Douglas E. Schoen LLC, May 2-3, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted April 30 - May 1, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted February 12-15, 2011 are in parentheses.