Poll Watch: Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

• Barack Obama 47% {48%} [46%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 45% {44%} [48%] (46%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

• Approve 46% {49%} [44%] (47%)
• Disapprove 48% {45%} [50%] (47%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job in charge of the House of Representatives?

• Approve 32% {33%} [38%]
• Disapprove 60% {59%} [55%]

I know it is a long way off, but thinking about the elections for Congress in 2012, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you be voting for the Democratic House candidate or the Republican House candidate?

• Republican candidate 47% {45%} [47%] (47%)
• Democratic candidate 44% {46%} [45%] (44%)

I am going to read a list of issues and I want you to tell me whether, overall, you think the Democrats or the Republicans would do a better job with this issue.

The economy

• Republicans 46%
• Democrats 37%

Has the right approach to the economy and jobs

• Republicans 43%
• Democrats 40%

Has the right approach to spending and deficits

• Republicans 48%
• Democrats 31%

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted June 18-21, 2011, by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 35% {38%} [38%] (34%) Democrat; 32% {31%} [36%] (34%) Republican; 30% {28%} [23%] (28%) Independent. Political ideology: 43% {41%} [43%] (42%) Conservative; 33% {31%} [34%] (34%) Moderate; 19% {21%} [18%] (18%) Liberal. Results from the poll conducted May 21-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 9-12, 2011 are in parentheses.