Poll Watch: Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Survey

• Barack Obama 46% (41%) {43%} [44%] (45%)
• Rick Perry 39% (44%) {40%} [39%] (28%)

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted September 14-15, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted August 29-30, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted August 17-22, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 6-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 1-14, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Perry trails Obama by 15 percentage points among women and barely leads among men. Perry trails among voters under 40, runs even among 40-somethings and leads among those 50 and older. It’s worth remembering that most voters over 40 voted against Obama in 2008. 

Perry currently attracts just 71% of the Republican vote, while the president wins 85% of Democrats. Among voters not affiliated with either party, the race is a toss-up.