Poll Watch: Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

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

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

• Approve 40% [45%] (46%) {49%} [44%] (47%)
• Disapprove 53% [50%] (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 27% [31%] (32%) {33%} [38%]
• Disapprove 65% [64%] (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 46% [47%] (47%) {45%} [47%] (47%)
• Democratic candidate 46% [46%] (44%) {46%} [45%] (44%)

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted October 15-18, 2011, by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for the Center for American Progress. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 35% [38%] (35%) {38%} [38%] (34%) Democrat; 31% [33%] (32%) {31%} [36%] (34%) Republican; 32% [26%] (30%) {28%} [23%] (28%) Independent. Political ideology: 38% [42%] (43%) {41%} [43%] (42%) Conservative; 36% [35%] (33%) {31%} [34%] (34%) Moderate; 19% [20%] (19%) {21%} [18%] (18%) Liberal. Results from the poll conducted August 6-10, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 18-21, 2011 are in parentheses.  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.