Friday, December 23, 2011

Poll Watch: Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Barack Obama 48% (45%) {48%} [46%] (46%) {43%} [46%] (49%)
  • Michele Bachmann 35% (33%) {32%} [33%] (38%) {39%} [39%] (27%)
Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted December 22, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted November 15-16, 2011 are in Results from the poll conducted September 20-21, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 12-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 27-28, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 17-22, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 8-9, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the polls conducted May 1-14, 2011 are in parentheses.
Inside the numbers:
Obama leads Bachmann by 17 points among male voters and 10 points among female voters.

Among voters not affiliated with either political party, the president leads the congresswoman 43% to 29%.

The president draws his strongest support from voters under 30, but he bests Bachmann among voters in all age groups.

Bachmann is favored among Evangelical Christians and Catholics, while other Protestants and voters of other religions lean toward Obama.

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