Poll Watch: PPP (D) Minnesota 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Minnesota 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% [51%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 41% [36%] (42%)

• Barack Obama 52%
• Rick Santorum 40%

• Barack Obama 51%
• Ron Paul 38%

• Barack Obama 54% [54%] (51%)
• Newt Gingrich 39% [36%] (38%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Santorum 30% / 50% {-20%}
• Ron Paul 29% / 53% {-24%}
• Mitt Romney 29% [29%] (32%) / 56% [53%] (42%) {-27%}
• Newt Gingrich 27% [17%] (30%) / 60% [65%] (52%) {-33%}

Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 49% [51%] (49%)
• Disapprove 45% [44%] (46%)

Survey of 1,236 Minnesota voters was conducted January 21-22, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 36% [38%] (37%) Democrat; 33% [31%] (34%) Republican; 32% [31%] (29%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 29% [29%] Moderate; 22% [25%] Somewhat conservative; 22% [20%] Somewhat liberal; 16% [15%] Very conservative; 11% [11%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted May 27-30, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 4-5, 2010 are in parentheses.