Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Mitt Romney 41% [29%] (28%)
• Rick Santorum 15% [1%] (1%) 
• Newt Gingrich 14% [22%] (5%)
• Ron Paul 12% [6%] (11%)
• Rick Perry 2% [3%] (7%)
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 3% [2%] (2%)
• Don't know 13% [16%] (18%)

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 48% [49%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 38% [40%] (41%)

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

• Approve 49% [48%] (43%)
• Disapprove 48% [48%] (52%)

Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

• Yes/Deserves 49% [50%] (47%)
• No/Does not 46% [45%] (48%)

Survey of 1,460 registered voters, including a subsample of 464 registered Republicans, was conducted January 10-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.6 percentage points among registered Republicans.  Results from the poll conducted November 9-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 5-10, 2011 are in parentheses.