Poll Watch: NBC News/Marist Arizona 2012 Presidential Survey

NBC News/Marist Arizona 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 45%
• Barack Obama 40%

• Rick Santorum 45%
  
• Barack Obama 42%

• Ron Paul 43%
• Barack Obama 41%

• Barack Obama 45%
• Newt Gingrich 40%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 38%
• Disapprove 51%

Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling the issue of immigration?

• Approve 31%
• Disapprove 60%

The Arizona immigration law requires police officers to check the citizenship papers of people they stop or arrest if the officer suspects the person may be in this country illegally.  Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a presidential candidate who supports this law, or would this not affect your vote either way?

• More likely 45%
• Less likely 20%
• Does not affect vote 31%

Survey of 2,487 registered voters was conducted February 19-20, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.0 percentage points.