Poll Watch: PPP (D) Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 48%
• Rick Santorum 42%
  

• Barack Obama 49% {50%} [46%] (45%) {46%} [46%] (44%)
• Mitt Romney 42% {41%} [46%] (43%) {42%} [40%] (42%)

• Barack Obama 48% {50%} [48%]
• Ron Paul 38% {36%} [40%]

• Barack Obama 51% {51%} [51%] {49%} [50%] (47%)
• Newt Gingrich 39% {38%} [40%] {40%} [38%] (41%)

Among Independents

• Ron Paul 44% {44%} [50%]
• Barack Obama 38% {38%} [37%]

• Newt Gingrich 44% {42%} [41%] {38%} [30%] (38%) 
• Barack Obama 44% {41%} [44%] {40%} [45%] (40%)     

• Barack Obama 44%
• Rick Santorum 43%

• Barack Obama 45% {39%} [35%] (38%) {34%} [37%] (34%)
  
• Mitt Romney 40% {45%} [46%] (43%) {44%} [39%] (40%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 62% {64%} [54%] (57%) {52%} [61%] (59%)
• Mitt Romney 33% {23%} [35%] (28%) {30%} [21%] (24%)

• Barack Obama 60% {61%} [58%]
• Ron Paul 30% {22%} [27%]

• Barack Obama 61%
• Rick Santorum 30%

• Barack Obama 64% {66%} [64%] {56%} [70%] (65%)
• Newt Gingrich 29% {20%} [25%] {28%} [16%] (22%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 49% {47%} [54%] (44%) {50%} [47%] (47%)
• Barack Obama 43% {45%} [38%] (42%) {43%} [38%] (37%)

• Rick Santorum 47%
• Barack Obama 43%

• Ron Paul 45% {44%} [49%]
• Barack Obama 41% {42%} [41%]

• Barack Obama 46% {45%} [44%] {47%} [44%] (39%)
• Newt Gingrich 44% {45%} [50%] {43%} [45%] (47%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 53%
• Rick Santorum 38%

• Barack Obama 54% {54%} [53%] (47%) {49%} [52%] (51%)
• Mitt Romney 36% {36%} [38%] (43%) {35%} [35%] (37%)

• Barack Obama 55% {57%} [58%] {51%} [55%] (54%)
• Newt Gingrich 35% {32%} [31%] {37%} [33%] (35%)

• Barack Obama 55% {57%} [54%]
• Ron Paul 32% {28%} [32%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Santorum 35% / 48% {-13%}
• Mitt Romney 28% {28%} [36%] (30%) {32%} [33%] (36%) / 56% {48%} [48%] (49%) {43%} [43%] (39%) {-28%} 
• Ron Paul 27% {20%} [23%] / 57% {50%} [54%] {-30%}
• Newt Gingrich 25% {31%} [29%] {22%} [24%] (30%) / 59% {51%} [59%] {59%} [56%] (51%) {-34%}

Among Independents

• Rick Santorum 37% / 49% {-12%}
• Ron Paul 34% {25%} [32%] / 48% {42%} [48%] {-14%}
• Mitt Romney 30% {32%} [42%] (32%) {35%} [34%] (38%) / 53% {40%} [42%] (44%) {38%} [38%] (36%) {-23%}
• Newt Gingrich 26% {33%} [32%] {21%} [20%] (27%) / 54% {47%} [59%] {62%} [63%] (52%) {-28%}

Among Moderates

• Ron Paul 27% {19%} [18%] / 56% {47%} [51%] {-29%}
• Rick Santorum 26% / 57% {-31%}
• Mitt Romney 26% {26%} [37%] (22%) {26%} [26%] (27%) / 59% {46%} [40%] (54%) {48%} [50%] (47%) {-33%} 
• Newt Gingrich 14% {19%} [17%] {13%} [8%] (15%) / 67% {60%} [66%] {65%} [73%] (65%) {-53%}

Among Men

• Rick Santorum 35% / 52% {-17%}
• Newt Gingrich 29% {36%} [35%] {26%} [30%] (35%) / 56% {50%} [56%] {58%} [53%] (48%) {-27%}
• Mitt Romney 30% {30%} [38%] (31%) {42%} [35%] (39%) / 58% {53%} [51%] (53%) {41%} [44%] (40%) {-28%}
• Ron Paul 29% {27%} [31%] / 58% {53%} [51%] {-29%}

Among Women

• Rick Santorum 35% / 45% {-10%}
• Mitt Romney 25% {26%} [33%] (29%) {24%} [32%] (33%) / 53% {44%} [45%] (46%) {44%} [42%] (38%) {-28%} 
• Ron Paul 25% {14%} [16%] / 56% {47%} [57%] {-31%} 
• Newt Gingrich 21% {25%} [22%] {18%} [20%] (26%) / 61% {52%} [61%] {59%} [58%] (55%) {-40%}

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

• Approve 48% {41%} [43%] (44%) {46%} [47%] (42%)
• Disapprove 48% {49%} [52%] (52%) {49%} [46%] (49%)

Among Independents

• Approve 40% {30%} [39%] (34%) {37%} [39%] (40%)
• Disapprove 53% {56%} [57%] (59%) {55%} [49%] (54%)

Survey of 820 Ohio voters was conducted January 28-29, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.4 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 42% {41%} [47%] (44%) {45%} [43%] (44%) Democrat; 36% {35%} [37%] (34%) {35%} [35%] (39%) Republican; 21% {24%} [16%] (22%) {20%} [21%] (18%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 30% {31%} [30%] (31%) {33%} [29%] Moderate; 21% {25%} [19%] (24%) {25%} [28%] Somewhat conservative; 21% {18%} [19%] (17%) {13%} [15%] Very conservative; 18% {20%} [21%] (19%) {16%} [19%] Somewhat liberal; 10% {7%} [10%] (8%) {13%} [7%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted November 4-6, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 13-16, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 11-14, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 19-22, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 10-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 10-12, 2010 are in parentheses.