Poll Watch: Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen 2012 Presidential Poll

• Rick Santorum 45% {44%} [40%] (38%) {39%} [37%] (34%) {31%}
• Barack Obama 44% {46%} [48%] (48%) {46%} [47%] (45%) {45%}

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted February 2-3, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted January 31 - February 1, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 23-24, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 17-18, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 5-6, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted December 16-17, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 2-3, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 10-11, 2011 are in curly brackets.

Inside the numbers:

Santorum gets 78% of the Republican vote and leads by ten among those not affiliated with either major party. President Obama get 83% of the Democratic vote in that matchup. Santorum leads by 16 points among men but trails by 12 among women. As is typically the case in all matchups, the president leads among those under 40 while the GOP hopeful leads among those who are over 40.