Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

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

• Barack Obama 49% [49%]
• Rick Santorum 40% [41%]

• Barack Obama 49% [47%]
• Ron Paul 39% [40%]

• Barack Obama 54% [51%] (46%)
• Newt Gingrich 35% [37%] (41%)

Let's say the Democratic ticket is Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president and the Republican ticket is Mitt Romney for president and Bob McDonnell for vice president. If you were voting today, how would you vote?

• Obama/Biden 50%
• Romney/McDonnell 43%

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 47% [44%] (41%)
• Mitt Romney 45% [47%] (46%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 51% [50%] (45%) {45%} / 44% [47%] (47%) {49%} {+7%}  
• Rick Santorum 33% [32%] / 39% [28%] {-6%} 
• Mitt Romney 36% [43%] (37%) {38%} / 43% [39%] (27%) {29%} {-7%}

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

• Approve 49% [46%] (42%) {45%} [40%] (48%)
• Disapprove 47% [49%] (51%) {52%} [54%] (48%)

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% [46%] (41%) {44%} [41%] (47%)
• No/Does not 47% [48%] (53%) {51%} [51%] (47%)

Survey of 1,034 registered voters was conducted March 13-18, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points. Party ID: 31% Democrat; 26% Republican; 37% Independent; 7% Other.  Results from the poll conducted February 1-6, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 13-19, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 3-9, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 7-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 21-27, 2011 are in parentheses.