Poll Watch: Suffolk University 2012 Presidential Survey

Suffolk University 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47%
• Mitt Romney 37%

• Barack Obama 49%
• Rick Santorum 35%

• Barack Obama 50%
• Newt Gingrich 31%

• Barack Obama 49%
• Ron Paul 28%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 52% / 43% {+9%}
• Mitt Romney 38% / 44% {-6%}
• Rick Santorum 33% / 46% {-13%}
• Ron Paul 28% / 43% {-15%}
• Newt Gingrich 25% / 61% {-36%}

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

• Approve 46%
• Disapprove 45%

Thinking about the current presidential primary process for electing party nominees, would you support a national primary election held on one day as opposed to the current, state-based process that takes over six months?

• Yes 54%
• No 35%

Among Republicans

• Yes 58%
• No 34%

Regardless of who you personally support for president this year, who do you expect our next president will be?

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 28%
• Rick Santorum 5%
• Someone else 4%
• Undecided 12%

Do you believe citizens should be required to show a photo ID before voting?

• Yes 73%
• No 24%

Do you believe the use of contraception is a religious, economic, family or women's health issue?

• Women's health 55%
• Family 17%
• Religious 13%
• Economic 3%

Do you agree or disagree that making changes or cuts to entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are necessary to reduce the national debt?

• Agree 30%
• Disagree 64%

Do you believe that the Social Security and Medicare programs will be available to you in your retirement?

Age 18-34

• Yes 21%
• No 70%

Age 35-44

• Yes 33%
• No 59%

Do you think that the near-universal health care bill passed in Washington in 2009 should be repealed, modified or left alone?

• Repealed 34%
• Modified 32%
• Left alone 23%

Do you think you are better or worse off as a result of the national healthcare reform law, enacted in March 2010?

• Better off 20%
• Worse off 33%
• No difference 40%

To help save healthcare costs, do you believe that chronically-ill, mentally-able seniors should be able to end their own lives?

• Yes 46%
• No 44%

If the price of regular gas were to increase to $4.50/gallon by October will you vote Democrat, Republican or Independent for President in the General Election?

• Republican 37%
• Democrat 36%
• Independent 6%

How much influence do you think the President has on gas prices?

• A lot 25%
• Some 27%
• A little 27%
• None at all 19%

Should the United States explore options to increase its domestic oil production, even if that includes more offshore drilling?

• Yes 78%
• No 19%

Overall, which country do you feel poses the greatest threat to the United States?

• Iran 36%
• China 27%
• North Korea 9%
• Afghanistan 8%
• Mexico 3%
• Syria 2%
• Greece 0%
• Other 7%

What TV news or commentary source do you trust the most?

• Fox News 28%
• CNN 17%
• NBC 10%
• MSNBC 8%
• ABC 7%
• CBS 6%
• Comedy Central 3%
• C-SPAN 2%
• Undecided 19%

Survey of 1,070 likely voters was conducted March 21-25, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Party ID: 39% Democrat; 34% Republican; 22% Independent.