Poll Watch: NY1/YNN-Marist New York 2012 Presidential Survey

NY1/YNN-Marist New York 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 57% [58%] (59%)
• Mitt Romney 35% [35%] (35%)

Would you rate the job President Barack Obama is doing in office as excellent, good, fair, or poor?

• Excellent 18% [13%] (14%)
• Good 29% [33%] (30%)
• Fair 22% [26%] (27%)
• Poor 31% [28%] (29%)

Survey of 632 registered voters was conducted April 10-12, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.0 percentage points. Party ID: 45% [51%] (44%) Democrat; 27% [23%] (25%) Republican; 27% [25%] (29%) Independent; 2% [1%] (1%) Other. Political ideology: 38% [46%] (46%) Moderate; 35% [30%] (28%) Conservative; 28% [24%] (26%) Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted January 18-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 25-27, 2011 are in parentheses.