Poll Watch: PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% {48%}
• Ron Paul 42% {39%}

• Barack Obama 53% {47%} [48%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 40% {45%} [41%] (41%)

• Barack Obama 55% {50%} (53%)
• Newt Gingrich 37% {42%} (39%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 48% {52%}
• Ron Paul 37% {32%}

• Barack Obama 57% {49%} [42%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 31% {37%} [40%] (34%)

• Barack Obama 59% {56%} (55%)
• Newt Gingrich 28% {32%} (32%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 46% {55%}
• Ron Paul 38% {27%}

• Barack Obama 54% {55%} [58%] (58%)
• Mitt Romney 32% {32%} [29%] (24%)

• Barack Obama 60% {61%} (71%)
• Newt Gingrich 29% {27%} (19%)

Among Men

• Ron Paul 52% {46%}
  
• Barack Obama 38% {46%}

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

• Barack Obama 48% {48%} (48%)
• Newt Gingrich 44% {46%} (45%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 56% {50%}
• Ron Paul 33% {33%}

• Barack Obama 58% {49%} [50%] (51%)
• Mitt Romney 34% {42%} [40%] (37%)

• Barack Obama 61% {51%} (56%)
• Newt Gingrich 30% {39%} (35%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Ron Paul 37% {29%} / 51% {53%} {-14%} 
  
• Mitt Romney 31% {35%} [30%] (40%) / 60% {53%} [51%] (40%) {-29%}
• Newt Gingrich 21% {32%} (26%) / 70% {55%} (55%) {-49%}

Among Independents

• Ron Paul 43% {34%} / 43% {46%} {0%}
• Mitt Romney 25% {28%} [29%] (41%) / 65% {59%} [49%] (35%) {-40%}
• Newt Gingrich 13% {25%} (14%) / 76% {59%} (53%) {-63%}

Among Moderates

• Ron Paul 39% {28%} / 47% {47%} {-8%} 
• Mitt Romney 31% {32%} [33%] (39%) / 61% {55%} [44%] (37%) {-30%}
• Newt Gingrich 15% {21%} (12%) / 74% {64%} (62%) {-59%}

Among Men

• Ron Paul 44% {33%} / 47% {54%} {-3%}
• Mitt Romney 33% {36%} [31%] (42%) / 59% {55%} [57%] (42%) {-26%}
• Newt Gingrich 23% {36%} (30%) / 71% {57%} (54%) {-48%}

Among Women

• Ron Paul 30% {24%} / 54% {52%} {-24%} 
• Mitt Romney 29% {33%} [29%] (38%) / 61% {51%} [46%] (38%) {-32%}
• Newt Gingrich 18% {29%} (22%) / 68% {53%} (56%) {-50%}

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

• Approve 50% {45%} [46%] (51%)
• Disapprove 47% {50%} [50%] (45%)

Survey of 542 Colorado voters was conducted April 5-7, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 36% {37%} [41%] (43%) Democrat; 35% {35%} [33%] (35%) Republican; 30% {28%} [26%] (22%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 28% {32%} [27%] Moderate; 23% {25%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 22% {18%} [22%] Somewhat liberal; 13% {14%} [16%] Very conservative; 13% {11%} [13%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted December 1-4, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 4-6, 2011 are in parentheses.