Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New York 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac New York 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Mitt Romney 54% [32%] (26%)
• Rick Santorum 21% [20%] (3%)
• Newt Gingrich 9% [10%] (29%)
• Ron Paul 8% [14%] (9%)
• Don't know 8% [18%] (16%)

Is your mind made up, or do you think you might change your mind before the election? 

• Mind made up 59%
• Might change 39%

Among Romney voters 

• Mind made up 71%
• Might change 26%

Among Santorum voters 

• Mind made up 47%
• Might change 53%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 56% [52%] (53%)
• Mitt Romney 33% [35%] (35%)

• Barack Obama 59% [53%]
• Rick Santorum 30% [35%]

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

• Approve 56% [50%] (50%)
• Disapprove 38% [46%] (45%)

Survey of 1,597 registered voters, including a subsample of 372 Republicans, was conducted March 28 - April 2, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 5.1 percentage points among Republican voters.   Results from the poll conducted February 8-13, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 12-18, 2011 are in parentheses.