Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% (55%)
• Mitt Romney 40% (38%)

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President?

• Strongly approve 34% (32%)
• Somewhat approve 25% (26%)
• Somewhat disapprove 9% (8%)
• Strongly disapprove 32% (34%)

Please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Mitt Romney

• Very favorable 18% (19%)
• Somewhat favorable 32% (30%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 26% (28%)
• Very unfavorable 22% (23%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted April 9, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted February 29, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

As in much of the country, male voters favor Romney over Obama, while female voters prefer the president. Obama leads by better than two-to-one among voters under 40. Romney edges the president by much narrower margins among older voters.

Among voters not affiliated with either political party, the Republican is ahead 53% to 36%.