Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 45% {42%} [43%] (46%)  
• Barack Obama 44% {51%} [49%] (45%) 

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?

• Very favorable 17%
• Somewhat favorable 30%
• Somewhat unfavorable 22%
• Very unfavorable 28%

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

• Strongly approve 33% {34%} [31%]
• Somewhat approve 14% {19%} [20%]
• Somewhat disapprove 8% {5%} [8%]
• Strongly disapprove 43% {40%} [38%]

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted April 23, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted March 20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 28, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

There may still be some lingering hard feelings about Virginia Republicans: Romney earns only 81% support among voters in his party, while Obama picks up 90% of Virginia Democrats. Among voters not affiliated with either political party, it’s Romney 52%, Obama 35%.