Poll Watch: Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% [49%] (47%) {45%} [48%] (47%) {48%} [46%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 47% [45%] (46%) {45%} [46%] (45%) {44%} [48%] (46%)

Now let me ask you again about your vote for president, but this time including an independent candidate nominated by the online organization Americans Elect. Thinking about the presidential election in November, if the election for president were held today and the candidates were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and independent candidate Buddy Roemer, for whom would you vote?

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 43%
• Buddy Roemer 7%

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

• Approve 45% [50%] (44%) {40%} [45%] (46%) {49%} [44%] (47%)
• Disapprove 50% [46%] (49%) {53%} [50%] (48%) {45%} [50%] (47%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job in charge of the House of Representatives?

• Approve 28% [26%] (26%) {27%} [31%] (32%) {33%} [38%]
• Disapprove 63% [68%] (66%) {65%} [64%] (60%) {59%} [55%]

I know it is a long way off, but thinking about the elections for Congress in 2012, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you be voting for the Democratic House candidate or the Republican House candidate?

• Democratic candidate 46% [47%] (47%) {46%} [46%] (44%) {46%} [45%] (44%)
• Republican candidate 45% [45%] (44%) {46%} [47%] (47%) {45%} [47%] (47%)

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted April 28 - May 1, 2012 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.  The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points. Party ID: 37% [39%] (40%) {35%} [38%] (35%) {38%} [38%] (34%) Democrat; 31% [31%] (31%) {31%} [33%] (32%) {31%} [36%] (34%) Republican; 29% [26%] (26%) {32%} [26%] (30%) {28%} [23%] (28%) Independent. Political ideology: 39% [41%] (41%) {38%} [42%] (43%) {41%} [43%] (42%) Conservative; 32% [30%] (35%) {36%} [35%] (33%) {31%} [34%] (34%) Moderate; 21% [22%] (19%) {19%} [20%] (19%) {21%} [18%] (18%) Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted February 11-14, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 8-11, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 15-18, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 6-10, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 18-21, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 21-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 9-12, 2011 are in parentheses.