Poll Watch: PPP (D) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 50% [49%] (45%) {44%} [42%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 42% [42%] (45%) {44%} [43%] (42%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 48% [47%] (49%) {44%} [47%] (46%)
• Barack Obama 43% [48%] (39%) {44%} [38%] (43%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 56% [50%] (51%) {45%} [46%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 36% [38%] (40%) {43%} [39%] (38%)

If the Democratic ticket was Barack Obama for President and Joe Biden for Vice President, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney for President and Tom Ridge for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 48%
• Romney-Ridge 43%

If the Democratic ticket was Barack Obama for President and Joe Biden for Vice President, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney for President and Tom Corbett for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 49%
• Romney-Corbett 43%

If the Democratic ticket was Barack Obama for President and Joe Biden for Vice President, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney for President and Rick Santorum for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 51%
• Romney-Santorum 43%

If the Democratic ticket was Barack Obama for President and Joe Biden for Vice President, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney for President and Pat Toomey for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 49%
• Romney-Toomey 40%

If the Democratic ticket was Barack Obama for President and Joe Biden for Vice President, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney for President and Lynn Swann for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 48%
• Romney-Swann 37%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Tom Ridge 50% / 32% {+18%}
• Mitt Romney 37% [30%] (32%) {35%} [31%] (34%) / 51% [60%] (51%) {46%} [41%] (38%) {-14%} 
• Rick Santorum 36% [41%] (31%) {31%} [37%] (38%) / 53% [51%] (53%) {54%} [47%] (44%) {-17%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 46% [36%] (33%) {37%} [39%] (32%) / 47% [56%] (52%) {50%} [43%] (46%) {-1%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 28% [24%] (30%) {32%} [24%] (37%) / 55% [64%] (50%) {41%} [40%] (31%) {-27%}

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

• Approve 48% [47%] (42%) {46%} [42%] (46%)
• Disapprove 49% [47%] (53%) {48%} [52%] (49%)

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Tom Corbett’s job performance?

• Approve 37%
• Disapprove 50%

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Pat Toomey's job performance?

• Approve 33%
• Disapprove 36%

Survey of 671 Pennsylvania voters was conducted May 17-20, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points. Party ID: 46% [46%] (49%) {50%} [51%] (48%) Democrat; 42% [41%] (41%) {39%} [38%] (43%) Republican; 12% [13%] (9%) {11%} [11%] (9%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 28% [30%] (26%) {30%} [33%] Moderate; 22% [25%] (28%) {21%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 19% [19%] (18%) {17%} [17%] Very conservative; 18% [16%] (18%) {22%} [19%] Somewhat liberal; 12% [10%] (11%) {10%} [8%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted March 8-11, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 17-20, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 30 - July 5, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 7-10, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 3-5, 2011 are in parentheses.