Poll Watch: PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% [48%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 43% [42%] (43%) {40%} [42%] (43%)

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 92% [88%] (91%) {93%} [89%] (91%)
• Mitt Romney 5% [9%] (6%) {5%} [5%] (5%)

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 84% [79%] (84%) {80%} [81%] (82%)
• Barack Obama 9% [8%] (6%) {7%} [6%] (9%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 46% [41%] (36%) {37%} [47%] (42%)
• Barack Obama 44% [45%] (44%) {48%} [39%] (42%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 62% [67%] (64%) {71%} [64%] (62%)
• Mitt Romney 28% [21%] (19%) {24%} [27%] (27%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 48% [45%] (47%) {43%} [48%] (44%)
• Barack Obama 47% [44%] (41%) {47%} [44%] (45%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 55% [51%] (51%) {54%} [51%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 38% [40%] (39%) {37%} [37%] (41%)

If the candidates for President this fall were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 38%
• Virgil Goode 5%

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 Bob McDonnell for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 51%
• Romney-McDonnell 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 Eric Cantor for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 52%
• Romney-Cantor 40%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 38% [33%] (34%) {35%} [33%] (33%) / 52% [52%] (49%) {43%} [48%] (46%) {-14%}

Among Democrats

• Mitt Romney 10% [19%] (16%) {21%} [11%] (6%) / 80% [66%] (69%) {62%} [73%] (69%) {-70%}

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 71% [44%] (53%) {52%} [52%] (57%) / 20% [42%] (34%) {24%} [26%] (28%) {+51%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 40% [36%] (31%) {34%} [42%] (37%) / 49% [47%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (38%) {-9%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 27% [30%] (30%) {32%} [31%] (23%) / 60% [56%] (50%) {43%} [50%] (53%) {-33%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 42% [33%] (36%) {36%} [38%] (33%) / 50% [56%] (51%) {49%} [47%] (50%) {-8%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 35% [33%] (31%) {34%} [28%] (33%) / 54% [48%] (47%) {39%} [50%] (42%) {-19%}

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

• Approve 50% [48%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (50%)
• Disapprove 46% [47%] (48%) {44%} [45%] (45%)

Survey of 680 Virginia voters was conducted April 26-29, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points. Party ID: 39% [33%] (35%) {37%} [39%] (36%) Democrat; 32% [36%] (36%) {34%} [34%] (35%) Republican; 29% [31%] (30%) {29%} [27%] (30%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 31% [34%] (30%) {31%} [32%] Moderate; 24% [24%] (21%) {22%} [25%] Somewhat conservative; 20% [15%] (18%) {18%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 17% [18%] (20%) {21%} [16%] Very conservative; 9% [9%] (11%) {8%} [11%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted December 11-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 21-24, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.