Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Florida 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 44% {42%} (44%) [45%] {46%} (45%) [45%] {47%} (44%) [41%]
• Barack Obama 43% {49%} (44%) [46%] {43%} (42%) [42%] {40%} (44%) [46%]

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 46% {47%} [49%] {52%} (50%) [48%] {50%} (45%) [45%]
• Barack Obama 42% {45%} [40%] {40%} (39%) [40%] {38%} (41%) [42%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama 44% {52%} [50%] {46%} (46%) [43%] {42%} (46%) [49%]
• Mitt Romney 42% {38%} [40%] {41%} (41%) [42%] {44%} (43%) [38%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 40% {41%} (43%) [44%] {47%} (39%) [40%] / 34% {36%} (39%) [34%] {29%} (28%) [28%] {+6%}
• Barack Obama 46% {51%} (47%) [51%] {45%} (47%) [47%] / 47% {44%} (49%) [47%] {50%} (48%) [48%] {-1%} 

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Mitt Romney 49% {48%} (51%) [49%] {52%} (49%) [49%]
• Barack Obama 40% {45%} (40%) [42%] {39%} (41%) [39%]

Do you think the economy is beginning to recover or not? 

• Yes 51% {57%}
• No 45% {39%}
  

Please tell me which one of the following you would most like to see Mitt Romney choose as a candidate for vice president:

• Marco Rubio 40%
• Chris Christie 14%
• Paul Ryan 7%
• Bobby Jindal 6%
• Rob Portman 4%
• Tim Pawlenty 4%
• Kelly Ayotte 2%
• Someone else 3%
• Don't know 21%

Among Republicans

• Marco Rubio 53%
• Chris Christie 12%
• Paul Ryan 8%
• Bobby Jindal 5%
• Rob Portman 3%
• Tim Pawlenty 2%
• Kelly Ayotte 1%
• Someone else 3%
• Don't know 14%

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

• Approve 46% {47%} (45%) [46%] {42%} (41%) [41%] {39%} (44%) [44%]
• Disapprove 50% {49%} (53%) [51%] {54%} (54%) [52%] {57%} (51%) [50%]

Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President... Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

• Yes/Deserves 45% {50%} (44%) [49%] {44%} (44%) [43%] {41%} (42%) [47%]
• No/Does not 50% {47%} (50%) [48%] {52%} (51%) [51%] {53%} (50%) [46%]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan?

• Approve 49%
• Disapprove 39%

From what you've read and heard, do you think Barack Obama is removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan too quickly, not quickly enough, or is he handling this about right?

• Too quickly 18%
• Not quickly enough 31%
• About right 44%

Among Democrats

• Too quickly 2%
• Not quickly enough 31%
• About right 62%

 Among Republicans

• Too quickly 40%
• Not quickly enough 27%
• About right 27%

Survey of 1,169 registered voters was conducted April 25 - May 1, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Party ID: 31% Democrat; 28% Republican; 37% Independent; 4% Other.  Results from the poll conducted March 20-26, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 22-23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 19-21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 4-8, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 5, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 31 - November 7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 14-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 27 - August 2, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted August 1-2, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 27-31, 2011 are in square brackets.