Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 49% [49%] (49%) {48%} [49%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 39% [40%] (39%) {38%} [40%] (41%)

Among Men

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

Among Women

• Barack Obama 52% [55%] (52%) {49%} [51%] (52%)
• Mitt Romney 34% [34%] (34%) {37%} [36%] (36%)

Let's say the Democratic ticket is Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president and the Republican ticket is Mitt Romney for president and Chris Christie for vice president. If you were voting today, how would you vote?

• Obama-Biden 50% [49%] (49%)
• Romney-Christie 42% [42%] (43%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Chris Christie 53% / 39% {+14%}
• Barack Obama 54% [52%] [50%] (47%) / 41% [43%] [44%] (47%) {+13%}
• Joe Biden 41% / 34% {+7%}
• Mitt Romney 35% [39%] [39%] (35%) / 41% [37%] [29%] (31%) {-6%}

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

• Approve 53% [51%] (51%) {49%} [48%] (43%)
• Disapprove 43% [46%] (45%) {48%} [48%] (52%)

Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

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

Survey of 1,582 registered voters was conducted May 9-14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points.  Party ID: 34% [34%] Democrat; 25% [25%] Republican; 36% [34%] Independent.  Results from the poll conducted April 3-9, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 21-27, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 10-16, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 9-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 5-10, 2011 are in parentheses.