Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

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

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 48% {46%} [49%] (45%) {51%} [48%] (45%) {47%} [43%]
• Barack Obama 38% {43%} [42%] (42%) {36%} [39%] (44%) {41%} [42%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama 50% {50%} [49%] (47%) {47%} [51%] (46%) {46%} [49%]
• Mitt Romney 37% {36%} [39%] (38%) {36%} [36%] (38%) {38%} [38%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 46% {49%} [49%] (48%) {42%} [47%] / 45% {46%} [46%] (47%) {52%} [46%] {+1%} 
• Mitt Romney 36% {36%} [37%] (36%) {32%} [36%] / 36% {43%} [40%] (34%) {28%} [31%] {0%}

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 47% {45%} [46%] (48%) {47%} [45%]
• Barack Obama 43% {45%} [45%] (42%) {39%} [43%]

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

• Yes 55% {58%}
• No 41% {39%} 
  

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

• Rob Portman 26%
• Chris Christie 14%
• Marco Rubio 14%
• Paul Ryan 8%
• Bobby Jindal 6%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Kelly Ayotte 2%
• Someone else 2%
• Don't know 26%

Among Republicans

• Rob Portman 30%
  
• Marco Rubio 21% 
• Chris Christie 17%
• Paul Ryan 8%
• Bobby Jindal 8%
• Tim Pawlenty 2%
• Kelly Ayotte 0%
• Someone else 1%
• Don't know 12%

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

• Approve 48% {47%} [47%] (44%) {41%} [44%] (43%) {42%} [46%] (49%)
• Disapprove 47% {49%} [48%] (51%) {55%} [50%] (51%) {53%} [50%] (45%)

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

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

• Approve 51%
• 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 17%
• Not quickly enough 32%
• About right 43%

Among Democrats

• Too quickly 4%
• Not quickly enough 30%
• About right 62%

 Among Republicans

• Too quickly 36%
• Not quickly enough 28%
• About right 26%

Survey of 1,130 registered voters was conducted April 25 - May 1, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Party ID: 34% Democrat; 26% Republican; 34% Independent; 7% Other.  Results from the poll conducted March 20-26, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 7-12, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 9-16, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 5, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 31 - November 7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 17-23, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 20-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 12-18, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 10-16, 2011 are in parentheses.