Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

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

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 50% (48%) {46%} [49%] (45%) {51%} [48%] (45%) {47%} [43%]
• Barack Obama 40% (38%) {43%} [42%] (42%) {36%} [39%] (44%) {41%} [42%]

Among Women

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

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 Rob Portman for vice president. If you were voting today, how would you vote?

• Obama/Biden 45% [47%]
  
• Romney/Portman 45% [43%]
  

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rob Portman 26% / 14% {+12%}
• Barack Obama 48% (46%) {49%} [49%] (48%) {42%} [47%] / 47% (45%) {46%} [46%] (47%) {52%} [46%] {+1%} 
• Joe Biden 39% {34%} / 39% {40%} {0%}
• Mitt Romney 35% (36%) {36%} [37%] (36%) {32%} [36%] / 37% (36%) {43%} [40%] (34%) {28%} [31%] {-2%}

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

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

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

• Approve 53% (51%) {52%}
• Disapprove 40% (39%) {40%}

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 16% (17%) {15%}
• Not quickly enough 29% (32%) {34%}
• About right 49% (43%) {47%}

Survey of 1,069 registered voters was conducted May 2-7, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Party ID: 31% (34%) Democrat; 29% (26%) Republican; 33% (34%) Independent; 6% (7%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted April 25 - May 1, 2012 are in parentheses.  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.