Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 56% [51%] (55%)
• Mitt Romney 35% [40%] (38%)

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President?

• Strongly approve 31% [34%] (32%)
• Somewhat approve 27% [25%] (26%)
• Somewhat disapprove 10% [9%] (8%)
• Strongly disapprove 28% [32%] (34%)

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?

• Very favorable 17% [18%] (19%)
• Somewhat favorable 23% [32%] (30%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 25% [26%] (28%)
• Very unfavorable 30% [22%] (23%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted May 7, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted April 9, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 29, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

The president leads by nine points among male voters and holds a sizable two-to-one lead among female voters. Obama also leads in all age demographic categories.

While Obama claims 90% support among Massachusetts voters in his own party, just 69% of the state’s Republicans back Romney. Voters not affiliated with either of the major parties prefer the president by four points.