Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 51% (46%) 
• Barack Obama 43% (44%)
• Some other candidate 2% (4%)
• Undecided 4% (6%) 

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 49% (38%) 
  
• Barack Obama 45% (38%)

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

• Very favorable 23% (16%)
• Somewhat favorable 31% (36%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 20% (24%)
• Very unfavorable 23% (18%)

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

• Strongly approve 28% (31%)
• Somewhat approve 18% (17%)
• Somewhat disapprove 9% (7%)
• Strongly disapprove 45% (43%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted May 14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted April 10, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Eighty-eight percent (88%) of North Carolina Republicans now support Romney, compared to 76% of Democrats in the state who back Obama. Nearly one-in-five North Carolina Democrats (18%) now favor the Republican.