Poll Watch: PPP (D) Minnesota 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Minnesota 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 54% {51%} [51%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 39% {41%} [36%] (42%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 55% {47%} [42%] (42%)
• Mitt Romney 32% {38%} [36%] (40%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 68% {63%} [62%] (62%)
• Mitt Romney 22% {26%} [19%] (26%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama 52% {44%} [49%] (40%)
• Mitt Romney 41% {48%} [40%] (50%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 56% {58%} [53%] (54%)
• Mitt Romney 38% {34%} [33%] (36%)

If the Democratic ticket for President was Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 52%
• Romney-Pawlenty 41%

If the Democratic ticket for President was Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney and Norm Coleman, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 52%
• Romney-Coleman 37%

If the Democratic ticket for President was Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and the Republican ticket was Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 56%
• Romney-Bachmann 35%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Norm Coleman 38% / 41% {-3%}
• Tim Pawlenty 37% {39%} [40%] (43%) / 52% {50%} [53%] (53%) {-15%}
• Mitt Romney 32% {29%} [29%] (32%) / 54% {56%} [53%] (42%) {-22%} 
• Michele Bachmann 33% [33%] / 60% [59%] {-27%}

Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 52% {49%} [51%] (49%)
• Disapprove 43% {45%} [44%] (46%)

Survey of 973 Minnesota voters was conducted May 31 - June 3, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points. Party ID: 35% {36%} [38%] (37%) Democrat; 31% {33%} [31%] (34%) Republican; 34% {32%} [31%] (29%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 32% {29%} [29%] Moderate; 20%  {22%} [25%] Somewhat conservative; 20% {22%} [20%] Somewhat liberal; 16% {16%} [15%] Very conservative; 11% {11%} [11%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted January 21-22, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 27-30, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 4-5, 2010 are in parentheses.