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

Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 47% [51%] (46%) 
• Barack Obama 44% [43%] (44%)
• Some other candidate 3% [2%] (4%)
• Undecided 6% [4%] (6%) 

Among Independents

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

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 54% (54%)
  
• Barack Obama 38% (40%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 49% (47%)
  
• Mitt Romney 41% (39%)
  

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

• Very favorable 22% [23%] (16%)
• Somewhat favorable 28% [31%] (36%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 23% [20%] (24%)
• Very unfavorable 23% [23%] (18%)

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

• Strongly approve 29% [28%] (31%)
• Somewhat approve 16% [18%] (17%)
• Somewhat disapprove 10% [9%] (7%)
• Strongly disapprove 44% [45%] (43%)

When looking at a choice between Obama and Romney, is it a choice you are excited about or will you simply be voting for the lesser of two evils?

• Excited about choices 53%
• Voting for lesser of two evils 40%

Note: The president holds a 20-point lead among voters who are excited about the choice of candidates, while Romney leads by 28 points among those who feel it’s a contest between the lesser of two evils. 
 
Generally speaking, is Mitt Romney’s track record in business primarily a reason to vote for him or vote against him?

• Reason to vote for him 44%
• Reason to vote against him 39%

Who would do a better job managing the economy: Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

• Mitt Romney 52%
• Barack Obama 40%

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted June 25, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted May 14, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

The president earns support from 86% of members of his party, while Romney picks up the support of 88% of Republicans.

Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters in North Carolina say they agree with the president, with 32% who agree with him on most important issues and 15% more who agree on just about everything. Fifty-one percent (51%) agree with Romney, including 40% who share his views on most important issues and 11% on just about everything.

Most (82%) voters in the state think Romney and Obama disagree with one another, including 50% who say they disagree on most important issues and 32% who say they disagree on just about everything.