Poll Watch: PPP (D) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 49% {50%} [49%] (45%) {44%} [42%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 43% {42%} [42%] (45%) {44%} [43%] (42%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 50% {48%} [47%] (49%) {44%} [47%] (46%)
• Barack Obama 44% {43%} [48%] (39%) {44%} [38%] (43%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 54% {56%} [50%] (51%) {45%} [46%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 37% {36%} [38%] (40%) {43%} [39%] (38%)

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

• Romney-Rice 45%
• Obama-Biden 45%
• Undecided 9%

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

• Obama-Biden 47%
• Romney-Pawlenty 43%
• Undecided 10%

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

• Obama-Biden 48%
• Romney-Jindal 43%
• Undecided 9%

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

• Obama-Biden 47%
• Romney-Portman 40%
• Undecided 13%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 39% {37%} [30%] (32%) {35%} [31%] (34%) / 51% {51%} [60%] (51%) {46%} [41%] (38%) {-12%} 

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 43% {46%} [36%] (33%) {37%} [39%] (32%) / 47% {47%} [56%] (52%) {50%} [43%] (46%) {-4%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 34% {28%} [24%] (30%) {32%} [24%] (37%) / 55% {55%} [64%] (50%) {41%} [40%] (31%) {-21%}

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Condoleezza Rice?

• Favorable 60%
• Unfavorable 27%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Tim Pawlenty?

• Favorable 25%
• Unfavorable 25%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Bobby Jindal?

• Favorable 23%
• Unfavorable 27%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Rob Portman?

• Favorable 15%
• Unfavorable 21%

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

• Approve 46% {48%} [47%] (42%) {46%} [42%] (46%)
• Disapprove 50% {49%} [47%] (53%) {48%} [52%] (49%)

Do you think Mitt Romney should release his tax returns for the last 12 years, or not?

• He should 62%
• He should not 31%

Survey of 758 Pennsylvania voters was conducted July 21-23, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.6 percentage points. Party ID: 47% {46%} [46%] (49%) {50%} [51%] (48%) Democrat; 43% {42%} [41%] (41%) {39%} [38%] (43%) Republican; 10% {12%} [13%] (9%) {11%} [11%] (9%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 29% {28%} [30%] (26%) {30%} [33%] Moderate; 26% {22%} [25%] (28%) {21%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 19% {18%} [16%] (18%) {22%} [19%] Somewhat liberal; 16% {19%} [19%] (18%) {17%} [17%] Very conservative; 10% {12%} [10%] (11%) {10%} [8%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted May 17-20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 8-11, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 17-20, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 30 - July 5, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 7-10, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 3-5, 2011 are in parentheses.