Poll Watch: PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 50% {51%} [48%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 42% {43%} [42%] (43%) {40%} [42%] (43%)

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 92% {92%} [88%] (91%) {93%} [89%] (91%)
• Mitt Romney 4% {5%} [9%] (6%) {5%} [5%] (5%)

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 86% {84%} [79%] (84%) {80%} [81%] (82%)
• Barack Obama 9% {9%} [8%] (6%) {7%} [6%] (9%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 47% {44%} [45%] (44%) {48%} [39%] (42%)
• Mitt Romney 36% {46%} [41%] (36%) {37%} [47%] (42%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 65% {62%} [67%] (64%) {71%} [64%] (62%)
• Mitt Romney 26% {28%} [21%] (19%) {24%} [27%] (27%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 50% {48%} [45%] (47%) {43%} [48%] (44%)
• Barack Obama 43% {47%} [44%] (41%) {47%} [44%] (45%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 55% {55%} [51%] (51%) {54%} [51%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 36% {38%} [40%] (39%) {37%} [37%] (41%)

If the candidates for President this fall were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 49% {50%}
• Mitt Romney 35% {38%}
• Virgil Goode 9% {5%}

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 Bob McDonnell for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 50% {51%}
• Romney-McDonnell 43% {43%}

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 Eric Cantor for Vice President, which would you vote for?

• Obama-Biden 50% {52%}
• Romney-Cantor 38% {40%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 38% {38%} [33%] (34%) {35%} [33%] (33%) / 51% {52%} [52%] (49%) {43%} [48%] (46%) {-13%}

Among Democrats

• Mitt Romney 4% {10%} [19%] (16%) {21%} [11%] (6%) / 86% {80%} [66%] (69%) {62%} [73%] (69%) {-82%}

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 77% {71%} [44%] (53%) {52%} [52%] (57%) / 16% {20%} [42%] (34%) {24%} [26%] (28%) {+61%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 33% {40%} [36%] (31%) {34%} [42%] (37%) / 51% {49%} [47%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (38%) {-18%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 24% {27%} [30%] (30%) {32%} [31%] (23%) / 66% {60%} [56%] (50%) {43%} [50%] (53%) {-42%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 42% {42%} [33%] (36%) {36%} [38%] (33%) / 48% {50%} [56%] (51%) {49%} [47%] (50%) {-6%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 34% {35%} [33%] (31%) {34%} [28%] (33%) / 54% {54%} [48%] (47%) {39%} [50%] (42%) {-20%}

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

• Approve 49% {50%} [48%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (50%)
• Disapprove 47% {46%} [47%] (48%) {44%} [45%] (45%)

Survey of 647 Virginia voters was conducted July 5-8, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.9 percentage points. Party ID: 33% {32%} [36%] (36%) {34%} [34%] (35%) Republican; 33% {39%} [33%] (35%) {37%} [39%] (36%) Democrat; 34% {29%} [31%] (30%) {29%} [27%] (30%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 29% {31%} [34%] (30%) {31%} [32%] Moderate; 26% {24%} [24%] (21%) {22%} [25%] Somewhat conservative; 19% {20%} [15%] (18%) {18%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 17% {17%} [18%] (20%) {21%} [16%] Very conservative; 9% {9%} [9%] (11%) {8%} [11%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted April 26-29, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 11-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 21-24, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.