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

Rasmussen (R) North Dakota 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 51% 
• Barack Obama  36%
• Some other candidate 6%
• Undecided 7%

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 58% 
• Barack Obama  31%

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 45% 
• Barack Obama  40%

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

• Very favorable 12%
• Somewhat favorable 38%
• Somewhat unfavorable 25%
• Very unfavorable 19%

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

• Strongly approve 12%
• Somewhat approve 27%
• Somewhat disapprove 16%
• Strongly disapprove 42%

Survey of 400 likely voters was conducted July 10-11, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 5 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Romney earns the support of 90% of North Dakota Republicans, while Obama is favored by 81% of those in his party. Among voters not affiliated with either political party, however, the two candidates are essentially tied.

Middle-aged voters and senior citizens favor Romney, but the two candidates are more closely divided among voters under 40.