Poll Watch: SurveyUSA Minnesota 2012 Presidential Survey

SurveyUSA Minnesota 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 46% {52%} [49%] (45%)
• Mitt Romney 40% {38%} [36%] (39%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 42% {41%} [33%] (39%)
• Barack Obama 41% {50%} [49%] (41%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 51% {55%} [49%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 37% {35%} [39%] (40%)

Who would you most like to see Mitt Romney choose as his Vice Presidential running mate? Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty? Ohio Senator Rob Portman? Florida Senator Marco Rubio? Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan? Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal? Or someone else?

• Tim Pawlenty 35%
• Marco Rubio 16%
• Paul Ryan 7%
• Rob Portman 4%
• Bobby Jindal 3%
• Someone else 21%
• Not sure 14%

Among Republicans

• Tim Pawlenty 35%
• Marco Rubio 32%
• Paul Ryan 8%
• Rob Portman 5%
• Bobby Jindal 4%
• Someone else 10%
• Not sure 7%

Survey of 552 likely voters was conducted July 17-19, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.3 percentage points.  Party ID: 38% {38%} [38%] (30%) Democrat; 32% {29%} [23%] (24%) Republican; 28% {31%} [37%] (45%) Independent.  Results from the poll conducted May 9-10, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 31 - February 2, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 2-7, 2011 are in parentheses.