Poll Watch: PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 49% [49%] (53%) {47%} [48%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 43% [42%] (40%) {45%} [41%] (41%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 49% [48%] (57%) {49%} [42%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 38% [38%] (31%) {37%} [40%] (34%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 66% [64%] (54%) {55%} [58%] (58%)
• Mitt Romney 25% [23%] (32%) {32%} [29%] (24%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 48% [45%] (47%) {49%} [42%] (44%) 
• Barack Obama 47% [45%] (47%) {45%} [47%] (43%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 51% [54%] (58%) {49%} [50%] (51%)
• Mitt Romney 39% [40%] (34%) {42%} [40%] (37%)

Among Whites

• Mitt Romney 48% [45%] (41%) {49%} (43%)
• Barack Obama 47% [47%] (52%) {43%} (43%) 
  

Among Hispanics

• Barack Obama 58% [60%] (53%) {63%} (59%)
• Mitt Romney 29% [33%] (38%) {29%} (32%)

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?

• Obama-Biden 47%
• Romney-Rice 45%
  

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%

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 48%
• Romney-Pawlenty 42%

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 48%
• Romney-Portman 40%

If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 46% [47%]
• Mitt Romney 42% [39%]
• Gary Johnson 6% [7%]
• Undecided 7% [7%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 44% [40%] (31%) {35%} [30%] (40%) / 51% [52%] (60%) {53%} [51%] (40%) {-7%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 38% [36%] (25%) {28%} [29%] (41%) / 54% [53%] (65%) {59%} [49%] (35%) {-16%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 28% [26%] (31%) {32%} [33%] (39%) / 66% [67%] (61%) {55%} [44%] (37%) {-38%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 48% [46%] (33%) {36%} [31%] (42%) / 49% [48%] (59%) {55%} [57%] (42%) {-1%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 41% [33%] (29%) {33%} [29%] (38%) / 53% [56%] (61%) {51%} [46%] (38%) {-12%}

Among Whites

• Mitt Romney 47% [42%] (33%) {38%} (43%) / 48% [52%] (59%) {49%} (36%) {-1%}

Among Hispanics

• Mitt Romney 28% [31%] (29%) {21%} (27%)  / 69% [55%] (63%) {70%} (51%) {-41%} 
  

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Gary Johnson?

• Favorable 9% [6%]
• Unfavorable 12% [15%]

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

• Favorable 56%
• Unfavorable 32%

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

• Favorable 22%
• Unfavorable 27%

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

• Favorable 21%
• Unfavorable 26%

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

• Favorable 11%
• Unfavorable 21%

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

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

Survey of 779 likely Colorado voters was conducted August 2-5, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points. Party ID: 37% [35%] (35%) {35%} [33%] (35%) Republican; 34% [39%] (36%) {37%} [41%] (43%) Democrat; 29% [26%] (30%) {28%} [26%] (22%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 27% [30%] (28%) {32%} [27%] Moderate; 22% [17%] (13%) {14%} [16%] Very conservative; 21% [24%] (23%) {25%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 16% [17%] (22%) {18%} [22%] Somewhat liberal; 14% [12%] (13%) {11%} [13%] Very liberal.  Race: 78% [77%] (79%) {79%} [80%] (81%) White; 13% [15%] (14%) {15%} [14%] (14%) Hispanic; 9% [8%] (7%) {6%} [6%] (5%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted June 14-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 5-7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted December 1-4, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 4-6, 2011 are in parentheses.