Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) 2012 Daily Swing State Presidential Tracking Survey

Rasmussen (R) 2012 Daily Swing State Presidential Tracking Poll

• Barack Obama 47% {47%} [48%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 44% {44%} [44%] (45%)
• Some other candidate 4% {3%} [3%] (4%)
• Undecided 6% {6%} [5%] (5%)

Survey of approximately 1,300 likely voters was conducted August 22-28, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. The swing state poll covers 11 key states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. Results from the poll conducted August 21-27, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 20-26, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 19-25, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Romney leads by two among men in the swing states, while Obama has a seven-point advantage among women.

The president’s job approval in the swing states is currently 50%. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove. Those figures include 25% who strongly approve and 38% who strongly disapprove.