Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Connecticut 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Connecticut 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 43%
• Some other candidate 3%
• Undecided 3%

I’m going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Mitt Romney

• Very favorable 26%
• Somewhat favorable 18%
• Somewhat unfavorable 18%
• Very unfavorable 34%

Joe Biden

• Very favorable 21%
• Somewhat favorable 25%
• Somewhat unfavorable 15%
• Very unfavorable 34%

Paul Ryan

• Very favorable 30%
• Somewhat favorable 12%
• Somewhat unfavorable 17%
• Very unfavorable 32%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Joe Biden 46% / 49% {-3%}
• Paul Ryan 42% / 49% {-7%}
• Mitt Romney 44% / 52% {-8%}

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

• Strongly approve 30%
• Somewhat approve 22%
• Somewhat disapprove 9%
• Strongly disapprove 37%

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted August 21, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Romney leads by eight points among male voters in Connecticut but trails by 21 among female voters. As has been seen in other states, the president is the favorite of voters under 40, while their elders prefer his GOP challenger.

The candidates are tied among voters not affiliated with either of the major political parties.

Seventy percent (70%) of voters in the state regard the president as a liberal, including 41% who say he’s very liberal. Romney is considered a conservative by 68%, but that includes only 26% who feel he is very conservative.