Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% (48%) {47%} [47%] (44%) {51%} [49%] (45%) 
• Mitt Romney 47% (46%) {46%} [47%] (45%) {42%} [43%] (46%)   
• Some other candidate 3% (2%) {3%} [3%] (6%) {4%} [5%] (4%)
• Undecided 3% (3%) {3%} [3%] (5%) {4%} [3%] (5%)

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 31% (28%) {24%} (17%)
• Somewhat favorable 19% (25%) {24%} (30%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 15% (14%) {22%} (22%)
• Very unfavorable 33% (32%) {28%} (28%)

Joe Biden

• Very favorable 22%
• Somewhat favorable 23%
• Somewhat unfavorable 12%
• Very unfavorable 38%

Paul Ryan

• Very favorable 34%
• Somewhat favorable 12%
• Somewhat unfavorable 12%
• Very unfavorable 33%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 50% (53%) {48%} [53%] (47%) / 48% (46%) {50%} [46%] (50%) {+2%}
• Paul Ryan 46% / 45% {+1%}
• Joe Biden 45% / 50% {-5%}
  

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

• Strongly approve 33% (36%) {31%} [35%] (33%) {34%} [31%]
• Somewhat approve 17% (13%) {17%} [14%] (14%) {19%} [20%]
• Somewhat disapprove 6% (8%) {6%} [10%] (8%) {5%} [8%]
• Strongly disapprove 43% (42%) {43%} [40%] (43%) {40%} [38%]

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted August 23, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted August 7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 16-17, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 3, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 28, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Romney holds a 10-point lead among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.

Sixty-eight percent (68%) of voters in the state consider the president a liberal, with 48% who say he is very liberal. Romney is viewed as a conservative by 70%, including 30% who say he’s very conservative.