Poll Watch: Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

Fox News 2012 Presidential Poll

Among Likely Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 48% [44%]
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 43% [45%]
  

Among Registered Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 46% [44%] {49%} (45%) [45%] {43%} (46%) [46%] {44%} (46%) [47%] {46%} (44%) [42%] {45%} (47%) [48%] {48%} 
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 42% [42%] {40%} (41%) [40%] {43%} (39%) [46%] {46%} (42%) [42%] {45%} {42%} [44%] {42%} (41%) [41%] {41%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 48% [48%] {41%} (43%) [40%] {46%} (46%) [49%] {52%} [47%]
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 42% [40%] {47%} (42%) [45%] {41%} (37%) [45%] {38%} [42%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 53% [48%] {51%} (48%) [46%] {46%} (55%) [47%] {49%} [50%]
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 39% [42%] {39%} (40%) [39%] {40%} (33%) [42%] {41%} [38%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

Among Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 53% [51%] / 43% [46%] {+10%}
• Paul Ryan 46% [45%] / 38% [35%] {+8%}
  
• Mitt Romney 49% [49%] / 45% [44%] {+4%}
• Joe Biden 47% [46%] / 44% [44%] {+3%}

Among Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 52% [52%] {54%} (52%) {54%} (52%) [50%] (50%) {51%} / 44% [43%] {42%} (46%) {42%} (44%) [48%] (47%) {46%} {+8%}
• Paul Ryan 43% [41%] / 36% [34%] {+7%}
• Mitt Romney 48% [46%] {46%} (52%) {46%} (45%) [42%] (39%) {45%} / 45% [45%] {45%} (40%) {42%} (43%) [45%] (49%) {38%} {+3%}
• Joe Biden 45% [45%] / 44% [42%] {+1%} 

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

Among Likely Voters 

• Approve 50% [46%]
  
• Disapprove 47% [50%]

Among Registered Voters

• Approve 48% [46%] {49%} (47%) [48%] {49%} (49%) [45%] {42%} (47%) [48%] {45%} (44%) [42%] {43%} (45%) [48%] {51%}
  
• Disapprove 48% [48%] {46%} (49%) [43%] {45%} (47%) [51%] {51%} (45%) [45%] {47%} (51%) [48%] {51%} (46%) [43%] {43%}

Survey of 1,224 registered voters, including a subsample of 1,056 likely voters, was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) September 9-11, 2012. The margin of error is ± 3 percentage points.  Party ID (among registered voters): 40% [42%] {44%} (42%) [41%] {41%} Democrat; 37% [35%] {35%} (38%) [36%] {37%} Republican; 19% [21%] {14%} (18%) [19%] {20%} Independent.  Party ID (among likely voters): 42% [42%] Democrat; 36% [38%] Republican; 19% [18%] Independent.  Results from the poll conducted August 19-21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 5-7, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 15-17, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 24-26, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 3-5, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 13-15, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 22-24, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 9-11, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 10-12, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 6-9, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 12-14, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 5-7, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted November 13-15, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 25-27, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 17-19, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 5-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 7-9, 2011 are in curly brackets.