Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Poll Watch: Marquette University Law School Wisconsin 2012 Presidential Survey

Marquette University Law School Wisconsin 2012 Presidential Poll
Among Likely Voters
  • Barack Obama-Joe Biden 54% (49%) {50%} [51%] (49%) {51%} [46%] (49%)
  • Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 40% (46%) {45%} [43%] (43%) {43%} [46%] (45%)
Among Registered Voters
  • Barack Obama-Joe Biden 54% (50%) {50%} [51%] (53%) {52%} [46%] (51%) {48%} [53%] (48%)
  • Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 39% (44%) {43%} [41%] (39%) {40%} [44%] (42%) {43%} [38%] (40%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Barack Obama 55% (52%) {53%} [51%] (53%) {55%} [49%] (55%) {52%} [52%] (50%) / 39% (43%) {42%} [42%] (39%) {41%} [47%] (43%) {43%} [43%] (44%) {+16%}
  • Joe Biden 45% (38%) / 40% (43%) {+5%} 
  • Paul Ryan 41% (41%) / 41% (34%) {0%}
  • Mitt Romney 36% (35%) {36%} [36%] (35%) {40%} [40%] (33%) {32%} [27%] (30%) / 51% (45%) {48%} [42%] (43%) {47%} [44%] (46%) {47%} [50%] (42%) {-15%}
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Barack Obama, or not...he is someone who cares about people like me.
  • Describes 64% (57%)
  • Does not describe 33% (39%)
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Mitt Romney, or not...he is someone who cares about people like me.
  • Describes 39% (37%)
  • Does not describe 53% (51%)
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Barack Obama, or not...he is a strong leader.
  • Describes 60% (52%)
  • Does not describe 38% (46%)
Please tell me whether the following statement describes Mitt Romney, or not...he is a strong leader.
  • Describes 46% (46%)
  • Does not describe 44% (38%)
As you may know, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has selected Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate. How would you rate Romney's choice of Ryan for vice president? Would you rate this choice as excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?
  • Excellent 31% (31%)
  • Pretty good 25% (27%)
  • Only fair 15% (16%)
  • Poor 25% (19%)
Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?
  • Approve 54% (48%) {50%} [49%] (52%) {52%} [45%] (50%) {48%}
  • Disapprove 39% (45%) {46%} [44%] (43%) {43%} [49%] (46%) {47%}
Survey of 705 registered voters, including 601 likely voters, was conducted September 13-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points among registered voters; +/- 4.2 percentage points among likely voters.  Party ID: 34% (28%) {32%} [33%] (30%) {33%} [29%] (33%) {33%} [34%] Democrat; 26% (26%) {30%} [29%] (27%) {28%} [28%] (30%) {27%} [26%] Republican; 38% (42%) {35%} [36%] (39%) {36%} [40%] (34%) {36%} [35%] Independent.  Political views: 8% (11%) {10%} [8%] (10%) {9%} [9%] (9%) {9%} [8%] Very conservative; 31% (30%) {33%} [32%] (31%) {33%} [38%] (33%) {30%} [30%] Conservative; 32% (30%) {31%} [35%] (34%) {32%} [30%] (32%) {37%} [38%] Moderate; 19% (16%) {17%} [15%] (16%) {16%} [13%] (17%) {15%} [14%] Liberal; 7% (7%) {6%} [5%] (6%) {7%} [6%] (5%) {4%} [4%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted August 16-19, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 2-5, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 5-8, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 13-16, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 23-26, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 9-12, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 26-29, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 22-25, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 16-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 19-22, 2012 are in parentheses.

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