Poll Watch: Muhlenberg/Morning Call Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

Muhlenberg/Morning Call Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 50% [49%] (45%) {48%} [45%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 41% [40%] (40%) {37%} [41%] (36%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama 46% [48%]
• Mitt Romney 43% [41%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama 53% [50%]
• Mitt Romney 39% [39%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 50% [48%] / 42% [45%] {+8%}
• Joe Biden 44% [38%] / 42% [45%] {+2%}
• Paul Ryan 37% [34%] / 41% [35%] {-4%}
• Mitt Romney 40% [37%] / 48% [49%] {-8%}

Please tell me if you approve or disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is doing his job.

• Approve 47% [43%]
  
• Disapprove 44% [47%] 
  

Regardless of who you support in the presidential election, who do you trust more to handle the issue of Medicare, Romney or Obama? 

• Barack Obama 50% [47%]
• Mitt Romney 38% [34%]

How about handling the economy?

• Barack Obama 44% [41%]
• Mitt Romney 44% [42%]

Survey of 640 likely voters was conducted September 10-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Party registration: 49% [49%] Democrat; 39% [40%] Republican; 8% [10%] Independent; 4% [2%] Other.  Results from the poll conducted August 20-22, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 23 - April 1, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 15-21, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 9-28, 2011 are in parentheses.