Poll Watch: Paul Simon Public Policy Institute-SIU Illinois 2012 Presidential Survey

Paul Simon Public Policy Institute-SIU Illinois 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47.1% (46.1%)
• Mitt Romney 33.8% (38.5%)
• Someone else 3.1%
• Other/Don't know 7.1%
• Undecided 8.9%

Regarding Barack Obama, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of him?

• Very favorable 28.3%
• Somewhat favorable 25.4%
• Somewhat unfavorable 13.5%
• Very unfavorable 24.0%

Regarding Mitt Romney, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of him?

• Very favorable 12.6%
• Somewhat favorable 26.1%
• Somewhat unfavorable 20.6%
• Very unfavorable 25.8%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 53.7% / 37.5% {+16.2%}
• Mitt Romney 38.7% / 46.4% {-7.7%}
  

Do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job President Obama is doing?

• Strongly approve 28.2%
• Somewhat approve 27.4%
• Somewhat disapprove 10.5%
• Strongly disapprove 29.7%

President Barack Obama’s job performance

• Approve 55.6% (51.8%)
• Disapprove 40.2% (46.4%)

Survey of 1,261 registered voters was conducted September 4-10, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.77 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted October 11-16, 2011 are in parentheses.