Poll Watch: PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% (49%) {49%} [49%] (53%) {47%} [48%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 45% (46%) {43%} [42%] (40%) {45%} [41%] (41%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 51% (48%) {49%} [48%] (57%) {49%} [42%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 41% (41%) {38%} [38%] (31%) {37%} [40%] (34%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 60% (56%) {66%} [64%] (54%) {55%} [58%] (58%)
• Mitt Romney 33% (35%) {25%} [23%] (32%) {32%} [29%] (24%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama 51% (46%) {47%} [45%] (47%) {45%} [47%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 46% (49%) {48%} [45%] (47%) {49%} [42%] (44%) 

Among Women

• Barack Obama 52% (52%) {51%} [54%] (58%) {49%} [50%] (51%)
• Mitt Romney 44% (44%) {39%} [40%] (34%) {42%} [40%] (37%)

Among Whites

• Barack Obama 49% (47%) {47%} [47%] (52%) {43%} (43%)
• Mitt Romney 48% (49%) {48%} [45%] (41%) {49%} (43%) 
  

Among Hispanics

• Barack Obama 65% (59%) {58%} [60%] (53%) {63%} (59%)
• Mitt Romney 29% (34%) {29%} [33%] (38%) {29%} (32%)

If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 49% (46%) {46%} [47%]
• Mitt Romney 43% (44%) {42%} [39%]
• Gary Johnson 4% (5%) {6%} [7%]
• Undecided 3% (4%) {7%} [7%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 45% (46%) {44%} [40%] (31%) {35%} [30%] (40%) / 51% (50%) {51%} [52%] (60%) {53%} [51%] (40%) {-6%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 40% (42%) {38%} [36%] (25%) {28%} [29%] (41%) / 52% (52%) {54%} [53%] (65%) {59%} [49%] (35%) {-12%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 32% (35%) {28%} [26%] (31%) {32%} [33%] (39%) / 61% (60%) {66%} [67%] (61%) {55%} [44%] (37%) {-29%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 47% (48%) {48%} [46%] (33%) {36%} [31%] (42%) / 50% (47%) {49%} [48%] (59%) {55%} [57%] (42%) {-3%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 43% (45%) {41%} [33%] (29%) {33%} [29%] (38%) / 53% (52%) {53%} [56%] (61%) {51%} [46%] (38%) {-10%}

Among Whites

• Mitt Romney 48% (47%) {47%} [42%] (33%) {38%} (43%) / 50% (49%) {48%} [52%] (59%) {49%} (36%) {-2%}

Among Hispanics

• Mitt Romney 31% (43%) {28%} [31%] (29%) {21%} (27%)  / 63% (53%) {69%} [55%] (63%) {70%} (51%) {-32%} 
  

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Gary Johnson?

• Favorable 9% (8%) {9%} [6%]
• Unfavorable 15% (13%) {12%} [15%]

Do you trust Barack Obama or Mitt Romney more on the issue of the economy?

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 46%

Do you trust Barack Obama or Mitt Romney more on the issue of foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 53%
• Mitt Romney 45%

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 50% (48%) {47%} [49%] (50%) {45%} [46%] (51%)
• Disapprove 47% (49%) {49%} [48%] (47%) {50%} [50%] (45%)

Are you familiar with comments Mitt Romney has made about the ‘47%’, or not?

• Familiar 90% 
• Not familiar 10%

Mitt Romney recently said, “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right? There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it, that that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what.... These are people who pay no income tax." Do you think Romney’s comments were appropriate or inappropriate?

• Appropriate 44%
• Inappropriate 51%

Do these comments make you more or less likely to vote for Mitt Romney, or do they not
make a difference?

• More likely 27%
• Less likely 38%
• No difference 35%
  

Do you think Mitt Romney should release his tax returns for the last 12 years, or not?

• He should 52% (51%)
• He should not 41% (40%)

Are you very excited, somewhat excited, or not at all excited about voting in the 2012 elections?

• Very excited 62%
• Somewhat excited 25%
• Not at all excited 14%

Among Democrats

• Very excited 63%
• Somewhat excited 26%
• Not at all excited 11%

Among Republicans

• Very excited 70%
• Somewhat excited 18%
• Not at all excited 12%

Among Independents

• Very excited 51%
• Somewhat excited 31%
• Not at all excited 18%

Survey of 940 likely Colorado voters was conducted September 20-23, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points. Party ID: 34% (37%) {37%} [35%] (35%) {35%} [33%] (35%) Republican; 34% (37%) {34%} [39%] (36%) {37%} [41%] (43%) Democrat; 31% (27%) {29%} [26%] (30%) {28%} [26%] (22%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 29% (28%) {27%} [30%] (28%) {32%} [27%] Moderate; 24% (25%) {21%} [24%] (23%) {25%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 20% (20%) {16%} [17%] (22%) {18%} [22%] Somewhat liberal; 16% (15%) {22%} [17%] (13%) {14%} [16%] Very conservative; 10% (12%) {14%} [12%] (13%) {11%} [13%] Very liberal.  Race: 83% (76%) {78%} [77%] (79%) {79%} [80%] (81%) White; 11% (13%) {13%} [15%] (14%) {15%} [14%] (14%) Hispanic; 7% (10%) {9%} [8%] (7%) {6%} [6%] (5%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted August 31 - September 2, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 2-5, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 14-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 5-7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted December 1-4, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 4-6, 2011 are in parentheses.