Poll Watch: PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% [50%] (50%) {51%} [48%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 46% [45%] (42%) {43%} [42%] (43%) {40%} [42%] (43%)

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 95% [93%] (92%) {92%} [88%] (91%) {93%} [89%] (91%)
• Mitt Romney 4% [5%] (4%) {5%} [9%] (6%) {5%} [5%] (5%)

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 92% [92%] (86%) {84%} [79%] (84%) {80%} [81%] (82%)
• Barack Obama 7% [5%] (9%) {9%} [8%] (6%) {7%} [6%] (9%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 47% [46%] (36%) {46%} [41%] (36%) {37%} [47%] (42%)
• Barack Obama 45% [43%] (47%) {44%} [45%] (44%) {48%} [39%] (42%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 60% [64%] (65%) {62%} [67%] (64%) {71%} [64%] (62%)
• Mitt Romney 34% [26%] (26%) {28%} [21%] (19%) {24%} [27%] (27%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 51% [50%] (50%) {48%} [45%] (47%) {43%} [48%] (44%)
• Barack Obama 45% [44%] (43%) {47%} [44%] (41%) {47%} [44%] (45%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 56% [55%] (55%) {55%} [51%] (51%) {54%} [51%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 42% [41%] (36%) {38%} [40%] (39%) {37%} [37%] (41%)

Among Whites

• Mitt Romney 57%
• Barack Obama 40%

Among Blacks

• Barack Obama 91%
• Mitt Romney 7%

If the candidates for President this fall were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, Libertarian Gary Johnson, Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 45%
• Gary Johnson 2%
• Virgil Goode 1%
• Jill Stein 1%
• Undecided 3%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 47% [46%] (38%) {38%} [33%] (34%) {35%} [33%] (33%) / 49% [49%] (51%) {52%} [52%] (49%) {43%} [48%] (46%) {-2%}

Among Democrats

• Mitt Romney 6% [9%] (4%) {10%} [19%] (16%) {21%} [11%] (6%) / 90% [88%] (86%) {80%} [66%] (69%) {62%} [73%] (69%) {-84%}

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 90% [90%] (77%) {71%} [44%] (53%) {52%} [52%] (57%) / 8% [5%] (16%) {20%} [42%] (34%) {24%} [26%] (28%) {+82%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 48% [48%] (33%) {40%} [36%] (31%) {34%} [42%] (37%) / 45% [46%] (51%) {49%} [47%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (38%) {+3%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 34% [27%] (24%) {27%} [30%] (30%) {32%} [31%] (23%) / 61% [64%] (66%) {60%} [56%] (50%) {43%} [50%] (53%) {-27%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 51% [51%] (42%) {42%} [33%] (36%) {36%} [38%] (33%) / 45% [45%] (48%) {50%} [56%] (51%) {49%} [47%] (50%) {+6%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 42% [42%] (34%) {35%} [33%] (31%) {34%} [28%] (33%) / 53% [53%] (54%) {54%} [48%] (47%) {39%} [50%] (42%) {-11%}

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

• Approve 50% [49%] (49%) {50%} [48%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (50%)
• Disapprove 48% [46%] (47%) {46%} [47%] (48%) {44%} [45%] (45%)

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

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 47%

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

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 45%

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 13%

Among Democrats

• Very excited 73%
• Somewhat excited 21%
• Not at all excited 6%

Among Republicans

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

Among Independents

• Very excited 51%
• Somewhat excited 27%
• Not at all excited 22%

Do you approve or disapprove of how Mitt Romney reacted to the situation in Libya this week?

• Approve 41%
• Disapprove 48%

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

• He should 50%
• He should not 43%

Survey of 1,021 likely Virginia voters was conducted September 13-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points. Party ID: 35% [37%] (33%) {39%} [33%] (35%) {37%} [39%] (36%) Democrat; 32% [30%] (33%) {32%} [36%] (36%) {34%} [34%] (35%) Republican; 33% [33%] (34%) {29%} [31%] (30%) {29%} [27%] (30%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 32% [32%] (29%) {31%} [34%] (30%) {31%} [32%] Moderate; 25% [25%] (26%) {24%} [24%] (21%) {22%} [25%] Somewhat conservative; 17% [16%] (19%) {20%} [15%] (18%) {18%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 16% [15%] (17%) {17%} [18%] (20%) {21%} [16%] Very conservative; 11% [12%] (9%) {9%} [9%] (11%) {8%} [11%] Very liberal.  Race: 73% White; 17% Black; 10% Other.  Results from the poll conducted August 16-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 5-8, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 26-29, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 11-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 21-24, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.