Thursday, September 13, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) 2012 Presidential Poll

I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news. For each, please let me know which presidential candidate you trust more to handle that issue—Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.

Economy
  • Mitt Romney 50% [48%] {49%} (50%) [51%] {49%} (45%) [48%]
  • Barack Obama 43% [44%] {43%} (42%) [39%] {39%} (44%) [39%]
Health care
  • Barack Obama 46% [45%] {45%} (44%) [40%] {42%} (44%)
  • Mitt Romney 45% [47%] {46%} (47%) [45%] {46%} (41%)
National security
  • Barack Obama 46% [47%] {42%} (44%) [42%] {45%} (45%)
  • Mitt Romney 43% [42%] {45%} (45%) [44%] {42%} (41%)
Taxes
  • Mitt Romney 46% [45%] {47%} (49%) [48%] {47%} (45%) 
  • Barack Obama 45% [46%] {44%} (42%) [38%] {42%} (45%)
Energy Policy
  • Mitt Romney 45% [44%] {44%} (43%) [43%] {45%}
  • Barack Obama 44% [44%] {41%} (44%) [40%] {43%}
National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted September 11-12, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted August 26-27, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 23-24, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 11-12, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 10-11, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-11, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 1-2, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 13-14, 2012 are in square brackets.

Inside the numbers:
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans and 15% of Democrats have more faith in Romney when it comes to the economy. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Democrats and eight percent (8%) of GOP voters trust Obama more. Voters not affiliated with either party are almost evenly divided: 44% for Romney, 42% for Obama.

On all issues but the economy, Republicans and Democrats express equal levels of confidence in their respective candidates. However, unaffiliated voters now put more faith in the president by several points in all four of these areas.

Among all voters nationwide, 47% trust Obama more on the issue of job creation versus 45% who trust Romney more.

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