Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Arizona 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Arizona 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 52% {54%} (51%)
  
• Barack Obama 42% {41%} (40%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 56% {53%}
  
• Barack Obama 35% {36%}

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?

• Very favorable 33% {28%}
• Somewhat favorable 20% {28%}
• Somewhat unfavorable 19% {23%}
• Very unfavorable 26% {21%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 53% {56%} / 45% {44%} {+8%}

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president?

• Strongly approve 29% {24%} (25%) [28%]
• Somewhat approve 13% {20%} (21%) [13%]
• Somewhat disapprove 10% {10%} (9%) [8%]
• Strongly disapprove 47% {45%} (43%) [48%]

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 42% {44%} (46%) [41%]
• Disapprove 57% {55%} (52%) [56%]

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted September 25, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted June 26, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 13, 2012 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted February 1, 2012 are in square brackets.

Inside the numbers:

Eighty-two percent (82%) of Arizona voters say the issue of immigration is at least somewhat important to how they will vote this November, including 49% who say it is Very Important. Just two percent (2%) say it's Not At All Important. Romney holds a nearly two-to-one lead over the president among voters who consider the issue Very Important. Romney has a 12-point lead over the president among all voters in the state when it comes to whom they trust more to handle immigration.

Romney also holds a 12-point lead when Arizona voters are asked whom they trust more to handle the economy. He leads by smaller margins on the issues of national security, taxes, health care and energy policy.