Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 51% (49%) {47%} [51%] (46%) 
• Barack Obama 45% (44%) {44%} [43%] (44%)
• Some other candidate 1% (3%) {3%} [2%] (4%)
• Undecided 3% (4%) {6%} [4%] (6%) 

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

• Very favorable 33% (23%) {22%} [23%] (16%)
• Somewhat favorable 21% (27%) {28%} [31%] (36%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 16% (17%) {23%} [20%] (24%)
• Very unfavorable 26% (30%) {23%} [23%] (18%)

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

• Strongly approve 34% (31%) {29%} [28%] (31%)
• Somewhat approve 14% (16%) {16%} [18%] (17%)
• Somewhat disapprove 6% (5%) {10%} [9%] (7%)
• Strongly disapprove 45% (46%) {44%} [45%] (43%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted September 13, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted August 1, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 25, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 14, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

The Republican leads by 11 points among male voters and is tied with the president among female voters. Most married voters favor Romney, while unmarried voters overwhelmingly prefer Obama.

The president has a four-point advantage among voters under 40, while the majority of older voters supports Romney.

Ninety-three percent (93%) of GOP voters in North Carolina and 15% of Democrats back Romney. Obama has the support of 83% of the state’s Democrats and seven percent (7%) of Republicans. Romney leads by eight points among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.

In North Carolina 52% of voters trust Romney more than Obama when it comes to handling the economy. Forty-three percent (43%) trust the president more.

When it comes to health care, Romney has a 50% to 47% edge over the president in terms of voter trust. Forty-eight percent (48%) trust the GOP challenger more in the area of national security, while 44% trust Obama more.

Romney has similar modest leads in voter trust in the areas of taxes - 48% to 45% - and energy policy - 47% to 45%.