Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% {48%} [47%] (45%)
• Mitt Romney 39% {44%} [41%] (44%)
• Some other candidate 3% {4%} [7%]
• Undecided 7% {5%} [5%]
  

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

• Very favorable 24% {19%} [20%]
• Somewhat favorable 17% {27%} [26%]
• Somewhat unfavorable 16% {23%} [25%]
• Very unfavorable 39% {28%} [27%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 41% {46%} [46%] / 55% {51%} [52%] {-14%} 

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

• Strongly approve 29% {27%} [28%] (24%)
• Somewhat approve 25% {23%} [24%] (21%)
• Somewhat disapprove 9% {8%} [7%] (14%)
• Strongly disapprove 36% {40%} [40%] (40%)

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 54% {50%} [52%] (45%)
  
• Disapprove 45% {48%} [47%] (54%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted September 19, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted July 18, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 8-23, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Obama has the support of 83% of Pennsylvania Democrats, while 76% of the state’s Republicans back Romney. The president has a better than two-to-one lead – 57% to 26% - among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.

The president leads among both male and female voters in the state. He’s also ahead among all age groups including seniors who in most states favor Romney.

In Pennsylvania, Obama has leads of seven to 14 points over Romney in terms of voter trust on five major issues – the economy, national security, health care, taxes and energy policy.