Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 49% [47%] (48%) {47%} [47%] (44%) {51%} [49%] (45%) 
• Mitt Romney 48% [47%] (46%) {46%} [47%] (45%) {42%} [43%] (46%)   
• Some other candidate 1% [3%] (2%) {3%} [3%] (6%) {4%} [5%] (4%)
• Undecided 2% [3%] (3%) {3%} [3%] (5%) {4%} [3%] (5%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 54% (48%) {49%} [55%]
• Barack Obama 43% (45%) {44%} [37%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama 54% (51%) {50%} [55%] 
• Mitt Romney 43% (45%) {44%} [40%]

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

• Very favorable 31% [31%] (28%) {24%} (17%)
• Somewhat favorable 19% [19%] (25%) {24%} (30%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 15% [15%] (14%) {22%} (22%)
• Very unfavorable 33% [33%] (32%) {28%} (28%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 50% [50%] (53%) {48%} [53%] (47%) / 48% [48%] (46%) {50%} [46%] (50%) {+2%}

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

• Strongly approve 40% [33%] (36%) {31%} [35%] (33%) {34%} [31%]
• Somewhat approve 11% [17%] (13%) {17%} [14%] (14%) {19%} [20%]
• Somewhat disapprove 5% [6%] (8%) {6%} [10%] (8%) {5%} [8%]
• Strongly disapprove 45% [43%] (42%) {43%} [40%] (43%) {40%} [38%]

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 23, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 16-17, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 3, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 28, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Among voters not affiliated with either political party, Romney leads Obama by 19 points -- 55% to 36%.

Most married voters like the Republican, while the incumbent has the support of the majority of unmarried voters.

When Virginia voters were asked which candidate they trust more on five key issues in the race, Obama leads Romney by slight margins on health care, national security, taxes and energy policy. Romney, however, edges the president 49% to 47% on the economy.