Poll Watch: Washington Post Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Washington Post Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 52%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 44%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 50% [51%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 43% [44%] (44%)

How about if the presidential election were being held today and the candidates were Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the Democrats, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the Republicans, Gary Johnson and James Gray, from the Libertarian Party, Virgil Goode and Jim Clymer, from the Constitution Party, and Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala, from the Green Party, for whom would you vote?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 41%
• Gary Johnson-James Gray 4%
• Virgil Goode-Jim Clymer 2%
• Jill Stein-Cheri Honkala 1%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 48%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 40%
• Gary Johnson-James Gray 4%
• Virgil Goode-Jim Clymer 2%
• Jill Stein-Cheri Honkala 1%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job handling the economy - Obama or Romney?  

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 48%
• Mitt Romney 45%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 47%
• Mitt Romney 45%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job handling military spending - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 44%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 44%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job determining the future of the Medicare program - Obama or Romney?  

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 41%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 39%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job determining the future of the Medicaid program - Obama or Romney?  

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 55%
• Mitt Romney 39%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 55%
• Mitt Romney 37%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job dealing with the federal budget deficit - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Mitt Romney 48%
• Barack Obama 47%

Registered Voters

• Mitt Romney 48%
• Barack Obama 44%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job dealing with social issues such as abortion and gay marriage - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 56%
• Mitt Romney 35%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 54%
• Mitt Romney 34%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job advancing the interests of the middle class - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 56%
• Mitt Romney 38%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 55%
• Mitt Romney 36%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job addressing women's issues - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 57%
• Mitt Romney 38%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 58%
• Mitt Romney 36%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job handling taxes - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 46%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 46%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job handling international affairs - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 53%
• Mitt Romney 42%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 53%
• Mitt Romney 42%

Regardless of who you may support, who do you think better understands the economic problems people in this country are having - Obama or Romney?

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 54%
• Mitt Romney 38%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 54%
• Mitt Romney 37%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

Registered Voters 

• Approve 53%
• Disapprove 46%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling the economy?  

Likely Voters 

• Approve 52%
• Disapprove 47%

Registered Voters 

• Approve 51%
• Disapprove 48%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

Likely Voters 

• Barack Obama 57% / 43% {+14%}
• Mitt Romney 48% / 49% {-1%}

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 57% / 42% {+15%}
• Mitt Romney 47% / 49% {-2%}

Survey of 934 registered voters, including a subsample of likely voters, was conducted September 12-16, 2012. The margin of error for registered and likely voter samples is +/- 4 percentage points.  Party ID (among likely voters): 35% Democrat; 26% Republican; 33% Independent.  Party ID (among registered voters): 33% [31%] (32%) Democrat; 26% [27%] (24%) Republican; 35% [36%] (35%) Independent.  Results from the poll conducted April 28 - May 2, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 28 - May 4, 2011 are in parentheses.