Poll Watch: Fox News Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Fox News Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 46% {49%} [45%] (38%)
  
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 43% {42%} [39%] (44%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 47% {51%} [42%]
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 43% {41%} [43%] 

Among Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49% {57%} [47%]
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 39% {34%} [37%]

How important is it to you that the presidential candidate you are supporting wins the election?

Among Obama Supporters

• Extremely important 53%
• Very important 37%
• Somewhat important 8%
• Not at all important 1%

Among Romney Supporters

• Extremely important 65%
• Very important 30%
• Somewhat important 5%
• Not at all important 0%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 53% {55%} [48%] / 41% {42%} [47%] {+12%}
• Mitt Romney 48% {45%} [36%] / 46% {50%} [46%] {+2%}

Regardless of how you might vote, which presidential candidate do you trust to do a better job on each of the following issues:

Improving the economy and creating jobs

• Barack Obama 47% {50%}
• Mitt Romney 45% {43%}

Protecting Medicare and making sure it’s there for future generations

• Barack Obama 50% {53%}
• Mitt Romney 40% {39%}

Handling foreign policy 

• Barack Obama 49% {53%}
• Mitt Romney 42% {40%}

Managing your tax dollars

• Mitt Romney 45%
• Barack Obama 45%

Cutting government spending

• Mitt Romney 49%
• Barack Obama 39%

All in all, do you think the economic policies of the Obama administration have helped or hurt the economy, or have they not made much of a difference either way? 

• Helped 40% {39%}
• Hurt 38% {36%}
• No difference 20% {21%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the job John Kasich is doing as governor?

• Approve 45% {46%}
• Disapprove 33% {38%} 

Who do you think deserves more credit for Ohio’s unemployment rate being better than the national average -- Barack Obama or John Kasich? 

• John Kasich 45%
• Barack Obama 35%

Survey of 1,131 likely voters was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) October 17-18, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Party ID: 42% {42%} Democrat; 34% {36%} Republican; 20% {21%} Independent/Other.  Results from the poll conducted September 16-18, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 15-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 11-13, 2012 are in parentheses.