Poll Watch: Gravis Marketing (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Gravis Marketing (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% [45.1%] (45.2%) {47.27%} [43.7%] (45.3%)
• Mitt Romney 47% [45.9%] (44.3%) {43.19%} [46.8%] (44.4%) 
• Other/Unsure 6% [9.0%] (10.4%) {9.54%} [9.5%] (10.3%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 52%
• Barack Obama 33%

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 50% {45%} [50.31%] (51%) 
• Barack Obama 44% {46%} [40.75%] (40%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 49% {48%} [46.46%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 45% {41%} [43.49%] (42%)

Do you approve of President Obama's job performance?

• Yes 44% [41.4%] (45.3%)
• No 50% [48.8%] (46.4%)

Survey of 1,943 likely voters was conducted October 18-19, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 2.2 percentage points.  Party ID: 41% [36.4%] (41.4%) Democrat; 32% [30.5%] (31.1%) Republican; 27% [33.1%] (27.5%) Independent/Other.  Gender: 47% Male; 53% Female.  Race: 76% White; 12% Black; 6% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 5% Other.  Results from the poll conducted October 6-10, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 21-22, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 7-8, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 2, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 27, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers: 

Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Democrats say they will vote for President Obama and 92 percent of Republicans say they will vote for Romney if the election were held today.