Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

NBC/WSJ/Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 48% {47%} [49%]
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 47% {46%} [44%]

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

• Mitt Romney 48% {47%} [47%]
• Barack Obama 45% {45%} [46%]

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 51% {49%} [51%]
• Mitt Romney 42% {44%} [41%]

Which candidate will do a better job handling Medicare?

• Barack Obama 50% {48%}
• Mitt Romney 42% {43%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 52% {50%} [51%] / 43% {45%} [46%] {+9%}
• Mitt Romney 49% {46%} [47%] / 44% {43%} [45%] {+5%}
• Paul Ryan 43% {43%} [43%] / 40% {39%} [41%] {+3%}
• Joe Biden 45% {45%} [46%] / 44% {45%} [45%] {+1%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 48% {48%} [49%]
• Disapprove 46% {47%} [46%]

Survey of 988 likely voters was conducted October 7-9, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points. Party ID: 37% {37%} [35%] Democrat; 33% {32%} [33%] Republican; 29% {29%} [30%] Independent.  Party registration: 40% {40%} [41%] Democrat; 39% {38%} [38%] Republican; 20% {21%} [20%] Independent.  Ideology: 35% {37%} [33%] Moderate; 31% {29%} [31%] Conservative; 16% {18%} [18%] Liberal; 13% {13%} [13%] Very conservative; 6% {4%} [5%] Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted September 30 - October 1, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 9-11, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 17-20, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 25-27, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted December 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 10-12, 2011 are in parentheses.