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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

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

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

• Mitt Romney 48% (47%) {45%}
• Barack Obama 45% (46%) {45%}

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 49% (51%) {50%}
• Mitt Romney 44% (41%) {39%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 51% (52%) {53%} / 45% (44%) {43%} {+6%}
• Mitt Romney 49% (45%) {46%} / 44% (47%) {45%} {+5%}
• Paul Ryan 44% (45%) {44%} / 40% (41%) {39%} {+4%}
• Joe Biden 44% (44%) {47%} / 46% (45%) {43%} {-2%} 

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

• Approve 48% (49%) {49%}
• Disapprove 47% (46%) {45%} 

Survey of 981 likely voters was conducted October 7-9, 2012. The margin of error is +/-  3.1 percentage points.  Party ID: 30% (32%) {31%} Democrat; 28% (30%) {26%} Republican; 40% (37%) {43%} Independent. Ideology: 35% (37%) {39%} Moderate; 31% (29%) {31%} Conservative; 18% (15%) {16%} Liberal; 12% (14%) {10%} Very conservative; 4% (5%) {5%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 30 - October 1, 2012 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted September 9-11, 2012 are in curly brackets.