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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Colorado 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 48% (50%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 48% (45%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 52% (54%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 45% (40%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 51% (51%) / 46% (45%) {+5%}
• Mitt Romney 48% (43%) / 47% (50%) {+1%}

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

• Mitt Romney 49% (46%)
• Barack Obama 46% (48%)

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 51% (51%)
• Mitt Romney 44% (41%)

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

• Approve 48% (47%)
• Disapprove 49% (48%)

Who do you think won Monday night's debate?

• Barack Obama 46%
• Mitt Romney 25%

Survey of 1,128 likely voters was conducted October 23-24, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Party ID: 34% (34%) Democrat; 33% (32%) Republican; 32% (32%) Independent.  Ideology: 32% (34%) Moderate; 29% (29%) Conservative; 18% (20%) Liberal; 13% (10%) Very conservative; 7% (8%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 16-18, 2012 are in parentheses.