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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 51% (51%) {50%}
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 45% (43%) {43%}

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

• Barack Obama 49% (48%) {48%}
• Mitt Romney 45% (45%) {44%}

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 52% (51%) {52%}
• Mitt Romney 40% (40%) {39%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 51% (52%) {51%} / 44% (44%) {44%} {+7%}
• Joe Biden 46% (44%) {45%} / 44% (46%) {46%} {+2%}
• Paul Ryan 41% (40%) {41%} / 43% (44%) {42%} {-2%}
• Mitt Romney 44% (42%) {40%} / 50% (51%) {50%} {-6%}

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

• Approve 49% (48%) {50%}
• Disapprove 46% (46%) {45%}

Survey of 994 likely voters was conducted October 7-9, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points.  Party ID: 40% (36%) {38%} Democrat; 29% (31%) {28%} Republican; 29% (32%) {32%} Independent.  Ideology: 34% (31%) {30%} Conservative; 32% (32%) {32%} Moderate; 17% (18%) {17%} Liberal; 12% (13%) {14%} Very conservative; 5% (6%) {7%} 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.