Poll Watch: NPR/Democracy Corps (D)/Resurgent Republic (R) 2012 Presidential Survey

NPR/Democracy Corps (D)/Resurgent Republic (R) 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% (47%)
• Mitt Romney 44% (45%)

Battleground States

• Barack Obama 50% (46%)
• Mitt Romney 44% (46%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

• Approve 50% (49%)
  
• Disapprove 46% (46%)

Battleground States

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

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?

• Approve 51%
  
• Disapprove 47%

Battleground States

• Approve 49%
  
• Disapprove 49%

Survey of 800 likely voters, including an oversample of 265 voters in 12 battleground states (CO, FL, IA, MI, NV, NH, NM, NC, OH, PA, VA, and WI), was conducted September 26-30, 2012. The margin of error is ± 4.0 percentage points among all likely voters.  Party ID: 37% (36%) Democrat; 30% (29%) Republican; 32% (31%) Independent. Results from the poll conducted July 9-12, 2012 are in parentheses.