Poll Watch: NY1/YNN-Marist New York 2012 Presidential Survey

NY1/YNN-Marist New York 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 61% {57%} [58%] (59%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 35% {35%} [35%] (35%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 63% / 35% {+28%}
• Mitt Romney 41% / 54% {-13%}
  

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

• Barack Obama 56%
• Mitt Romney 38%

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 62%
• Mitt Romney 34%

Survey of 565 likely voters was conducted October 18-21, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points. Party ID: 45% {45%} [51%] (44%) Democrat; 22% {27%} [23%] (25%) Republican; 31% {27%} [25%] (29%) Independent; 1% {2%} [1%] (1%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-12, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 18-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 25-27, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers: 

Thirty-one percent of likely Mitt Romney voters in New York plan to vote for Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the race for U.S. Senate.

Gillibrand leads Republican challenger Wendy Long by 44 percentage points, 68 percent to 24 percent.