Poll Watch: Pew Research 2012 Presidential Survey

Pew Research 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 47% {45%} [51%]
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 47% {49%} [43%]

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 48% {46%} [44%]
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 40% {42%} [45%]

Among Men

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 51% {51%} [48%]
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 44% {43%} [46%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 50% {47%} [56%]
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 44% {47%} [38%]

Survey of 1,495 likely voters was conducted October 24-28, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Party ID: 35% {31%} [39%] Democrat; 34% {36%} [29%] Republican; 27% {30%} [30%] Independent.  Results from the poll conducted October 4-7, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 12-16, 2012 are in square brackets.