Poll Watch: PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 50% [51%] (49%) {49%} [49%] (53%) {47%} [48%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 47% [45%] (46%) {43%} [42%] (40%) {45%} [41%] (41%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 51% [51%] (48%) {49%} [48%] (57%) {49%} [42%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 42% [41%] (41%) {38%} [38%] (31%) {37%} [40%] (34%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 61% [60%] (56%) {66%} [64%] (54%) {55%} [58%] (58%)
• Mitt Romney 34% [33%] (35%) {25%} [23%] (32%) {32%} [29%] (24%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama 50% [51%] (46%) {47%} [45%] (47%) {45%} [47%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 48% [46%] (49%) {48%} [45%] (47%) {49%} [42%] (44%) 

Among Women

• Barack Obama 50% [52%] (52%) {51%} [54%] (58%) {49%} [50%] (51%)
• Mitt Romney 47% [44%] (44%) {39%} [40%] (34%) {42%} [40%] (37%)

Among Whites

• Mitt Romney 50% [48%] (49%) {48%} [45%] (41%) {49%} (43%)
• Barack Obama 47% [49%] (47%) {47%} [47%] (52%) {43%} (43%) 
  

Among Hispanics

• Barack Obama 59% [65%] (59%) {58%} [60%] (53%) {63%} (59%)
• Mitt Romney 38% [29%] (34%) {29%} [33%] (38%) {29%} (32%)

If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 49% [49%] (46%) {46%} [47%]
• Mitt Romney 44% [43%] (44%) {42%} [39%]
• Gary Johnson 4% [4%] (5%) {6%} [7%]
• Undecided 3% [3%] (4%) {7%} [7%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 48% [45%] (46%) {44%} [40%] (31%) {35%} [30%] (40%) / 49% [51%] (50%) {51%} [52%] (60%) {53%} [51%] (40%) {-1%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 42% [40%] (42%) {38%} [36%] (25%) {28%} [29%] (41%) / 53% [52%] (52%) {54%} [53%] (65%) {59%} [49%] (35%) {-11%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 36% [32%] (35%) {28%} [26%] (31%) {32%} [33%] (39%) / 60% [61%] (60%) {66%} [67%] (61%) {55%} [44%] (37%) {-24%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 50% [47%] (48%) {48%} [46%] (33%) {36%} [31%] (42%) / 48% [50%] (47%) {49%} [48%] (59%) {55%} [57%] (42%) {+2%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 45% [43%] (45%) {41%} [33%] (29%) {33%} [29%] (38%) / 51% [53%] (52%) {53%} [56%] (61%) {51%} [46%] (38%) {-6%}

Among Whites

• Mitt Romney 50% [48%] (47%) {47%} [42%] (33%) {38%} (43%) / 48% [50%] (49%) {48%} [52%] (59%) {49%} (36%) {+2%}

Among Hispanics

• Mitt Romney 40% [31%] (43%) {28%} [31%] (29%) {21%} (27%)  / 55% [63%] (53%) {69%} [55%] (63%) {70%} (51%) {-15%} 
  

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Gary Johnson?

• Favorable 8% [9%] (8%) {9%} [6%]
• Unfavorable 9% [15%] (13%) {12%} [15%]

Do you trust Barack Obama or Mitt Romney more on the issue of the economy?

• Barack Obama 50% [49%]
• Mitt Romney 46% [46%]

Do you trust Barack Obama or Mitt Romney more on the issue of Libya?

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 44%

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 49% [50%] (48%) {47%} [49%] (50%) {45%} [46%] (51%)
• Disapprove 49% [47%] (49%) {49%} [48%] (47%) {50%} [50%] (45%)

Are you very excited, somewhat excited, or not at all excited about voting in the 2012 elections?

• Very excited 62% [62%]
• Somewhat excited 26% [25%]
• Not at all excited 11% [14%]

Among Democrats

• Very excited 64% [63%]
• Somewhat excited 28% [26%]
• Not at all excited 8% [11%]

Among Republicans

• Very excited 68% [70%]
• Somewhat excited 20% [18%]
• Not at all excited 12% [12%]

Among Independents

• Very excited 53% [51%]
• Somewhat excited 32% [31%]
• Not at all excited 15% [18%]

Survey of 1,000 likely Colorado voters was conducted October 16-18, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points. Party ID: 38% [34%] (37%) {34%} [39%] (36%) {37%} [41%] (43%) Democrat; 35% [34%] (37%) {37%} [35%] (35%) {35%} [33%] (35%) Republican; 27% [31%] (27%) {29%} [26%] (30%) {28%} [26%] (22%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 30% [29%] (28%) {27%} [30%] (28%) {32%} [27%] Moderate; 26% [24%] (25%) {21%} [24%] (23%) {25%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 21% [20%] (20%) {16%} [17%] (22%) {18%} [22%] Somewhat liberal; 14% [16%] (15%) {22%} [17%] (13%) {14%} [16%] Very conservative; 10% [10%] (12%) {14%} [12%] (13%) {11%} [13%] Very liberal.  Race: 80% [83%] (76%) {78%} [77%] (79%) {79%} [80%] (81%) White; 14% [11%] (13%) {13%} [15%] (14%) {15%} [14%] (14%) Hispanic; 7% [7%] (10%) {9%} [8%] (7%) {6%} [6%] (5%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted September 20-23, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 31 - September 2, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 2-5, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 14-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 5-7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted December 1-4, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 4-6, 2011 are in parentheses.