Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Florida 2012 Presidential Poll

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

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 51% (40%) {39%} [47%] (41%) {34%} [46%] (42%) {42%} [39%] (28%)
• Barack Obama 43% (51%) {51%} [40%] (50%) {53%} [39%] (45%) {44%} [41%] (52%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 57% (64%) {55%} [60%] (63%) {58%} [46%] (59%) {57%} [67%] (62%)
• Mitt Romney 41% (31%) {39%} [34%] (30%) {35%} [37%] (27%) {31%} [21%] (28%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 52% (51%) {48%} [50%] (53%) {53%} [49%] (48%) {48%} [47%] (45%)
• Barack Obama 44% (44%) {48%} [45%] (43%) {43%} [40%] (42%) {44%} [42%] (46%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 51% (55%) {49%} [51%] (57%) {55%} [48%] (50%) {49%} [49%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 47% (41%) {47%} [44%] (39%) {39%} [40%] (43%) {38%} [41%] (42%)

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

• Mitt Romney 51% (46%)
• Barack Obama 46% (50%)

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

• Mitt Romney 48%
• Barack Obama 46%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 49% (44%) {49%} [46%] (39%) {41%} [37%] (40%) {41%} [39%] (43%) / 47% (51%) {47%} [49%] (53%) {51%} [47%] (46%) {45%} [39%] (38%) {+2%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 38% (29%) {41%} [34%] (24%) {34%} [40%] (27%) {42%} [33%] (31%) / 58% (63%) {54%} [58%] (62%) {54%} [43%] (55%) {44%} [44%] (43%) {-20%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 54% (49%) {49%} [49%] (45%) {49%} [42%] (44%) {46%} [42%] (44%) / 42% (46%) {47%} [48%] (46%) {46%} [47%] (42%) {42%} [37%] (43%) {+12%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 46% (39%) {49%} [43%] (32%) {34%} [32%] (37%) {37%} [36%] (42%) / 51% (55%) {46%} [50%] (60%) {56%} [47%] (49%) {46%} [40%] (32%) {-5%}

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Paul Ryan?

• Favorable 50% {47%}
• Unfavorable 44% {40%}

Among Moderates

• Paul Ryan 40% {38%} / 53% {48%} {-13%}

Among Men

• Paul Ryan 54% {49%} / 40% {40%} {+14%}

Among Women

• Paul Ryan 47% {44%} / 47% {40%} {0%}

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Joe Biden?

• Favorable 45%
• Unfavorable 50%

Who do you think won the Vice Presidential debate: Joe Biden or Paul Ryan?

• Joe Biden 44%
• Paul Ryan 40%
• Not sure 15%

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

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

Among Moderates

• Approve 59% (64%) {54%} [57%] (60%) {64%} [53%] (64%) {59%} [73%] (62%)
• Disapprove 40% (33%) {43%} [40%] (32%) {30%} [39%] (32%) {37%} [24%] (30%)

Among Men

• Approve 44% (46%) {46%} [43%] (42%) {43%} [43%] (44%) {44%} [44%] (45%)
• Disapprove 53% (53%) {51%} [55%] (54%) {54%} [52%] (53%) {53%} [51%] (52%)

Among Women

• Approve 52% (55%) {48%} [50%] (57%) {58%} [46%] (47%) {52%} [52%] (45%)
• Disapprove 48% (41%) {50%} [46%] (38%) {38%} [48%] (50%) {45%} [42%] (46%)

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

• Very excited 69% (66%)
• Somewhat excited 18% (19%)
• Not at all excited 13% (15%)

Among Democrats

• Very excited 74% (72%)
• Somewhat excited 13% (17%)
• Not at all excited 13% (11%)

Among Republicans

• Very excited 69% (68%)
• Somewhat excited 20% (15%)
• Not at all excited 11% (16%)

Among Independents

• Very excited 60% (49%)
• Somewhat excited 22% (28%)
• Not at all excited 18% (22%)

Survey of 791 likely Florida voters was conducted October 12-14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.4 percentage points. Party ID: 41% (44%) {41%} [42%] (41%) {41%} [42%] (40%) {42%} [41%] (42%) Democrat; 37% (36%) {37%} [40%] (40%) {41%} [38%] (37%) {36%} [37%] (40%) Republican; 22% (20%) {21%} [19%] (19%) {18%} [20%] (23%) {21%} [22%] (18%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 35% (34%) {36%} [33%] (33%) {32%} [36%] (32%) {30%} [30%] Moderate; 24% (25%) {25%} [20%] (25%) {22%} [23%] (27%) {23%} [26%] Somewhat conservative; 17% (16%) {13%} [20%] (16%) {16%} [14%] (16%) {20%} [21%] Very conservative; 16% (15%) {16%} [17%] (16%) {19%} [19%] (14%) {17%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 8% (10%) {9%} [10%] (10%) {10%} [9%] (10%) {10%} [7%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 20-23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 31 - September 2, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 26-29, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 31 - June 3, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 12-15, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 1, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 22-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 17-20, 2010 are in parentheses.