Sunday, October 21, 2012

Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Florida 2012 Presidential Poll
  • Mitt Romney 48% [49%] (46%) {47%} [47%] (46%) {45%} [44%] (45%) {43%} [44%] (44%)
  • Barack Obama 47% [48%] (50%) {48%} [48%] (50%) {50%} [45%] (46%) {47%} [46%] (46%)
Among Independents
  • Barack Obama 47% [43%] (51%) {51%} [40%] (50%) {53%} [39%] (45%) {44%} [41%] (52%)
  • Mitt Romney 46% [51%] (40%) {39%} [47%] (41%) {34%} [46%] (42%) {42%} [39%] (28%)
Among Men
  • Mitt Romney 52% [52%] (51%) {48%} [50%] (53%) {53%} [49%] (48%) {48%} [47%] (45%)
  • Barack Obama 44% [44%] (44%) {48%} [45%] (43%) {43%} [40%] (42%) {44%} [42%] (46%)
Among Women
  • Barack Obama 50% [51%] (55%) {49%} [51%] (57%) {55%} [48%] (50%) {49%} [49%] (46%)
  • Mitt Romney 45% [47%] (41%) {47%} [44%] (39%) {39%} [40%] (43%) {38%} [41%] (42%)
Survey of 800 likely Florida voters was conducted October 17-18, 2012 for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers/WPTV News Channel 5. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 12-14, 2012 are in square brackets.  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.
Inside the numbers: 
Romney won the white vote with 57 percent to Obama's 38 percent and edged past the incumbent among Hispanics, 49 percent to 46 percent.
The president garnered a whopping 89 percent of the African-American vote to Romney's 10 percent.
Romney convinced 17 percent of Democratic respondents and 54 percent of independents that he'd do a better job fixing the economy. Only 12 percent of Republicans and 39 percent of independents are convinced Obama has the better economic plan.
Although 91 percent of the survey respondents said they watched the presidential debate Tuesday night, 35 percent said it didn't affect their vote.
None of the Democrats surveyed and only 2 percent of the Republicans said they still might change their minds before Election Day. The survey also notes that 42 percent of respondents made up their minds early and haven't been swayed by political advertising, the conventions, the debates and other criteria.

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