Poll Watch: PPP (D) Nevada 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Nevada 2012 Presidential Poll

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

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 52% [52%] (41%) {37%} [54%] (47%) {44%} [27%] (41%)
• Mitt Romney 45% [37%] (51%) {35%} [39%] (41%) {49%} [58%] (52%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 57% (53%) {57%} [67%] (64%) {55%} [53%] (61%)
• Mitt Romney 41% (40%) {30%} [29%] (26%) {36%} [34%] (35%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama 53% [48%] (44%) {43%} [51%] (42%) {43%} [38%] (44%)
• Mitt Romney 45% [46%] (52%) {46%} [41%] (51%) {51%} [51%] (47%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 49% [55%] (54%) {52%} [51%] (50%) {51%} [47%] (49%)
• Mitt Romney 48% [41%] (43%) {39%} [44%] (42%) {43%} [42%] (45%)

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 48% [49%]
• Mitt Romney 47% [46%]
• Gary Johnson 3% [2%]
• Undecided 2% [2%]

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

• Mitt Romney 49%
• Barack Obama 48%

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

• Mitt Romney 49%
• Barack Obama 48%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 50% [46%] {41%} [38%] (45%) {38%} [43%] (47%) / 46% [49%] {53%} [51%] (44%) {43%} [43%] (37%) {+4%}
• Gary Johnson 10% [8%] / 17% [24%] {-7%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 46% [49%] {32%} [36%] (40%) {40%} [48%] (58%) / 49% [46%] {54%} [54%] (47%) {43%} [38%] (28%) {-3%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 40% [42%] {29%} [32%] (32%) {34%} [44%] (42%) / 56% [54%] {64%} [56%] (57%) {50%} [38%] (42%) {-16%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 46% [50%] {41%} [36%] (45%) {43%} [42%] (45%) / 50% [44%] {54%} [56%] (44%) {44%} [45%] (46%) {+6%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 54% [43%] {40%} [40%] (45%) {34%} [44%] (49%) / 43% [53%] {52%} [47%] (44%) {42%} [41%] (30%) {+11%}

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

• Approve 49% [48%] {49%} [50%] (44%) {47%} [45%] (50%)
• Disapprove 48% [49%] {47%} [46%] (53%) {50%} [52%] (46%)

Do you think the Bureau of Labor Statistics is manipulating the unemployment numbers to
help Barack Obama, or not?

• It is 44%
• It is not 48%
• Not sure 8%

Survey of 594 likely Nevada voters was conducted October 8-10, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 4.0 percentage points.  Party ID: 44% [42%] (38%) {40%} [43%] (43%) {43%} [45%] (45%) Democrat; 35% [38%] (34%) {38%} [39%] (38%) {38%} [35%] (39%) Republican; 21% [20%] (28%) {21%} [18%] (19%) {19%} [20%] (16%) Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 33% (35%) {34%} [30%] (29%) {29%} [28%] Moderate; 24% (21%) {23%} [26%] (25%) {25%} [25%] Somewhat conservative; 18% (16%) {17%} [17%] (18%) {18%} [19%] Somewhat liberal; 16% (15%) {14%} [16%] (17%) {17%} [18%] Very conservative; 9% (13%) {12%} [10%] (12%) {11%} [10%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 18-20, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 23-26, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 7-10, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 29 - April 1, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 20-23, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 28-31, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 21-24, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 3-5, 2011 are in parentheses.