Poll Watch: PPP (D) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Poll

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

Among Men

• Barack Obama 48% [50%] (44%) {43%} [48%] (39%) {44%} [38%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 46% [43%] (50%) {48%} [47%] (49%) {44%} [47%] (46%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 53% [55%] (54%) {56%} [50%] (51%) {45%} [46%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 42% [37%] (37%) {36%} [38%] (40%) {43%} [39%] (38%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 44% (39%) {37%} [30%] (32%) {35%} [31%] (34%) / 49% (51%) {51%} [60%] (51%) {46%} [41%] (38%) {-5%} 

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 49% (43%) {46%} [36%] (33%) {37%} [39%] (32%) / 46% (47%) {47%} [56%] (52%) {50%} [43%] (46%) {+3%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 40% (34%) {28%} [24%] (30%) {32%} [24%] (37%) / 52% (55%) {55%} [64%] (50%) {41%} [40%] (31%) {-12%}

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

• Approve 49% (46%) {48%} [47%] (42%) {46%} [42%] (46%)
• Disapprove 47% (50%) {49%} [47%] (53%) {48%} [52%] (49%)

Survey of 500 likely Pennsylvania voters was conducted October 12-14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points. Party ID: 48% [50%] (47%) {46%} [46%] (49%) {50%} [51%] (48%) Democrat; 37% [38%] (43%) {42%} [41%] (41%) {39%} [38%] (43%) Republican; 15% [12%] (10%) {12%} [13%] (9%) {11%} [11%] (9%) Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 36% (29%) {28%} [30%] (26%) {30%} [33%] Moderate; 23% (26%) {22%} [25%] (28%) {21%} [23%] Somewhat conservative; 17% (19%) {18%} [16%] (18%) {22%} [19%] Somewhat liberal; 15% (16%) {19%} [19%] (18%) {17%} [17%] Very conservative; 9% (10%) {12%} [10%] (11%) {10%} [8%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 17-18, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 21-23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 17-20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 8-11, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 17-20, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 30 - July 5, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 7-10, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 3-5, 2011 are in parentheses.