Poll Watch: PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

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

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 88% [91%] (90%) {95%} [93%] (92%) {92%} [88%] (91%) {93%} [89%] (91%)
• Mitt Romney 10% [8%] (6%) {4%} [5%] (4%) {5%} [9%] (6%) {5%} [5%] (5%)

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 90% [92%] (85%) {92%} [92%] (86%) {84%} [79%] (84%) {80%} [81%] (82%)
• Barack Obama 7% [7%] (12%) {7%} [5%] (9%) {9%} [8%] (6%) {7%} [6%] (9%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 45% [46%] (50%) {47%} [46%] (36%) {46%} [41%] (36%) {37%} [47%] (42%)
• Barack Obama 44% [46%] (31%) {45%} [43%] (47%) {44%} [45%] (44%) {48%} [39%] (42%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 53% [49%] (54%) {51%} [50%] (50%) {48%} [45%] (47%) {43%} [48%] (44%)
• Barack Obama 43% [48%] (38%) {45%} [44%] (43%) {47%} [44%] (41%) {47%} [44%] (45%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 54% [52%] (57%) {56%} [55%] (55%) {55%} [51%] (51%) {54%} [51%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 42% [44%] (35%) {42%} [41%] (36%) {38%} [40%] (39%) {37%} [37%] (41%)

Among Whites

• Mitt Romney 59% [57%] {57%}
• Barack Obama 38% [40%] {40%}

Among Blacks

• Barack Obama 91% [90%] {91%}
• Mitt Romney 7% [8%] {7%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 49% [52%] {47%} [46%] (38%) {38%} [33%] (34%) {35%} [33%] (33%) / 47% [44%] {49%} [49%] (51%) {52%} [52%] (49%) {43%} [48%] (46%) {+2%}
• Barack Obama 48% / 51% {-3%}

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 85% / 15% {+70%}
• Mitt Romney 15% [21%] {6%} [9%] (4%) {10%} [19%] (16%) {21%} [11%] (6%) / 80% [76%] {90%} [88%] (86%) {80%} [66%] (69%) {62%} [73%] (69%) {-65%}

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 87% [87%] {90%} [90%] (77%) {71%} [44%] (53%) {52%} [52%] (57%) / 12% [9%] {8%} [5%] (16%) {20%} [42%] (34%) {24%} [26%] (28%) {+75%}
• Barack Obama 8% / 89% {-81%} 

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 51% [51%] {48%} [48%] (33%) {40%} [36%] (31%) {34%} [42%] (37%) / 44% [43%] {45%} [46%] (51%) {49%} [47%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (38%) {+7%}
• Barack Obama 44% / 53% {-9%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 53% [53%] {51%} [51%] (42%) {42%} [33%] (36%) {36%} [38%] (33%) / 42% [43%] {45%} [45%] (48%) {50%} [56%] (51%) {49%} [47%] (50%) {+11%}
• Barack Obama 43% / 56% {-13%} 

Among Women

• Barack Obama 52% / 46% {+6%}
• Mitt Romney 46% [50%] {42%} [42%] (34%) {35%} [33%] (31%) {34%} [28%] (33%) / 52% [45%] {53%} [53%] (54%) {54%} [48%] (47%) {39%} [50%] (42%) {-6%}

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

• Approve 45% [50%] {50%} [49%] (49%) {50%} [48%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (50%)
• Disapprove 53% [48%] {48%} [46%] (47%) {46%} [47%] (48%) {44%} [45%] (45%)

Which of the Presidential candidates do you trust more to stand up for the middle class: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 53%
• Mitt Romney 45%

Which of the Presidential candidates do you trust more to make sure the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share of taxes: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 43%

Which of the Presidential candidates do you trust more to keep tax rates fair for the middle class: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 48%

Which of the Presidential candidates do you trust more to protect Medicare: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 47%

Survey of 500 likely Virginia voters was conducted October 18-19, 2012, on behalf of Health Care for America Now. The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points. Party ID: 42% [38%] (40%) {35%} [37%] (33%) {39%} [33%] (35%) {37%} [39%] (36%) Democrat; 37% [32%] (32%) {32%} [30%] (33%) {32%} [36%] (36%) {34%} [34%] (35%) Republican; 21% [30%] (28%) {33%} [33%] (34%) {29%} [31%] (30%) {29%} [27%] (30%) Independent/Other.  Race: 72% [75%] {73%} White; 20% [18%] {17%} Black; 8% [7%] {10%} Other.  Results from the poll conducted October 4-7, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 17-19, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 13-16, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 16-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 5-8, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 26-29, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 11-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 21-24, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.