Poll Watch: PPP (D) Wisconsin 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Wisconsin 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 49% {52%} [49%] (47%) {50%} [47%] (50%) {53%} [46%] (47%) {51%} [48%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 47% {45%} [48%] (48%) {44%} [46%] (44%) {39%} [43%] (42%) {39%} [38%] (42%)

Note: 2008 Barack Obama 56%, John McCain 43% / 2004 John Kerry 50%, George W. Bush 49%

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 51% {52%} [47%] {53%} [53%] (53%) {57%} [38%] (40%) {47%} [45%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 42% {43%} [43%] {39%} [35%] (36%) {33%} [42%] (37%) {36%} [33%] (36%)

Note: Independents: 2008 (29%): Barack Obama 58%, John McCain 39% / 2004 (27%): John Kerry 53%, George W. Bush 45%
  
Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 63% {64%} [61%] {67%} [61%] (66%) {67%} [61%] (57%) {67%} [64%] (61%)
• Mitt Romney 30% {30%} [31%] {24%} [29%] (28%) {24%} [29%] (25%) {22%} [20%] (25%)

Note: Moderates: 2008 (47%): Barack Obama 63%, John McCain 36% / 2004 (49%): John Kerry 56%, George W. Bush 44% 

Among Men

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

Among Women

• Barack Obama 52% {54%} [50%] {53%} [51%] (53%) {54%} [52%] (51%) {56%} [53%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 45% {43%} [44%] {41%} [43%] (41%) {36%} [38%] (38%) {33%} [32%] (40%)

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

• Barack Obama 49% {51%}
• Mitt Romney 47% {46%}

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

• Barack Obama 50% {52%}
• Mitt Romney 47% {44%}

Who do you think won the debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney this week?

• Mitt Romney 61%
• Barack Obama 25%
• Not sure 15%

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 29%
• Not sure 21%

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 95%
• Barack Obama 3%
• Not sure 2%

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 60%
• Barack Obama 19%
• Not sure 20%

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 51%
• Barack Obama 25%
• Not sure 25%

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 67%
• Barack Obama 20%
• Not sure 12%

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 55%
• Barack Obama 28%
• Not sure 17%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 49% {44%} (45%) {41%} [37%] (38%) {25%} [31%] (32%) {29%} [30%] (33%) / 48% {51%} (48%) {50%} [48%] (49%) {61%} [53%] (48%) {49%} [41%] (45%) {+1%}

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 92% {85%} (87%) {81%} [70%] (77%) {43%} [53%] (54%) {46%} [49%] (56%) / 7% {11%} (8%) {9%} [14%] (12%) {34%} [32%] (26%) {30%} [21%] (22%) {+85%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 45% {42%} (41%) {35%} [26%] (30%) {24%} [30%] (31%) {32%} [31%] (34%) / 52% {51%} (50%) {54%} [53%] (53%) {60%} [50%] (44%) {43%} [38%] (46%) {-7%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 32% {29%} (29%) {22%} [22%] (26%) {19%} / 63% {65%} (61%) {66%} [58%] (60%) {63%} {-31%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 51% {48%} (50%) {45%} [42%] (43%) {24%} [35%] (33%) {34%} [35%] (35%) / 47% {47%} (46%) {47%} [43%] (45%) {62%} [51%] (48%) {50%} [42%] (50%) {+4%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 48% {40%} (42%) {38%} [32%] (34%) {25%} [27%] (31%) {26%} [25%] (31%) / 49% {56%} (49%) {53%} [52%] (52%) {60%} [54%] (47%) {47%} [40%] (41%) {-1%}

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

• Favorable 50% {48%} [49%] {44%} [40%] {41%} [36%]
  
• Unfavorable 47% {47%} [45%] {39%} [35%] {46%} [35%]

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

• Approve 49% {52%} [46%] {47%} [44%] (47%) {52%} [44%] (45%) {52%} [49%] (47%)
• Disapprove 49% {47%} [50%] {48%} [50%] (47%) {44%} [51%] (51%) {44%} [45%] (46%)

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Big Bird?

• Favorable 51%
• Unfavorable 11%
• Not sure 39%

Do you support or oppose federal funding for PBS?

• Support 51%
• Oppose 33%

Among Democrats

• Support 80%
• Oppose 8%

Among Republicans

• Support 22%
• Oppose 55%

Among Independents

• Support 50%
• Oppose 37%

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

• Very excited 61%
• Somewhat excited 26%
• Not at all excited 13%

Among Democrats

• Very excited 63%
• Somewhat excited 27%
• Not at all excited 10%

Among Republicans

• Very excited 72%
• Somewhat excited 22%
• Not at all excited 6%

Among Independents

• Very excited 49%
• Somewhat excited 28%
• Not at all excited 23%

Survey of 979 likely Wisconsin voters was conducted October 4-6, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points.  Party ID: 34% {34%} [32%] (32%) {30%} [28%] (31%) {33%} [37%] (37%) {37%} [33%] (35%) Democrat; 33% {31%} [36%] (34%) {32%} [35%] (32%) {31%} [31%] (34%) {32%} [32%] (31%) Republican; 33% {35%} [32%] (34%) {38%} [37%] (37%) {36%} [32%] (29%) {31%} [35%] (33%) Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 29% {29%} (29%) {28%} {31%} (30%) {29%} [30%] (31%) Moderate; 24% {26%} (24%) {26%} {25%} (25%) {21%} [23%] (22%) Somewhat conservative; 18% {19%} (20%) {18%} {19%} (19%) {22%} [20%] (21%) Somewhat liberal; 16% {15%} (16%) {18%} {15%} (17%) {17%} [17%] (18%) Very conservative; 12% {11%} (10%) {10%} {10%} (10%) {11%} [10%] (7%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 18-19, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 12-13, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 16-19, 2012 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted July 5-8, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 11-13, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 13-15, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 23-26, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 20-23, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 12-14, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 19-22, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 10-12, 2010 are in parentheses.