Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% [51%] (49%) {49%} [49%] (49%) {48%} [49%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 43% [44%] (38%) {39%} [40%] (39%) {38%} [40%] (41%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 51% [48%] (39%) {41%} [39%] (36%) (36%) [41%] (46%)
  
• Barack Obama 42% [44%] (43%) {44%} [44%] (47%) {42%} [41%] (39%)

Among Men

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

Among Women

• Barack Obama 55% [57%] (53%) {52%} [55%] (52%) {49%} [51%] (52%)
• Mitt Romney 39% [38%] (33%) {34%} [34%] (34%) {37%} [36%] (36%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 54% [52%] (52%) {54%} [52%] [50%] (47%) / 40% [44%] (42%) {41%} [43%] [44%] (47%) {+14%}
• Mitt Romney 43% [43%] (35%) {35%} [39%] [39%] (35%) / 46% [41%] (43%) {41%} [37%] [29%] (31%) {-3%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

• Approve 51% [51%] (51%) {53%} [51%] (51%) {49%} [48%] (43%)
• Disapprove 45% [46%] (45%) {43%} [46%] (45%) {48%} [48%] (52%)

Survey of 1,319 likely voters was conducted October 10-14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.7 percentage points.  Party ID: 37% Democrat; 26% Republican; 33% Independent; 3% Other.  Results from the poll conducted August 27 - September 2, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 9-15, 2012 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted May 9-14, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 3-9, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 21-27, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 10-16, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 9-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 5-10, 2011 are in parentheses.