Saturday, October 13, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) 2012 Presidential Poll

I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news. For each, please let me know which presidential candidate you trust more to handle that issue—Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.

Economy
  • Mitt Romney 50% (50%) [48%] {49%} (50%) [51%] {49%} (45%) [48%]
  • Barack Obama 43% (43%) [44%] {43%} (42%) [39%] {39%} (44%) [39%]
Health care
  • Mitt Romney 46% (45%) [47%] {46%} (47%) [45%] {46%} (41%)
  • Barack Obama 45% (46%) [45%] {45%} (44%) [40%] {42%} (44%)
National security
  • Mitt Romney 46% (43%) [42%] {45%} (45%) [44%] {42%} (41%)
  • Barack Obama 44% (46%) [47%] {42%} (44%) [42%] {45%} (45%)
Taxes
  • Mitt Romney 47% (46%) [45%] {47%} (49%) [48%] {47%} (45%) 
  • Barack Obama 44% (45%) [46%] {44%} (42%) [38%] {42%} (45%)
Energy Policy
  • Mitt Romney 46% (45%) [44%] {44%} (43%) [43%] {45%}
  • Barack Obama 45% (44%) [44%] {41%} (44%) [40%] {43%}
National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted October 7-8, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted September 11-12, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 26-27, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 23-24, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 11-12, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 10-11, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-11, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 1-2, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 13-14, 2012 are in square brackets.

Inside the numbers:
Republicans express slightly more trust in Romney in all five areas than Democrats do in Obama. The Republican even earns low double-digit support from Democratic voters in every case.
By a 51% to 32% margin, voters not affiliated with either party express more confidence in Romney when it comes to the economy, and the GOP challenger leads among these voters in three other areas. Only when it comes to energy policy do unaffiliated voters show more trust in the president – 43% to 38%.
Interestingly, however, in every area, roughly one-in-five unaffiliateds are undecided.
Voters who are members of the Tea Party overwhelmingly trust Romney more when it comes to the economy and the other issues, while most voters who are members of a labor union have more faith in the president in all five policy areas.

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