Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Connecticut 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Connecticut 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 51% (51%)
• Mitt Romney 45% (43%)
• Some other candidate 1% (3%)
• Undecided 3% (3%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 39%%

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 59%
• Barack Obama 37%

Among Women

• Barack Obama 60%
• Mitt Romney 35%

I’m going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.

Mitt Romney

• Very favorable 32% (26%)
• Somewhat favorable 16% (18%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 15% (18%)
• Very unfavorable 36% (34%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 48% (44%) / 51% (52%) {-3%}

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president?

• Strongly approve 32% (30%)
• Somewhat approve 20% (22%)
• Somewhat disapprove 8% (9%)
• Strongly disapprove 39% (37%)

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 52% (52%)
• Disapprove 47% (46%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted October 7, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted August 21, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Eighty-two percent (82%) of voters in the state now say they are certain of how they will vote. Among these voters, Obama earns 55% support to Romney’s 45%.

As in most states and nationally, younger voters tend to favor the president while their elders support Romney.

Romney earns the support of 89% of Connecticut Republicans, while Obama picks up 81% backing from members of his party.

Among all voters in Connecticut, 49% trust the president more to handle the issue of the economy, while nearly as many (47%) have more faith in Romney. When it comes to national security, Obama is ahead in voter trust 52% to 43%.

If Obama is reelected and Democrats regain control of Congress, 43% of Connecticut voters think the U.S. economy will get better, while 39% say it will get worse. Similarly, 44% expect the economy to improve if Romney is elected president and Republicans win full control of Congress, while 40% say it will get worse.