Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) North Carolina 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 51% {51%} [51%] (49%) {47%} [51%] (46%) 
• Barack Obama 48% {47%} [45%] (44%) {44%} [43%] (44%)
• Some other candidate 1% {1%} [1%] (3%) {3%} [2%] (4%)
• Undecided 1% {1%} [3%] (4%) {6%} [4%] (6%) 

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?

• Very favorable 37% {31%} [33%] (23%) {22%} [23%] (16%)
• Somewhat favorable 15% {20%} [21%] (27%) {28%} [31%] (36%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 15% {11%} [16%] (17%) {23%} [20%] (24%)
• Very unfavorable 33% {36%} [26%] (30%) {23%} [23%] (18%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 52% {51%} [54%] (50%) {50%} [54%] (52%) / 48% {47%} [42%] (47%) {46%} [43%] (42%) {+4%}
  

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

• Strongly approve 38% {35%} [34%] (31%) {29%} [28%] (31%)
• Somewhat approve 10% {14%} [14%] (16%) {16%} [18%] (17%)
• Somewhat disapprove 7% {6%} [6%] (5%) {10%} [9%] (7%)
• Strongly disapprove 45% {44%} [45%] (46%) {44%} [45%] (43%)

President Obama Job Approval 

• Approve 48% {49%} [48%] (47%) {45%} [46%] (48%)
• Disapprove 52% {50%} [51%] (51%) {54%} [54%] (50%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted October 9, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted October 2, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 13, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 1, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 25, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 14, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Romney voters are a bit more committed to their candidate than Obama supporters. Ninety-five percent (95%) of Romney voters are certain they will not change their mind. Only 88% of Obama voters are that certain. 

By a 52% to 43% margin, North Carolina voters trust Romney more than Obama when it comes to the economy. It's a toss-up on national security issues: 49% trust Romney more, while 47% have more confidence in the president.