Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 48% [50%] (47%) {45%} [47%] (44%) {46%} [48%] (45%)
• Mitt Romney 47% [49%] (46%) {45%} [45%] (46%) {42%} [40%] (41%)
• Some other candidate 2% [1%] (3%) {6%} [5%] (6%) {5%} [8%] (10%)
• Undecided 3% [1%] (3%) {4%} [4%] (5%) {8%} [3%] (4%)

Please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney. 

• Very favorable 35% [37%] (28%) {27%} [25%] (17%) {14%}
• Somewhat favorable 14% [17%] (22%) {22%} [23%] (31%) {34%}
• Somewhat unfavorable 12% [12%] (12%) {19%} [17%] (23%) {23%}
• Very unfavorable 35% [32%] (37%) {31%} [33%] (27%) {23%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 49% [54%] (50%) {49%} [48%] (48%) {48%} [42%] (45%) / 47% [44%] (49%) {50%} [50%] (50%) {46%} [52%] {+2%}

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

• Strongly approve 35% [30%] (36%) {30%} [29%] (24%) {23%}  [27%]
• Somewhat approve 17% [19%] (13%) {18%} [21%] (22%) {27%} [22%] 
• Somewhat disapprove 5% [8%] (7%) {9%} [4%] (12%) {9%} [12%]
• Strongly disapprove 42% [42%] (43%) {42%} [43%] (42%) {39%} [37%]

President Obama Job Approval

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

Survey of 750 likely voters was conducted October 10, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 4, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 12, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 13, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 18, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 29, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 18, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 26, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 8, 2012 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Ohio voters say they are certain of their choice at this time. Among those voters, it's Romney 50%, Obama 49%.

Forty-nine percent (49%) of Buckeye State voters trust Romney more to handle the economy, while 46% trust the president more. On national security, the candidates are tied at 47% in terms of voter trust.