Monday, October 29, 2012

Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

  • Mitt Romney 50% [48%] (48%) {47%} [49%] (46%) {45%} [45%] (46%) {42%} [40%] (41%)
  • Barack Obama 48% [48%] (49%) {48%} [50%] (47%) {45%} [47%] (44%) {46%} [48%] (45%)
  • Some other candidate 1% [2%] (1%) {2%} [1%] (3%) {6%} [5%] (6%) {5%} [8%] (10%)
  • Undecided 1% [3%] (2%) {3%} [1%] (3%) {4%} [4%] (5%) {8%} [3%] (4%)
Among Independents
  • Barack Obama 50%
  • Mitt Romney 46%
Already Voted
  • Barack Obama 62% (63%)
  • Mitt Romney 36% (34%)
Please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney. 
  • Very favorable 40% (34%) {35%} [37%] (28%) {27%} [25%] (17%) {14%}
  • Somewhat favorable 13% (15%) {14%} [17%] (22%) {22%} [23%] (31%) {34%}
  • Somewhat unfavorable 13% (12%) {12%} [12%] (12%) {19%} [17%] (23%) {23%}
  • Very unfavorable 32% (37%) {35%} [32%] (37%) {31%} [33%] (27%) {23%}
Please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Barack Obama.
  • Very favorable 32%
  • Somewhat favorable 15%
  • Somewhat unfavorable 10%
  • Very unfavorable 42%
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Mitt Romney 53% (49%) {49%} [54%] (50%) {49%} [48%] (48%) {48%} [42%] (45%) / 45% (49%) {47%} [44%] (49%) {50%} [50%] (50%) {46%} [52%] {+8%}
  • Barack Obama 47% / 52% {-5%}
How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president? 
  • Strongly approve 29% (30%) {35%} [30%] (36%) {30%} [29%] (24%) {23%}  [27%]
  • Somewhat approve 17% (21%) {17%} [19%] (13%) {18%} [21%] (22%) {27%} [22%
  • Somewhat disapprove 7% (7%) {5%} [8%] (7%) {9%} [4%] (12%) {9%} [12%]
  • Strongly disapprove 44% (42%) {42%} [42%] (43%) {42%} [43%] (42%) {39%} [37%]
President Obama Job Approval
  • Approve 46% (51%) {52%} [49%] (49%) {48%} [50%] (46%) {50%} [49%]
  • Disapprove 51% (49%) {47%} [50%] (50%) {51%} [47%] (54%) {48%} [49%]
Survey of 750 likely voters was conducted October 28, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 23, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 17, 2012 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted October 10, 2012 are in curly brackets.  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:
Nearly one-in-three Ohio voters (32%) have already cast their ballots. Obama leads 62% to 36% among these voters. Romney has a large lead among those who still plan to vote.
Among all Ohio voters, Romney now has a 12-point lead over the president in voter trust – 53% to 41% - when it comes to the economy. Last week, he had just a seven-point advantage among voters in the state when they were asked which candidate they trusted more to deal with the economy.
Romney’s also trusted more by eight points in the areas of job creation and energy policy but leads Obama by just two when it comes to housing issues.
National security has been an area where the president has typically had an advantage over Romney this year. But, the Republican challenger now has a 52% to 42% advantage on the issue.
Romney leads by 14 points among male voters in Ohio but trails by eight among female voters.

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