Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

• Mitt Romney 49% (49%) {48%} [47%] (46%) {46%} [47%] (45%) {42%} [43%] (46%)   
• Barack Obama 47% (48%) {49%} [47%] (48%) {47%} [47%] (44%) {51%} [49%] (45%) 
• Some other candidate 1% (0%) {1%} [3%] (2%) {3%} [3%] (6%) {4%} [5%] (4%)
• Undecided 3% (3%) {2%} [3%] (3%) {3%} [3%] (5%) {4%} [3%] (5%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 46%  
• Barack Obama 44%

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

• Very favorable 37% (35%) {31%} [31%] (28%) {24%} (17%)
• Somewhat favorable 13% (19%) {19%} [19%] (25%) {24%} (30%)
• Somewhat unfavorable 16% (17%) {15%} [15%] (14%) {22%} (22%)
• Very unfavorable 32% (28%) {33%} [33%] (32%) {28%} (28%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 50% (54%) {50%} [50%] (53%) {48%} [53%] (47%) / 48% (45%) {48%} [48%] (46%) {50%} [46%] (50%) {+2%}

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

• Strongly approve 31% (38%) {40%} [33%] (36%) {31%} [35%] (33%) {34%} [31%]
• Somewhat approve 19% (15%) {11%} [17%] (13%) {17%} [14%] (14%) {19%} [20%]
• Somewhat disapprove 4% (6%) {5%} [6%] (8%) {6%} [10%] (8%) {5%} [8%]
• Strongly disapprove 44% (41%) {45%} [43%] (42%) {43%} [40%] (43%) {40%} [38%]

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 50% (53%) {51%} [50%] (49%) {48%} [49%] (47%) {53%} [51%]
  
• Disapprove 48% (47%) {50%} [49%] (50%) {49%} [50%] (51%) {45%} [46%]
  

Survey of 750 likely voters was conducted October 11, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted October 4, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 13, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 23, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 16-17, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 3, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 28, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Ninety-six percent (96%) of likely Virginia voters now say they are certain to vote. Romney leads 50% to 47% among these voters.

Eighty-eight percent (88%) of the state’s likely voters also say they are already certain of which candidate they will vote for. Among these voters, it’s Romney 52%, Obama 48%.

Virginia voters trust Romney more than the president to handle the economy by a 51% to 47% margin. Romney edges Obama 48% to 46% in voter trust when it comes to national security.