Poll Watch: SurveyUSA Oregon 2012 Presidential Survey

SurveyUSA Oregon 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 49% (50%) {47%} [50%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 42% (41%) {43%} [39%] (40%)

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 40% (42%) {44%} [42%] (40%)
• Mitt Romney 36% (35%) {33%} [35%] (39%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 52% (50%) {47%} [53%] (51%)
• Mitt Romney 37% (35%) {37%} [33%] (31%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama 47% (42%) {42%} [46%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 45% (45%) {48%} [44%] (41%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 51% (57%) {52%} [54%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 40% (36%) {39%} [33%] (38%)

(Among Obama Voters) Is this more a vote FOR Barack Obama or AGAINST Mitt Romney?

• For Obama 75% (80%)
• Against Romney 22% (17%)

(Among Romney Voters) Is this more a vote FOR Mitt Romney or AGAINST Barack Obama?

• For Romney 58% (47%)
• Against Obama 39% (50%) 

Survey of 579 likely voters was conducted October 16-18, 2012 for KATU-TV (Portland). The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points. Party affiliation: 41% (41%) {38%} [40%] (39%) Democrat; 35% (34%) {35%} [36%] (32%) Republican; 23% (26%) {27%} [23%] (29%) Independent. Ideology: 39% (41%) Moderate; 33% (29%) Conservative; 25% (27%)  Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 10-13, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 7-10, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 14-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 18-21, 2011 are in parentheses.