Poll Watch: TIME Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

TIME Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 44%

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 92%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 6%

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 85%
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 11%

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 53%
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 38%
  

Among Men

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 51%
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 42%

Among Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 56%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 37%

Already Voted

• Barack Obama 60%
• Mitt Romney 30%

Gender: Already Voted: 62% Female (Obama 64% Romney 25%); 38% Male (Obama 53% Obama 38%)

Did Not Vote Yet

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 45%

(Among Obama voters) Would you say you are very enthusiastic about supporting Obama, somewhat enthusiastic, not so enthusiastic, or not enthusiastic at all?

• Very enthusiastic 61%
• Somewhat enthusiastic 34%
• Not so enthusiastic 2%
• Not enthusiastic at all 3%

(Among Romney voters) Would you say you are very enthusiastic about supporting Romney, somewhat enthusiastic, not so enthusiastic, or not enthusiastic at all?

• Very enthusiastic 55%
• Somewhat enthusiastic 36%
• Not so enthusiastic 5%
• Not enthusiastic at all 3%

Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job:

Handling the economy

• Mitt Romney 50%
• Barack Obama 46%

Handling foreign policy

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 44%

Health care policy

• Mitt Romney 48%
• Barack Obama 45%

Handling education 

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 41%

Dealing with the federal budget deficit

• Mitt Romney 52%
• Barack Obama 42%

Representing the interests of middle class Americans

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 45%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job as president?

• Approve 49%
• Disapprove 49%

Among Independents

• Approve 41%
• Disapprove 57%

Among Men

• Approve 42%
• Disapprove 56%

Among Women

• Approve 56%
• Disapprove 43%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling the economy?

• Approve 47%
• Disapprove 51%

Among Independents

• Approve 39%
• Disapprove 60%

Among Men

• Approve 40%
• Disapprove 58%

Among Women

• Approve 53%
• Disapprove 45%

Just your best guess, who do you think will win the presidential election this year?

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 36%

Survey of 783 likely Ohio voters was conducted October 22-23, 2012 by Abt SRBI. The margin of error is +/- 3.0 percentage points. Party ID: 37% Democrat; 28% Republican; 29% Independent; 6% Something else. Political views: 41% Conservative; 30% Moderate; 26% Liberal.  Gender: 47% Male; 53% Female. Race: 85% White; 11% Black.  Already Voted: 19.5% Did not vote yet: 80.5%.