Poll Watch: Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

Fox News 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 46% [45%] {48%} (48%) [44%] 
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 46% [46%] {43%} (43%) [45%] 

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 52% [51%] {51%} (53%) [51%] / 46% [45%] {45%} (43%) [46%] {+6%}
• Paul Ryan 47% [46%] {43%} (46%) [45%] / 41% [38%] {39%} (38%) [35%] {+6%}
• Mitt Romney 51% [52%] {48%} (49%) [49%] / 46% [42%] {47%} (45%) [44%] {+5%} 
• Joe Biden 47% [44%] {44%} (47%) [46%] / 46% [47%] {44%} (44%) [44%] {+1%}

Regardless of how you might vote, which presidential candidate do you trust to do a better job on each of the following issues -- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

Handling foreign policy

• Barack Obama 51% [49%] {52%} {54%}
• Mitt Romney 43% [43%] {41%} {39%}

Protecting the U.S. from terrorist attacks

• Barack Obama 49% [47%] {50%} {49%}
• Mitt Romney 43% [43%] {40%} {41%}

Reducing the deficit

• Mitt Romney 49% [52%]
• Barack Obama 44% [39%]

Improving the economy and creating jobs

• Mitt Romney 52% [51%] {46%} {46%}
• Barack Obama 43% [43%] {47%} {46%}
  

Managing your tax dollars

• Mitt Romney 49% [49%] {46%}
• Barack Obama 44% [42%] {45%}
  

Handling immigration

• Mitt Romney 46%
• Barack Obama 43%

Handling health care

• Barack Obama 47% [47%] {51%}
• Mitt Romney 47% [45%] {42%}

Protecting Medicare and making sure it's there for future generations

• Barack Obama 49% [50%] {51%}
• Mitt Romney 44% [42%] {40%}

Helping people achieve the American dream

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 43%

Handling education

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 42%

Handling the situation in Libya

• Barack Obama 46%
• Mitt Romney 42%

Stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons

• Mitt Romney 46%
• Barack Obama 42%

Making the country a better place to live

• Barack Obama 48%
• Mitt Romney 46%

Handling national security and the military

• Barack Obama 47%
• Mitt Romney 47%

Helping small businesses

• Mitt Romney 49%
• Barack Obama 46%

Encouraging the values you believe in

• Barack Obama 47%
• Mitt Romney 47%

Taking the country in the right direction

• Barack Obama 48%
• Mitt Romney 48%

Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Mitt Romney as president?

• Extremely comfortable 21%
• Very comfortable 19%
• Somewhat comfortable 18%
• Not at all comfortable 40%

Regardless of how you would vote, how comfortable would you be with Barack Obama as president for another four years?

• Extremely comfortable 24%
• Very comfortable 20%
• Somewhat comfortable 14%
• Not at all comfortable 41%

Which presidential candidate -- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney -- do you think is better described by the following phrases and qualities? 

Is a steady leader

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 42%

Has a vision for the future

• Barack Obama 44%
• Mitt Romney 43%

Has strong moral values

• Mitt Romney 43%
• Barack Obama 42%

Will say anything to get elected

• Mitt Romney 45%
• Barack Obama 40%

Survey of 1,128 likely voters was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) October 28-30, 2012. The margin of error is ± 3 percentage points.  Party ID: 42% [40%] {41%} (42%) [42%] Democrat; 37% [39%] {38%} (36%) [38%] Republican; 18% [18%] {20%} (19%) [18%] Independent.  Results from the poll conducted October 7-9, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 24-26, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 9-11, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 19-21, 2012 are in square brackets.