Poll Watch: Monmouth University 2012 Presidential Survey

Monmouth University 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 48% [45%] (46%) {48%} [46%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 48% [48%] (47%) {45%} [45%] (46%)
• Other candidate 2% [3%] (2%) {3%} [4%] (3%)
• Undecided 2% [5%] (5%) {4%} [6%] (4%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 53% [52%] (44%) {41%} [40%] (39%) 
• Barack Obama 37% [33%] (41%) {41%} [37%] (41%)
• Other candidate 6% [7%] (6%) {8%} [11%] (9%)
• Undecided 3% [8%] (9%) {10%} [13%] (12%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 51% [51%] (49%) {45%} [44%] (44%)
• Barack Obama 44% [40%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (43%)
• Other candidate 3% [4%] (3%) {5%} [7%] (5%)
• Undecided 2% [5%] (5%) {7%} [9%] (7%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 51% [49%] (48%) {53%} [50%] (49%)
• Mitt Romney 46% [45%] (46%) {39%} [38%] (40%)
• Other candidate 2% [2%] (1%) {3%} [4%] (5%)
• Undecided 2% [4%] (5%) {6%} [7%] (6%)

Who do you trust more to handle the economy and jobs – Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? 

• Mitt Romney 50% [50%] (49%) {45%} [45%]
• Barack Obama 46% [44%] (45%) {48%} [45%]

Who do you trust more to handle Social Security and Medicare – Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

• Barack Obama 49% [45%] (46%) {50%} [46%]
• Mitt Romney 46% [48%] (45%) {42%} [43%]

Who do you trust more to handle the federal budget and national debt – Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

• Mitt Romney 49% [51%] (48%) {47%} [46%]
• Barack Obama 46% [42%] (44%) {47%} [44%]

Who do you trust more to handle foreign policy – Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

• Barack Obama 49% [47%] (47%) {51%}
• Mitt Romney 45% [46%] (45%) {42%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 46% [49%] (46%) {41%} [40%] (38%) / 41% [39%] (39%) {40%} [39%] (37%) {+5%}
• Barack Obama 47% [45%] (46%) {46%} [45%] (45%) / 44% [45%] (45%) {43%} [43%] (43%) {+3%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 48% [53%] (42%) {33%} [34%] (30%) / 34% [31%] (39%) {34%} [32%] (35%) {+14%}
  
• Barack Obama 36% [35%] (43%) {36%} [33%] (39%) / 50% [50%] (45%) {40%} [42%] (39%) {-14%}

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 48% [52%] (46%) {39%} [39%] (38%) / 38% [37%] (38%) {34%} [32%] (34%) {+10%}
• Barack Obama 42% [40%] (45%) {42%} [38%] (41%) / 48% [48%] (47%) {42%} [44%] (43%) {-6%} 

Among Women

• Barack Obama 52% [49%] (48%) {50%} [47%] (45%) / 41% [43%] (43%) {37%} [36%] (37%) {+11%}
• Mitt Romney 44% [47%] (45%) {36%} [32%] (31%) / 43% [41%] (40%) {43%} [43%] (34%) {+1%}

National survey of 1,417 likely voters was conducted November 1-4, 2012 by Braun Research and SurveyUSA. The margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points. Party ID: 35% [35%] (35%) {35%} Democrat; 31% [31%] (32%) {31%} Republican; 34% [34%] (33%) {34%} Independent.  Results from the poll conducted October 18-21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 8-10, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 13-16, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 15-19, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 4-6, 2012 are in parentheses.