Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

NBC/WSJ/Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49% (48%) {47%} [49%]
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 47% (47%) {46%} [44%]

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

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

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 50% (51%) {49%} [51%]
• Mitt Romney 44% (42%) {44%} [41%]

Which candidate will do a better job handling Medicare?

• Barack Obama 51% (50%) {48%}
• Mitt Romney 43% (42%) {43%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 50% (52%) {50%} [51%] / 46% (43%) {45%} [46%] {+4%}
• Mitt Romney 48% (49%) {46%} [47%] / 45% (44%) {43%} [45%] {+3%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 48% (48%) {48%} [49%]
• Disapprove 47% (46%) {47%} [46%]

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing handling Hurricane Sandy?

• Approve 70%
• Disapprove 11%

Survey of 1,545 likely voters was conducted October 30 - November 1, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points. Party ID: 37% (37%) {37%} [35%] Democrat; 35% (33%) {32%} [33%] Republican; 27% (29%) {29%} [30%] Independent.  Party registration: 41% (40%) {40%} [41%] Democrat; 41% (39%) {38%} [38%] Republican; 18% (20%) {21%} [20%] Independent.  Ideology: 33% (35%) {37%} [33%] Moderate; 30% (31%) {29%} [31%] Conservative; 19% (16%) {18%} [18%] Liberal; 12% (13%) {13%} [13%] Very conservative; 6% (6%) {4%} [5%] Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted October 7-9, 2012 are in parentheses.   Results from the poll conducted September 30 - October 1, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 9-11, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 17-20, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 25-27, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted December 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 10-12, 2011 are in parentheses.