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

NBC/WSJ/Marist Iowa 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 50% [51%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 44% [43%] (42%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 52% [54%] (53%) / 44% [43%] (42%) {+8%} 
• Mitt Romney 43% [44%] (42%) / 49% [51%] (50%) {-6%}

Which candidate will do a better job handling the economy?

• Barack Obama 45% [47%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 45% [46%] (43%)

Which candidate will do a better job handling foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 51% [51%] (52%)
• Mitt Romney 39% [40%] (38%)

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

• Approve 48% [51%] (49%)
• Disapprove 46% [44%] (44%)

Survey of 1,142 likely voters was conducted October 28-29, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Party ID: 34% [33%] (36%) Democrat; 31% [31%] (31%) Republican; 34% [35%] (33%) Independent.  Ideology: 34% [33%] (32%) Conservative; 33% [36%] (31%) Moderate; 15% [16%] (19%) Liberal; 12% [10%] (12%) Very conservative; 5% [5%] (6%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted October 15-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 16-18, 2012 are in parentheses.