Poll Watch: PPP (D) Maine 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Maine 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 55% [55%] (58%) {49%} [49%]
• Mitt Romney 42% [39%] (35%) {38%} [41%]

Among Independents

• Barack Obama 55% [49%] (57%) {47%} [51%]
• Mitt Romney 39% [39%] (32%) {34%} [34%]

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 61% [63%] (69%) {53%} [62%]
• Mitt Romney 37% [28%] (22%) {27%} [26%]

Among Men

• Barack Obama 49% [48%] (52%) {41%} [47%]
• Mitt Romney 49% [45%] (41%) {48%} [44%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama 60% [61%] (64%) {57%} [51%]
• Mitt Romney 37% [33%] (30%) {30%} [39%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 40% [37%] (30%) {38%} [34%] / 53% [57%] (63%) {49%} [46%] {-13%}

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 50% [54%] (55%) {47%} [51%]
• Disapprove 44% [42%] (41%) {48%} [44%]

Survey of 1,633 likely Maine voters was conducted November 1-2, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.4 percentage points. Party ID: 40% [42%] (43%) {41%} [39%] Democrat; 32% [29%] (34%) {35%} [36%] Republican; 29% [29%] (23%) {24%} [26%] Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 31% [32%] (31%) {33%} [30%] Moderate; 22% [23%] (21%) {19%} [22%] Somewhat conservative; 20% [24%] (21%) {23%} [20%] Somewhat liberal; 14% [9%] (14%) {11%} [11%] Very liberal; 13% [12%] (14%) {14%} [17%] Very conservative.  Results from the poll conducted September 17-18, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 2-4, 2012 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted October 28-31, 2011 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 3-6, 2011 are in square brackets.