Poll Watch: Western New England University Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Survey

WNEU Massachusetts 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 58% {63%} (60%) [56%] {60%}
• Mitt Romney 40% {33%} (38%) [34%] {36%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 61% {62%} (60%) [57%] {61%} / 34% {33%} (34%) [33%] {34%} {+27%}
• Mitt Romney 40% {35%} (34%) [36%] {41%} / 54% {58%} (56%) [50%] {46%} {-14%}
  

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

• Approve 58% {60%} (57%) [54%] {55%}
• Disapprove 38% {37%} (36%) [36%] {37%}

Survey of 535 likely voters was conducted October 26 - November 1, 2012 for The Republican/MassLive.com. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points.  Party ID: 37.94% {38.64%} (36.71%) Democrat; 13.08% {12.95%} (13.74%) Republican; 44.86% {46.14%} ( 48.87%) Independent.  Gender: 49.53% {43.86%} (50.7%) Male; 50.47% {56.14%} (49.3%) Female. Results from the poll conducted September 28 - October 4, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 6-13, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 29-31, 2012 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted February 23 - March 1, 2012 are in curly brackets.