Poll Watch: PPP (D) Republican Survey on Immigration

PPP (D) GOP Poll on Immigration

Do you think illegal immigrants who are living in America should be offered a chance to apply for legal citizenship, or do you think they should all be deported back to their native countries?

• They should be offered a chance to apply for legal citizenship 46%
• They should be deported back to their home country 42%

Very Conservative

• They should be offered a chance to apply for legal citizenship 36%
• They should be deported back to their home country 53%

Somewhat Conservative

• They should be offered a chance to apply for legal citizenship 50%
• They should be deported back to their home country 37%

Men

• They should be offered a chance to apply for legal citizenship 43%
• They should be deported back to their home country 46%

Women 

• They should be offered a chance to apply for legal citizenship 49%
• They should be deported back to their home country 38%

Survey of 508 Republican primary voters was conducted January 31 - February 3, 2013.  The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points. Political ideology: 41% Very conservative; 41% Somewhat conservative; 14% Moderate; 2% Somewhat liberal; 1% Very liberal.

Poll Watch: Quinnipiac National Survey on Immigration

Quinnipiac National Poll on Immigration

Which comes closest to your view about illegal immigrants who are currently living in the United States? A) They should be allowed to stay in the United States and to eventually apply for US citizenship. B) They should be allowed to remain in the United States, but not be allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship. C) They should be required to leave the U.S.

• Stay/apply for citizenship 56%
• Stay/no citizenship 10%
  
• Should be required to leave U.S. 30%

Among Democrats

• Stay/apply for citizenship 74%
• Stay/no citizenship 8%
  
• Should be required to leave U.S. 16%

Among Republicans

• Stay/apply for citizenship 40%
  
• Stay/no citizenship 11%
  
• Should be required to leave U.S. 46%

Among Independents

• Stay/apply for citizenship 53%
• Stay/no citizenship 11%
  
• Should be required to leave U.S. 30%

Survey of 1,772 registered voters was conducted January 30 - February 4, 2013.  The margin of error is +/- 2.3 percentage points. Party ID: 33% Democrat; 24% Republican; 34% Independent.

Lindsey Graham on Meet the Press

CNN State of the Union Roundtable: The Future of the Republican Party

Lindsey Graham on Face the Nation

AC360: Interview with Rudy Giuliani

COOPER: Joining me now is former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Mr. Mayor, thanks very much for being with us. Looking at last night's exit poll results, it is clear or I guess, I should ask you.

Do you think it is clear that your party has a big problem on its hands reaching out to Hispanic-Americans, for instance? It shows the Hispanic votes decreasing and if so, what do you do about that?
 
RUDY GIULIANI (R), 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, I certainly agree that we have a big problem reaching out for the Hispanic vote, what was it -- twenty-five percent? 

I ran for mayor of New York, and each time I ran, I got a higher percentage of the Hispanic vote. That probably elected me with 43 percent, then I got 48 percent. I think President Bush had us up to about 44 percent to 48 percent nationally. And since then we've been declining. I think there's one big issue. I think Lindsey Graham would agree with this. I just talked to Lindsey about this a couple of days ago. We have to get over this immigration reform hurdle.

I mean, President Bush was on the right track with comprehensive immigration reform. If we had passed that, we would be a party that probably had a 40 percent, 45 percent Hispanic base.

COOPER: How do you sell that message to the fringe of your party? Because that is not a message they want to hear?

GIULIANI: Big opportunity lost really in Mitt Romney losing because I think that is one of the things Mitt Romney could have accomplished with a Democratic Senate, Republican House and new president. He probably could have gotten 100-150 Republican votes for comprehensive immigration reforms, which means to the Hispanic community being sensible about the 12, 14, 15 million people that are here.

You can't deport them all. You can't chase them all out. Sure, you can focus on the ones that are criminals or the ones that are doing bad things. But I know that community really well.

And 90 percent of them are hard-working people who are actually making a contribution. So why the heck do we want to hound them? And I think that's the major thing that hurts us, and --

COOPER: What's also interesting about your record, I mean, you're someone who's held positions on social issues that certainly are not in step with the rest of your party as it is right now according to exit polls. Unmarried women went for the president by nearly 40 points.

Do you think the Democrats, what they said was a 'War on Women' message, resonated? Should your party adjust to this approach on women's issues, especially reproductive issues, or same-sex issues, same-sex marriage? Do you think there needs to be an evolution there?

GIULIANI: Well, I ran that way in 2008. I didn't get the nomination. And nobody with my views ran in 2012. Frankly, Anderson, I didn't run in 2012 because I didn't think I could be nominated being pro-choice and being pro-gay rights. I signed, as mayor of New York, I signed the first -- I think the first in the nation civil union bill, and that was--

COOPER: Didn't you officiate at a gay wedding? I remember reading once, or you had some friends who got married, or something like that.

GIULIANI: No, didn't do that. I still believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but I'm very open to civil unions, and I'm also open to allowing states to decide this on a state by state basis.

So if New York wants gay marriage, fine. If some other state doesn't want to have gay marriage.

Here we are, a party that believes in state's rights -- until we get to an issue like gay marriage. And then we don't believe in state's rights.

COOPER: And also this is a party that doesn't believe in heavy federal government involvement in people's private lives, unless on certain issues. And, again, it's something Alex Castellanos brought up earlier. So again, how do things evolve in that? Do they need to evolve for the GOP?

GIULIANI: My ideal Republican Party would be a Republican Party that was fiscally conservative, conservative on foreign policy and military policy. And on social issues we would be libertarian. We would say, you know, we're going to stay out of your pocketbook and we're going to stay out of your bedroom.

And I think that party could be a majority party. I think if we were running that way this time, I think we win by 4 or 5 percent.

COOPER: What about the Tea Party? There are people who say the Tea Party decided it wanted "pure" candidates. So your party lost some 'unlosable' races, that they may have caused Republicans control of the Senate. Some say Republicans can't win with the Tea Party, but they can't win without them, and a lot of leaders don't feel comfortable publicly, you know, even bringing this issue up.

GIULIANI: Well, I think what we really should try to do with the Tea Party is to get them to figure out: What are your priority issues? Their priority issue, the whole reason it got established was: Big government, heavy taxes, ObamaCare, government trying to direct your life.

And then allow a certain amount of flexibility on social issues. If we could organize around fiscal conservatism, conservatism on foreign policy and on military policy, and then allow people to disagree with each other, sort of in the Ronald Reagan mold of, if you agree with me on eight out of ten issues, you are my friend.

Somehow we're going to have to get around to that kind of party. Otherwise, and I've been saying this for, you know, 10 years. Otherwise, we give away -- look at the map. We give away the entire northeast.

When you give away the entire west coast, by the time we get to the electoral vote, we've got to win by one state or two states. And when you get a good campaign against you. Barack Obama had a great ground game, and a great campaign -- then you lose.

Source: CNN

Poll Watch: Florida International University/El Nuevo Herald/Miami Herald 2012 Hispanic Presidential Survey

FIU/El Nuevo Herald/Miami Herald 2012 National Hispanic Presidential Poll 

• Barack Obama 66% 
• Mitt Romney 31%

Has Obama fulfilled his promises to the U.S. Hispanic community?

• Yes 45%
• Some promises 16%
• No 38% 

Who will do a better job at fixing the U.S. economy?

• Barack Obama 68% 
• Mitt Romney 32%

Who will be more capable of directing U.S. foreign policy?

• Barack Obama 69% 
• Mitt Romney 31%

Who will do a better job at reforming immigration policy?

• Barack Obama 70% 
• Mitt Romney 30%

National survey of 1,000 likely Hispanic voters was conducted October 10-11, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points.

Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida Survey on Senator Marco Rubio

PPP (D) Florida Poll on Sen. Marco Rubio

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Marco Rubio’s job performance?

• Approve 48% (52%) {51%} [45%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (44%) {42%} [43%]
• Disapprove 35% (32%) {33%} [42%] (40%) {41%} [40%] (39%) {35%} [31%]

Among Democrats

• Approve 16% (26%) {26%} [19%] (20%) {15%} [19%] (16%) {17%} [17%]
• Disapprove 60% (51%) {51%} [65%] (64%) {68%} [59%] (68%) {55%} [51%]

Among Republicans

• Approve 79% (85%) {85%} [74%] (71%) {74%} [65%] (82%) {75%} [70%]
• Disapprove 9% (9%) {11%} [17%] (17%) {10%} [17%] (6%) {13%} [10%]

Among Independents

• Approve 55% (50%) {42%} [44%] (37%) {35%} [34%] (34%) {36%} [44%]
• Disapprove 36% (33%) {38%} [45%] (39%) {50%} [45%] (43%) {30%} [31%]

Among Moderates

• Approve 38% (42%) {42%} [34%] (25%) {32%} [29%] (31%) {27%} [21%]
• Disapprove 48% (38%) {39%} [53%] (53%) {44%} [46%] (50%) {45%} [47%]

Among Men

• Approve 54% (56%) {51%} [47%] (50%) {50%} [42%] (45%) {47%} [50%]
• Disapprove 34% (34%) {38%} [45%] (34%) {40%} [44%] (41%) {32%} [30%]

Among Women

• Approve 44% (48%) {52%} [44%] (37%) {38%} [37%] (44%) {37%} [35%]
• Disapprove 37% (30%) {29%} [40%] (47%) {42%} [37%] (37%) {37%} [31%]

Among Whites

• Approve 54% (58%) {56%} [53%] (50%) {50%} [46%] (53%) {49%} [49%]
• Disapprove 31% (29%) {31%} [37%] (35%) {35%} [35%] (33%) {30%} [29%]

Among Hispanics

• Approve 51% (55%) {54%} [41%] (39%) {39%} [35%] (31%) {46%} [41%]
• Disapprove 38% (33%) {29%} [47%] (48%) {52%} [52%] (56%) {34%} [30%]

Among Blacks

• Approve 16% (18%) {27%} [16%] (17%) {13%} [10%] (25%) {12%} [17%]
• Disapprove 53% (49%) {49%} [59%] (64%) {58%} [50%] (46%) {57%} [45%]

Survey of 791 likely voters was conducted October 12-14, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.4 percentage points. Party ID: 41% (44%) {41%} [42%] (41%) {41%} [42%] (40%) {42%} [41%] Democrat; 37% (36%) {37%} [40%] (40%) {41%} [38%] (37%) {36%} [37%] Republican; 22% (20%) {21%} [19%] (19%) {18%} [20%] (23%) {21%} [22%] Independent/Other. Political ideology: 35% (34%) {36%} [33%] (33%) {32%} [36%] (32%) {30%} [30%] Moderate; 24% (25%) {25%} [20%] (25%) {22%} [23%] (27%) {23%} [26%] Somewhat conservative; 17% (16%) {13%} [20%] (16%) {16%} [14%] (16%) {20%} [21%] Very conservative; 16% (13%) {16%} [17%] (16%) {19%} [19%] (14%) {17%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 8% (10%) {9%} [10%] (10%) {10%} [9%] (10%) {10%} [7%] Very liberal.  Race: 66% (69%) {70%} [69%] (70%) White: 17% (13%) {13%} [15%] (12%) Hispanic; 12% (13%) {13%} [11%] (12%) Black; 4% (5%) {5%} [5%] (5%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted September 20-23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 31 - September 2, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 26-29, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 31 - June 3, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 12-15, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 1, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 22-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.

Poll Watch: CNN/ORC 2012 Latino Presidential Survey

CNN/ORC 2012 Latino Presidential Poll

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 70%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 26%

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 73%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 22%

Income Under $50K

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 79%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 17%

Income $50K or more

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 65%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 31%

I'm going to mention a few issues and for each one, please tell me if you think Barack Obama or Mitt Romney would better handle that issue if they were elected President.

Registered Voters

THE ECONOMY

• Barack Obama 68%
• Mitt Romney 29%

THE FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT

• Mitt Romney 60%
• Barack Obama 33%

HEALTH CARE

• Barack Obama 74%
• Mitt Romney 21%

IMMIGRATION POLICY

• Barack Obama 73%
• Mitt Romney 22%

EDUCATION

• Barack Obama 78%
• Mitt Romney 20%

UNEMPLOYMENT

• Barack Obama 70%
• Mitt Romney 24%

MORTGAGE AND HOUSING ISSUES

• Barack Obama 67%
• Mitt Romney 27%

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

Registered Voters

• Approve 66%
• Disapprove 30%

Survey of 462 Hispanic/Latino registered voters, including 328 Hispanic/Latino likely voters, was conducted September 25 - October 1, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points among registered voters; +/- 5.5 percentage points among likely voters.

Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida Survey on Senator Marco Rubio

PPP (D) Florida Poll on Sen. Marco Rubio

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Marco Rubio’s job performance?

• Approve 52% {51%} [45%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (44%) {42%} [43%]
• Disapprove 32% {33%} [42%] (40%) {41%} [40%] (39%) {35%} [31%]

Among Democrats

• Approve 26% {26%} [19%] (20%) {15%} [19%] (16%) {17%} [17%]
• Disapprove 51% {51%} [65%] (64%) {68%} [59%] (68%) {55%} [51%]

Among Republicans

• Approve 85% {85%} [74%] (71%) {74%} [65%] (82%) {75%} [70%]
• Disapprove 9% {11%} [17%] (17%) {10%} [17%] (6%) {13%} [10%]

Among Independents

• Approve 50% {42%} [44%] (37%) {35%} [34%] (34%) {36%} [44%]
• Disapprove 33% {38%} [45%] (39%) {50%} [45%] (43%) {30%} [31%]

Among Moderates

• Approve 42% {42%} [34%] (25%) {32%} [29%] (31%) {27%} [21%]
• Disapprove 38% {39%} [53%] (53%) {44%} [46%] (50%) {45%} [47%]

Among Men

• Approve 56% {51%} [47%] (50%) {50%} [42%] (45%) {47%} [50%]
• Disapprove 34% {38%} [45%] (34%) {40%} [44%] (41%) {32%} [30%]

Among Women

• Approve 48% {52%} [44%] (37%) {38%} [37%] (44%) {37%} [35%]
• Disapprove 30% {29%} [40%] (47%) {42%} [37%] (37%) {37%} [31%]

Among Whites

• Approve 58% {56%} [53%] (50%) {50%} [46%] (53%) {49%} [49%]
• Disapprove 29% {31%} [37%] (35%) {35%} [35%] (33%) {30%} [29%]

Among Hispanics

• Approve 55% {54%} [41%] (39%) {39%} [35%] (31%) {46%} [41%]
• Disapprove 33% {29%} [47%] (48%) {52%} [52%] (56%) {34%} [30%]

Among Blacks

• Approve 18% {27%} [16%] (17%) {13%} [10%] (25%) {12%} [17%]
• Disapprove 49% {49%} [59%] (64%) {58%} [50%] (46%) {57%} [45%]

Survey of 861 likely voters was conducted September 20-23, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.3 percentage points. Party ID: 44% {41%} [42%] (41%) {41%} [42%] (40%) {42%} [41%] Democrat; 36% {37%} [40%] (40%) {41%} [38%] (37%) {36%} [37%] Republican; 20% {21%} [19%] (19%) {18%} [20%] (23%) {21%} [22%] Independent/Other. Political ideology: 34% {36%} [33%] (33%) {32%} [36%] (32%) {30%} [30%] Moderate; 25% {25%} [20%] (25%) {22%} [23%] (27%) {23%} [26%] Somewhat conservative; 16% {13%} [20%] (16%) {16%} [14%] (16%) {20%} [21%] Very conservative; 13% {16%} [17%] (16%) {19%} [19%] (14%) {17%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 10% {9%} [10%] (10%) {10%} [9%] (10%) {10%} [7%] Very liberal.  Race: 69% {70%} [69%] (70%) White: 13% {13%} [15%] (12%) Hispanic; 13% {13%} [11%] (12%) Black; 5% {5%} [5%] (5%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted August 31 - September 2, 2012 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 26-29, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 31 - June 3, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 12-15, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 1, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 22-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.

Poll Watch: Albuquerque Journal New Mexico 2012 Presidential Survey

Albuquerque Journal New Mexico 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 40%
• Gary Johnson 7%
• Undecided/Don't know 8%

Among Democrats

• Barack Obama 71%
• Mitt Romney 15%
• Gary Johnson 6%

Among Republicans

• Mitt Romney 79%
• Barack Obama 8%
• Gary Johnson 7%

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 38%
• Barack Obama 35%
• Gary Johnson 12%

Among Anglos

• Mitt Romney 48%
• Barack Obama 39%
• Gary Johnson 7%

Among Hispanics

• Barack Obama 56%
• Mitt Romney 26%
• Gary Johnson 6%

Survey of 667 likely New Mexico voters was conducted September 3-6, 2012 by Research and Polling Inc. The margin of error is +/- 3.8 percentage points. Party ID: 48% Democrat; 32% Republican; 17% Independent.

Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida Survey on Senator Marco Rubio

PPP (D) Florida Poll on Sen. Marco Rubio

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Marco Rubio’s job performance?

• Approve 51% [45%] (44%) {43%} [40%] (44%) {42%} [43%]
• Disapprove 33% [42%] (40%) {41%} [40%] (39%) {35%} [31%]

Among Democrats

• Approve 26% [19%] (20%) {15%} [19%] (16%) {17%} [17%]
• Disapprove 51% [65%] (64%) {68%} [59%] (68%) {55%} [51%]

Among Republicans

• Approve 85% [74%] (71%) {74%} [65%] (82%) {75%} [70%]
• Disapprove 11% [17%] (17%) {10%} [17%] (6%) {13%} [10%]

Among Independents

• Approve 42% [44%] (37%) {35%} [34%] (34%) {36%} [44%]
• Disapprove 38% [45%] (39%) {50%} [45%] (43%) {30%} [31%]

Among Moderates

• Approve 42% [34%] (25%) {32%} [29%] (31%) {27%} [21%]
• Disapprove 39% [53%] (53%) {44%} [46%] (50%) {45%} [47%]

Among Men

• Approve 51% [47%] (50%) {50%} [42%] (45%) {47%} [50%]
• Disapprove 38% [45%] (34%) {40%} [44%] (41%) {32%} [30%]

Among Women

• Approve 52% [44%] (37%) {38%} [37%] (44%) {37%} [35%]
• Disapprove 29% [40%] (47%) {42%} [37%] (37%) {37%} [31%]

Among Whites

• Approve 56% [53%] (50%) {50%} [46%] (53%) {49%} [49%]
• Disapprove 31% [37%] (35%) {35%} [35%] (33%) {30%} [29%]

Among Hispanics

• Approve 54% [41%] (39%) {39%} [35%] (31%) {46%} [41%]
• Disapprove 29% [47%] (48%) {52%} [52%] (56%) {34%} [30%]

Survey of 1,548 likely voters was conducted August 31 - September 2, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points. Party ID: 41% [42%] (41%) {41%} [42%] (40%) {42%} [41%] Democrat; 37% [40%] (40%) {41%} [38%] (37%) {36%} [37%] Republican; 21% [19%] (19%) {18%} [20%] (23%) {21%} [22%] Independent/Other. Political ideology: 36% [33%] (33%) {32%} [36%] (32%) {30%} [30%] Moderate; 25% [20%] (25%) {22%} [23%] (27%) {23%} [26%] Somewhat conservative; 16% [17%] (16%) {19%} [19%] (14%) {17%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 13% [20%] (16%) {16%} [14%] (16%) {20%} [21%] Very conservative; 9% [10%] (10%) {10%} [9%] (10%) {10%} [7%] Very liberal.  Race: 70% [69%] (70%) White: 13% [15%] (12%) Hispanic; 13% [11%] (12%) Black; 5% [5%] (5%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted July 26-29, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 31 - June 3, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 12-15, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 1, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 22-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.

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Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo 2012 Hispanic Presidential Survey

NBC/WSJ/Telemundo 2012 Latino Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 63% {67%} [66%] (61%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 28% {23%} [26%] (27%)

Rate your feelings toward each one as very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative.

Barack Obama

• Very positive 46% {41%} [41%] (31%)
• Somewhat positive 21% {23%} [26%] (27%)
• Neutral 14% {13%} [14%] (17%)
• Somewhat negative 8% {8%} [6%] (11%)
• Very negative 11% {13%} [12%] (12%)

Mitt Romney

• Very positive 11% {7%} [5%] (6%)
• Somewhat positive 20% {15%} [16%] (20%)
• Neutral 15% {23%} [26%] (21%)
• Somewhat negative 17% {20%} [18%] (14%)
• Very negative 31% {24%} [23%] (21%)

Joe Biden

• Very positive 19% [13%]
• Somewhat positive 24% [21%]
• Neutral 21% [23%]
• Somewhat negative 10% [9%]
• Very negative 13% [14%]

Paul Ryan

• Very positive 11%
• Somewhat positive 15%
• Neutral 20%
• Somewhat negative 8%
• Very negative 19%

Bill Clinton

• Very positive 43%
• Somewhat positive 27%
• Neutral 17%
• Somewhat negative 5%
• Very negative 5%

Chris Christie

• Very positive 7%
• Somewhat positive 16%
• Neutral 17%
• Somewhat negative 8%
• Very negative 10%

Democratic Party

• Very positive 31% {27%} [22%] (24%)
• Somewhat positive 26% {27%} [30%] (27%)
• Neutral 17% {23%} [26%] (26%)
• Somewhat negative 12% {10%} [9%] (8%)
• Very negative 11% {11%} [8%] (11%)

Republican Party

• Very positive 12% {9%} [6%] (7%)
• Somewhat positive 21% {17%} [16%] (15%)
• Neutral 20% {25%} [27%] (31%)
• Somewhat negative 14% {17%} [20%] (15%)
• Very negative 28% {28%} [25%] (25%)

I'd like you to compare Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on a few qualities that people might look for in a president. For each one, please tell me whether you think that Barack Obama would be better or Mitt Romney would be better on that item.

Being knowledgeable and experienced enough to handle the presidency

• Obama 59% {65%}
• Romney 26% {15%}

Being a good commander-in-chief

• Obama 55% {59%}
• Romney 24% {17%}

Being consistent and standing up for his beliefs

• Obama 55% {53%}
• Romney 23% {20%}

Having good ideas for how to improve the economy

• Obama 52% {48%}
• Romney 31% {25%}

Changing business as usual in Washington

• Obama 45% {43%}
• Romney 27% {18%}

Being easygoing and likable

• Obama 65%
• Romney 18%

Caring about average people

• Obama 64%
• Romney 21%

Dealing with issues of concern to women

• Obama 60%
• Romney 18%

Dealing with issues of concern to seniors

• Obama 58%
• Romney 23%

Being a calm and steady leader in a crisis

• Obama 58%
• Romney 21%

Sharing your positions on the issues

• Obama 55%
• Romney 22%

Being honest and straightforward

• Obama 57%
• Romney 24%

Being open and transparent

• Obama 60%
• Romney 19%

Being firm in his positions on the issues

• Obama 55%
• Romney 29%

Having executive and managerial skills

• Obama 51%
• Romney 30%

When it comes to his approaches to issues, would you say that ______________ is in the mainstream of most Americans' thinking, or is out of step with most Americans' thinking?

Barack Obama

• In the mainstream 70%
• Out of step 24%

Mitt Romney

• In the mainstream 31%
• Out of step 59%

Joe Biden

• In the mainstream 46%
• Out of step 35%

Paul Ryan

• In the mainstream 33%
• Out of step 44%

Compared to when Barack Obama became President—do you think that the country is better off, worse off or in about the same place?

• Better off 43%
• Worse off 26%
• Same place 29%

And how confident are you that Barack Obama has the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy?

• Extremely confident 28%
• Quite confident 27%
• Only somewhat confident 26%
• Not at all confident 18%

And how confident are you that Mitt Romney has the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy?

• Extremely confident 14%
• Quite confident 20%
• Only somewhat confident 29%
• Not at all confident 35%

In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 62% {62%} [65%] (61%)
• Disapprove 32% {31%} [27%] (32%)

Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling the economy?

• Approve 59% {58%} [62%] (54%)
• Disapprove 36% {36%} [32%] (38%)

Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling foreign policy?

• Approve 58% {61%}
• Disapprove 32% {28%}

What is your preference for the outcome of this year's congressional elections -- a Congress controlled by Republicans or a Congress controlled by Democrats?

• Democrat-controlled Congress 61% {64%} [66%] (58%)
• Republican-controlled Congress 29% {24%} [27%] (30%)

Survey of 300 Hispanic/Latino registered voters was conducted August 16-20, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 5.66 percentage points. Party ID: 48% {49%} Democrat; 13% {13%} Republican; 32% {27%} Independent.  Ideology: 26% {29%} Moderate; 24% {26%} Somewhat conservative; 17% {18%} Somewhat liberal; 17% {10%} Very liberal; 14% {13%} Very conservative.  Results from the poll conducted July 18-22, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 20-24, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 16-21, 2012 are in parentheses.

Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida Survey on Senator Marco Rubio

PPP (D) Florida Poll on Sen. Marco Rubio

Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Marco Rubio’s job performance?

• Approve 45% (44%) {43%} [40%] (44%) {42%} [43%]
• Disapprove 42% (40%) {41%} [40%] (39%) {35%} [31%]

Among Democrats

• Approve 19% (20%) {15%} [19%] (16%) {17%} [17%]
• Disapprove 65% (64%) {68%} [59%] (68%) {55%} [51%]

Among Republicans

• Approve 74% (71%) {74%} [65%] (82%) {75%} [70%]
• Disapprove 17% (17%) {10%} [17%] (6%) {13%} [10%]

Among Independents

• Approve 44% (37%) {35%} [34%] (34%) {36%} [44%]
• Disapprove 45% (39%) {50%} [45%] (43%) {30%} [31%]

Among Moderates

• Approve 34% (25%) {32%} [29%] (31%) {27%} [21%]
• Disapprove 53% (53%) {44%} [46%] (50%) {45%} [47%]

Among Men

• Approve 47% (50%) {50%} [42%] (45%) {47%} [50%]
• Disapprove 45% (34%) {40%} [44%] (41%) {32%} [30%]

Among Women

• Approve 44% (37%) {38%} [37%] (44%) {37%} [35%]
• Disapprove 40% (47%) {42%} [37%] (37%) {37%} [31%]

Among Whites

• Approve 53% (50%) {50%} [46%] (53%) {49%} [49%]
• Disapprove 37% (35%) {35%} [35%] (33%) {30%} [29%]

Among Hispanics

• Approve 41% (39%) {39%} [35%] (31%) {46%} [41%]
• Disapprove 47% (48%) {52%} [52%] (56%) {34%} [30%]

Survey of 871 likely voters was conducted July 26-29, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.3 percentage points. Party ID: 42% (41%) {41%} [42%] (40%) {42%} [41%] Democrat; 40% (40%) {41%} [38%] (37%) {36%} [37%] Republican; 19% (19%) {18%} [20%] (23%) {21%} [22%] Independent/Other. Political ideology: 33% (33%) {32%} [36%] (32%) {30%} [30%] Moderate; 20% (25%) {22%} [23%] (27%) {23%} [26%] Somewhat conservative; 20% (16%) {16%} [14%] (16%) {20%} [21%] Very conservative; 17% (16%) {19%} [19%] (14%) {17%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 10% (10%) {10%} [9%] (10%) {10%} [7%] Very liberal.  Race: 69% (70%) White: 15% (12%) Hispanic; 11% (12%) Black; 5% (5%) Other.  Results from the poll conducted May 31 - June 3, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 12-15, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 1, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 22-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.

Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo 2012 Hispanic Presidential Survey

NBC/WSJ/Telemundo 2012 Latino Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 67% [66%] (61%)
• Mitt Romney 23% [26%] (27%)

Rate your feelings toward each one as very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative.

Barack Obama

• Very positive 41% [41%] (31%)
• Somewhat positive 23% [26%] (27%)
• Neutral 13% [14%] (17%)
• Somewhat negative 8% [6%] (11%)
• Very negative 13% [12%] (12%)

Mitt Romney

• Very positive 7% [5%] (6%)
• Somewhat positive 15% [16%] (20%)
• Neutral 23% [26%] (21%)
• Somewhat negative 20% [18%] (14%)
• Very negative 24% [23%] (21%)

Democratic Party

• Very positive 27% [22%] (24%)
• Somewhat positive 27% [30%] (27%)
• Neutral 23% [26%] (26%)
• Somewhat negative 10% [9%] (8%)
• Very negative 11% [8%] (11%)

Republican Party

• Very positive 9% [6%] (7%)
• Somewhat positive 17% [16%] (15%)
• Neutral 25% [27%] (31%)
• Somewhat negative 17% [20%] (15%)
• Very negative 28% [25%] (25%)

Which ONE of the following statements best describes your feelings toward Barack Obama?

• I like Barack Obama personally, and I approve of most of his policies 49%
• I like Barack Obama personally, but I disapprove of many of his policies 32%
• I don't like Barack Obama personally, but I do approve of most of his policies 4%
• I don't like Barack Obama personally, and I disapprove of many of his policies 12%

Which ONE of the following statements best describes your feelings toward Mitt Romney?

• I like Mitt Romney personally, and I approve of most of his policies 15%
• I like Mitt Romney personally, but I disapprove of many of his policies 14%
• I don't like Mitt Romney personally, but I do approve of most of his policies 16%
• I don't like Mitt Romney personally, and I disapprove of many of his policies 41%

For each of the following candidates, please tell me whether that person has a background and set of values that you can identify with, or whether he does NOT have a background and set of values that you can identify with.

Barack Obama

• Has Background/Set Of Values I Identify With 63%
• Does NOT Have Background/Set Of Values I Identify With 32%

Mitt Romney

• Has Background/Set Of Values I Identify With 23%
• Does NOT Have Background/Set Of Values I Identify With 63%

I'd like you to compare Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on a few qualities that people might look for in a president. For each one, please tell me whether you think that Barack Obama would be better or Mitt Romney would be better on that item.

Who do you think would be better when it comes to:

Looking out for the middle class

• Obama 69%
• Romney 15%

Being knowledgeable and experienced enough to handle the presidency

• Obama 65%
• Romney 15%

Being a good commander-in-chief

• Obama 59%
• Romney 17%

Being consistent and standing up for his beliefs

• Obama 53%
• Romney 20%

Having good ideas for how to improve the economy

• Obama 48%
• Romney 25%

Changing business as usual in Washington

• Obama 43%
• Romney 18%

Now I'd like you to compare Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on a few issues. For each one, please tell me whether you think that Barack Obama or Mitt Romney would be better on that issue.

Handling foreign policy

• Obama 58%
• Romney 15%

Dealing with health care

• Obama 61%
• Romney 17%

Handling the situation in Afghanistan

• Obama 53%
• Romney 17%

Dealing with Medicare

• Obama 59%
• Romney 18%

Dealing with taxes

• Obama 53%
• Romney 19%

Dealing with immigration

• Obama 55%
• Romney 16%

Dealing with the economy

• Obama 50%
• Romney 25%

In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 62% [65%] (61%)
• Disapprove 31% [27%] (32%)

Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling the economy?

• Approve 58% [62%] (54%)
• Disapprove 36% [32%] (38%)

Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling foreign policy?

• Approve 61%
• Disapprove 28%

Has what you have seen, read, or heard about Mitt Romney’s tax returns and the percent he has paid in federal income taxes made you feel … more positive or more negative about him, not made much difference in your opinion or do you not know enough about this to have an opinion at this time?

• More positive 6%
• More negative 30%
• Not much difference 24%
• Don’t know enough 38%

What is your preference for the outcome of this year's congressional elections -- a Congress controlled by Republicans or a Congress controlled by Democrats?

• Democrat-controlled Congress 64% [66%] (58%)
• Republican-controlled Congress 24% [27%] (30%)

Survey of 300 Hispanic/Latino registered voters was conducted July 18-22, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 5.66 percentage points. Party ID: 49% Democrat; 13% Republican; 27% Independent.  Ideology: 29% Moderate; 26% Somewhat conservative; 18% Somewhat liberal; 13% Very conservative; 10% Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted June 20-24, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 16-21, 2012 are in parentheses.