Poll Watch: Reason-Rupe California 2012 Presidential Survey

Reason-Rupe California 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 53%
• Mitt Romney 38%
• Gary Johnson 2%
• Jill Stein 1%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 59% / 38% {+21%}
• Mitt Romney 42% / 49% {-7%}

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

• Approve 55%
• Disapprove 40%

Survey of 508 likely voters was conducted October 11-15, 2012 by Princeton Survey Research International. The margin of error is +/- 5.1 percentage points. Party ID: 44% Democrat; 26% Republican; 24% Independent; 5% Other. Political philosophy: 31% Conservative; 25% Moderate; 15% Liberal; 7% Progressive; 4% Libertarian; 15% Something else.

Poll Watch: Reason-Rupe 2012 Presidential Survey

Reason-Rupe 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 52%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 45%

And if the 2012 presidential election were held today and the candidates were Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the Democrats, and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the Republicans, and Gary Johnson and Jim Gray, the Libertarians, for whom would you vote?

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 42%
• Gary Johnson-Jim Gray 6%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 52% / 45% {+7%}
• Gary Johnson 7% / 14% {-7%}
• Mitt Romney 41% / 49% {-8%}

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

• Approve 51%
• Disapprove 46%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?

• Approve 47%
• Disapprove 50%

Survey of 787 likely voters was conducted September 13-17, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.3 percentage points. Party ID: 36% Democrat; 28% Republican; 29% Independent. Political philosophy: 31% Conservative; 21% Moderate; 15% Liberal; 8% Progressive; 4% Libertarian; 16% Something else.