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Poll Watch: CNN/ORC 2012 Presidential Survey

CNN/ORC 2012 Presidential Poll

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.

THE ECONOMY

Registered Voters

• Mitt Romney 49% (48%)
• Barack Obama 46% (47%)

Likely Voters

• Mitt Romney 50%
  
• Barack Obama 46%

FOREIGN POLICY

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 55% (53%)
• Mitt Romney 40% (41%)

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 44%

HEALTH CARE

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 50% (51%)
• Mitt Romney 46% (44%)

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 48%

THE FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT

Registered Voters

• Mitt Romney 50% (52%)
• Barack Obama 42% (42%)

Likely Voters

• Mitt Romney 52%
• Barack Obama 42%

MEDICARE

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 45%

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 48%

TAXES

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 42%

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 46%

Now 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.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Registered Voters

• Mitt Romney 48% (49%)
• Barack Obama 45% (46%)

Likely Voters

• Mitt Romney 52%
• Barack Obama 42%

TERRORISM

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 40%

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 50%
• Mitt Romney 43%

POLICIES TOWARD GAYS AND LESBIANS

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 62%
• Mitt Romney 30%

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 59%
• Mitt Romney 33%

WELFARE POLICY

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 45%

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 47%

ENERGY POLICY
 

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 44%

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 45% 

ABORTION POLICY
 

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 55%
• Mitt Romney 36%

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama 53%
• Mitt Romney 40%

In general, do you think the policies being proposed by each of the following presidential candidates would move the country in the right direction or the wrong direction?

BARACK OBAMA

Registered Voters

• Right direction 52%
• Wrong direction 47%
  

Likely Voters

• Right direction 49%
• Wrong direction 50%

MITT ROMNEY

Registered Voters

• Right direction 51%
  
• Wrong direction 46%
  

Likely Voters

• Right direction 52%
  
• Wrong direction 45%
  

Survey of 924 registered voters, including 719 likely voters, was conducted August 22-23, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points among registered voters; +/- 3.5 percentage points among likely voters. Results from the poll conducted June 28 - July 1, 2012 are in parentheses.

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Poll Watch: SurveyUSA/WFLA-TV Tampa-St. Petersburg Political Survey

SurveyUSA/WFLA-TV Tampa-St. Pete Political Poll 

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

• Approve 48% (48%)
• Disapprove 49% (48%)

Among Democrats

• Approve 82% (80%)
• Disapprove 14% (17%)

Among Republicans

• Approve 18% (13%)
• Disapprove 79% (82%)

Among Independents

• Approve 39% (47%)
• Disapprove 59% (50%)

Among Men

• Approve 44% (50%)
• Disapprove 54% (46%)

Among Women

• Approve 52% (45%)
• Disapprove 44% (50%)

President Obama says that no photographs or video of Osama Bin Laden's dead body will be made public. Is this the right decision? The wrong decision? Or, do you not know enough to say?

• Right decision 59%
• Wrong decision 30%
• Don't know enough 11%

Among Democrats

• Right decision 76%
• Wrong decision 17%
• Don't know enough 7%

Among Republicans

• Right decision 49%
• Wrong decision 37%
• Don't know enough 14%

Among Independents

• Right decision 50%
• Wrong decision 37%
• Don't know enough 14%

Among Men

• Right decision 54%
• Wrong decision 37%
• Don't know enough 10%

Among Women

• Right decision 63%
• Wrong decision 24%
• Don't know enough 13%

There is a proposal in the state senate that would require welfare recipients to undergo drug testing at their own expense. Do you support or oppose this proposal?

• Support 64%
• Oppose 29%

Among Democrats

• Support 55%
• Oppose 38%

Among Republicans

• Support 79%
• Oppose 16%

Among Independents

• Support 60%
• Oppose 32%

Would you support or oppose legislation that would require women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound and then review it with the doctor unless first declining it in writing?

• Support 39%
• Oppose 49%

Among Democrats

• Support 32%
• Oppose 64%

Among Republicans

• Support 56%
• Oppose 31%

Among Independents

• Support 31%
• Oppose 48%

Among Men

• Support 38%
• Oppose 49%

Among Women

• Support 40%
• Oppose 49%

Pro-Choice

• Support 22%
• Oppose 66%

Pro-Life

• Support 68%
• Oppose 21%

Would you support or oppose legislation that would require written notification be sent to parents of a minor seeking an abortion?

• Support 75%
• Oppose 22%

Among Democrats

• Support 61%
• Oppose 35%

Among Republicans

• Support 88%
• Oppose 10%

Among Independents

• Support 80%
• Oppose 17%

Among Men

• Support 81%
• Oppose 18%

Among Women

• Support 70%
• Oppose 25%

Pro-Choice

• Support 67%
• Oppose 31%

Pro-Life

• Support 91%
• Oppose 6%

Survey of 500 adults in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota metropolitan area was conducted May 5, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 37% (37%) Democrat; 30% (36%) Republican; 31% (25%) Independent. Political ideology: 42% (39%) Moderate; 33% (34%) Conservative; 18% (21%) Liberal.  Abortion: 61% Pro-choice; 36% Pro-life.  Results from the poll conducted May 2, 2011 are in parentheses.