National Presidential Ballot
Interview dates: October 11-14,
2012
Sample size: 1200 likely voters
Margin of error: ±
3 percentage points, 95% of the time Question wording and responses:
If the general election were being held
today between Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president, the Democrats, and
Mitt Romney for president and Paul Ryan for vice president, the Republicans, for whom would
you vote - Obama and Biden or Romney and Ryan (names rotated), or someone else?
|
National Presidential Ballot |
| |
Obama |
Romney |
Other |
Undecided |
|
| Likely voters
|
47%
|
48%
|
1%
|
4% |
|
| Democrats (38%) |
91% |
4% |
1% |
4% |
| Republicans (34%) |
3% |
93% |
1% |
3% |
|
Independents
(28%) |
40% |
54% |
2% |
4% |
|
| Men (48%) |
41% |
56% |
1% |
2% |
| Women
(52%) |
52% |
41% |
2% |
5% |
|
| 18 to
49 (48%) |
51% |
44% |
2% |
3% |
| 50 and
older (52%) |
43% |
52% |
1% |
4% |
|
| White (78%) |
40% |
55% |
1% |
4% |
| African American
(12%) |
95% |
3% |
- |
2% |
|
| Oct 5-8 |
47% |
48% |
1% |
4% |
| Sep 27-30 |
49% |
46% |
2% |
3% |
| Sep 17-20 |
49% |
47% |
1% |
3% |
| Sep 4-6 |
46% |
49% |
2% |
3% |
|
