Quinnipiac Connecticut 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Mitt Romney 42% {37%}
• Rick Santorum 19% {1%}
• Newt Gingrich 13% {3%}
• Ron Paul 9% {3%}
• Wouldn’t vote (vol.) 3% {4%}
• Don’t know 14% {16%}

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 53% {49%}
• Mitt Romney 37% {36%}

• Barack Obama 55%
• Rick Santorum 35%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 55% {50%} / 41% {45%} {+14%}
• Mitt Romney 35% {34%} / 43% {28%} {-8%}
• Rick Santorum 27% / 43% {-16%}

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

• Approve 53% {48%} (53%) [49%]
• Disapprove 43% {48%} (44%) [47%]

Among Independents

• Approve 49% {43%} (47%) [44%]
• Disapprove 46% {51%} (48%) [51%]

Among Men

• Approve 51% {43%} (48%) [44%]
• Disapprove 46% {54%} (50%) [52%]

Among Women

• Approve 54% {52%} (56%) [53%]
• Disapprove 40% {42%} (39%) [43%]

Survey of 1,622 registered voters, including a subsample of 429 Republicans, was conducted March 14-19, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.4 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.7 percentage points among Republicans. Party ID breakdown: 32% {33%} Democrat; 23% {21%} Republican; 39% {39%} Independent; 5% {5%} Other.  Results from the poll conducted September 8-13, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 8-13, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 1-7, 2011 are in square brackets.

-Data compilation and analysis courtesy of The Argo Journal