Poll Watch: Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

Democracy Corps (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

• Barack Obama 48% [46%] (48%)
• Mitt Romney 44% [48%] (46%)

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

• Approve 49% [44%] (47%)
• Disapprove 45% [50%] (47%)

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

• Approve 44%
• Disapprove 52%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job in charge of the House of Representatives?

• Approve 33% [38%]
• Disapprove 59% [55%]

I know it is a long way off, but thinking about the elections for Congress in 2012, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you be voting for the Democratic House candidate or the Republican House candidate?

• Democratic candidate 46% [45%] (44%)
• Republican candidate 45% [47%] (47%)

Survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted May 21-25, 2011, by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps and Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund. The margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 38% [38%] (34%) Democrat; 31% [36%] (34%) Republican; 28% [23%] (28%) Independent. Political ideology: 41% [43%] (42%) Conservative; 31% [34%] (34%) Moderate; 21% [18%] (18%) Liberal. Results from the poll conducted April 10-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 9-12, 2011 are in parentheses.