Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

• Barack Obama 45% (46%) {47%} [46%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 44% (45%) {43%} [44%] (44%)

• Barack Obama 50% (50%) [50%] (47%)
• Newt Gingrich 44% (42%) [42%] (42%)

• Barack Obama 46% (45%)
• Ron Paul 40% (44%)

• Barack Obama 50% (50%)
• Rick Perry 38% (43%)

• Barack Obama 51%
• Herman Cain 37%

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 48% of the vote in Florida. In 2004, George W. Bush received 52% of the vote in FL.

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 49% (48%) {48%} [47%] (45%)
• Barack Obama 40% (42%) {44%} [42%] (46%)

• Newt Gingrich 49% (45%) [48%] (45%)
• Barack Obama 47% (47%) [46%] (49%)

• Ron Paul 44% (50%)
• Barack Obama 43% (39%)

• Barack Obama 49% (47%)
• Rick Perry 40% (45%)

• Barack Obama 49%
  
• Herman Cain 40%

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 47% of the Male vote in Florida (47% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 53% of the Male vote in FL (46% of the electorate).

Among Women

• Barack Obama 48% (50%) {49%} [49%] (46%)
• Mitt Romney 40% (43%) {38%} [41%] (42%)

• Barack Obama 52% (52%) [55%] (45%)
• Newt Gingrich 39% (39%) [37%] (40%)

• Barack Obama 50% (51%)
• Ron Paul 36% (39%)

• Barack Obama 52% (52%)
• Rick Perry 35% (40%)

• Barack Obama 53%
• Herman Cain 34%

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 47% of the Female vote in Florida (53% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 50% of the Female vote in FL (54% of the electorate).

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 37% (40%) {41%} [39%] (43%) / 47% (46%) {45%} [39%] (38%) {-10%}
• Newt Gingrich 37% (28%) [32%] (36%) / 51% (57%) [48%] (47%) {-14%}
• Ron Paul 27% (31%) / 53% (51%) {-26%}
• Herman Cain 26% / 59% {-33%}
• Rick Perry 15% (29%) / 67% (58%) {-52%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 40% (27%) {42%} [33%] (31%) / 43% (55%) {44%} [44%] (43%) {-3%}
• Ron Paul 31% (33%) / 46% (47%) {-15%}
• Newt Gingrich 32% (18%) [16%] (19%) / 55% (66%) [63%] (62%) {-23%}
• Herman Cain 22% / 62% {-40%}
• Rick Perry 11% (15%) / 69% (69%) {-58%}

Among Men

• Newt Gingrich 44% (32%) [37%] (39%) / 49% (53%) [47%] (53%) {-5%}
• Mitt Romney 42% (44%) {46%} [42%] (44%) / 47% (42%) {42%} [37%] (43%) {-5%}
• Ron Paul 33% (36%) / 53% (48%) {-20%}
• Herman Cain 31% / 58% {-27%}
• Rick Perry 18% (31%) / 70% (57%) {-52%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 32% (37%) {37%} [36%] (42%) / 47% (49%) {46%} [40%] (32%) {-15%}
• Newt Gingrich 30% (25%) [28%] (32%) / 54% (60%) [48%] (40%) {-24%}
• Ron Paul 22% (26%) / 53% (54%) {-31%}
• Herman Cain 23% / 60% {-37%} 
  
• Rick Perry 13% (27%) / 64% (59%) {-51%}

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 45% (46%) {48%} [48%] (45%)
• Disapprove 50% (51%) {49%} [47%] (49%)

Among Moderates

• Approve 53% (64%) {59%} [73%] (62%)
• Disapprove 39% (32%) {37%} [24%] (30%)

Among Men

• Approve 43% (44%) {44%} [44%] (45%)
• Disapprove 52% (53%) {53%} [51%] (52%)

Among Women

• Approve 46% (47%) {52%} [52%] (45%)
• Disapprove 48% (50%) {45%} [42%] (46%)

Survey of 700 Florida voters was conducted November 28 - December 1, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 42% (40%) {42%} [41%] (42%) Democrat; 38% (37%) {36%} [37%] (40%) Republican; 20% (23%) {21%} [22%] (18%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 36% (32%) {30%} [30%] Moderate; 23% (27%) {23%} [26%] Somewhat conservative; 19% (14%) {17%} [16%] Somewhat liberal; 14% (16%) {20%} [21%] Very conservative; 9% (10%) {10%} [7%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 22-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 17-20, 2010 are in parentheses.