Poll Watch: Pew Research 2012 Presidential Survey

Pew Research 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 50% [49%] {48%}
• Mitt Romney 45% [47%] {48%}

Suppose Ron Paul was running as a third party candidate. If you had to choose between Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and independent Ron Paul, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 44%
• Mitt Romney 32%
• Ron Paul 18%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 31% [36%] / 45% [42%] {-14%}

Survey of 1,207 registered voters was conducted January 11-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted November 9-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 22 - October 4, 2011 are in curly brackets.