Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo 2012 Hispanic Presidential Survey

NBC/WSJ/Telemundo 2012 Latino Presidential Poll

Among Registered Voters

• Barack Obama 61%
• Mitt Romney 27%

Rate your feelings toward each one as very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative.

Barack Obama

• Very positive 31%
• Somewhat positive 27%
• Neutral 17%
• Somewhat negative 11%
• Very negative 12%

Mitt Romney

• Very positive 6%
• Somewhat positive 20%
• Neutral 21%
• Somewhat negative 14%
• Very negative 21%

In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 61%
• Disapprove 32%

Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling the economy?

• Approve 54%
• Disapprove 38%

Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling foreign policy?

• Approve 53%
• Disapprove 32%

How confident are you that Barack Obama has the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy?

• Extremely confident 15%
• Quite confident 19%
• Only somewhat confident 42%
• Not at all confident 23%

How confident are you that Mitt Romney has the right set of goals and policies to improve the economy?

• Extremely confident 7%
• Quite confident 8%
• Only somewhat confident 36%
• Not at all confident 40%

Survey of 300 Hispanic/Latino adults, including a subsample of 188 registered Hispanic/Latino voters, was conducted May 16-21, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 5.66 percentage points among adults; +/- 7.15 percentage points among registered voters.