Poll Watch: PPP/Daily Kos/SEIU (D) 2012 Weekly Presidential Tracking Survey

PPP/Daily Kos/SEIU (D) 2012 Weekly Presidential Tracking Poll

• Barack Obama 49% [49%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 44% [44%] (44%)

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 42% [39%] (41%)
• Barack Obama 41% [48%] (48%)

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 55% [61%] (63%)
• Mitt Romney 36% [32%] (29%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 46% [48%] (49%)
• Barack Obama 45% [46%] (44%)

Among Women

• Barack Obama 52% [52%] (54%)
• Mitt Romney 43% [40%] (40%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 49% [50%] (48%) / 46% [46%] (47%) {+3%}
• Mitt Romney 38% [38%] (36%) / 48% [48%] (51%) {-10%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 37% [33%] (34%) / 41% [50%] (52%) {-4%}
• Barack Obama 43% [51%] (45%) / 49% [44%] (47%) {-6%}

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 56% [63%] (63%) / 36% [33%] (33%) {+20%}
• Mitt Romney 35% [31%] (29%) / 52% [55%] (61%) {-17%}

Among Men

• Barack Obama 45% [47%] (43%) / 48% [51%] (51%) {-3%}
• Mitt Romney 40% [42%] (41%) / 47% [45%] (46%) {-7%}

Among Women

• Barack Obama 52% [53%] (52%) / 43% [42%] (44%) {+9%}
• Mitt Romney 35% [34%] (32%) / 49% [51%] (55%) {-14%}

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

• Approve 48% [47%] (46%)
• Disapprove 47% [48%] (48%)

Do you think Barack Obama is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 44% [43%] (45%)
• Too conservative 6% [7%] (9%)
• About right 44% [46%] (43%)

Do you think Mitt Romney is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 18%
• Too conservative 35%
• About right 37%

Survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted April 26-29, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points. Party ID: 43% [40%] (41%) Democrat; 32% [34%] (36%) Republican; 25% [26%] (24%) Independent/Other. Political views: 46% [46%] (43%) Moderate; 37% [38%] (38%) Conservative; 17% [16%] (19%) Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted April 19-22, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 12-15, 2012 are in parentheses.