Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) New Hampshire 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) New Hampshire 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 48%
• Mitt Romney 43%
• Some other candidate 2%
• Undecided 6%

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?

• Very favorable 24%
• Somewhat favorable 21%
• Somewhat unfavorable 21%
• Very unfavorable 31%

  How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president?

• Strongly approve 28%
• Somewhat approve 23%
• Somewhat disapprove 8%
• Strongly disapprove 41%

When looking at a choice between Obama and Romney, is it a choice you are excited about or will you simply be voting for the lesser of two evils?

• Excited about choices 56%
• Voting for lesser of two evils 38%

Who would do a better job managing the economy: Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

• Mitt Romney 46%
• Barack Obama 43%

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted June 20, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Romney earns 88% support from GOP voters in the state, while the president has the support of 89% of New Hampshire Democrats. Voters not affiliated with either of the major parties prefer Obama by 19 points.

Forty-two percent (42%) consider Romney’s track record in business as primarily a reason to vote for him, while an equal number (42%) see it as chiefly a reason to vote against him.

Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters in New Hampshire say they agree with the president, including 41% who agree with him on most important issues and 11% more who agree on just about everything. Forty-five percent (45%) agree with Romney, including 32% who share his views on most important issues and 13% on just about everything.

Ninety percent (90%) of all voters in the state think Romney and the president disagree with one another, with 57% who say they disagree on most important issues and 33% who say they disagree on just about everything.