Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) 2012 Presidential Survey

Rasmussen (R) 2012 Presidential Poll

I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news. For each, please let me know which presidential candidate you trust more to handle that issue—Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.

Economy

• Mitt Romney 48% {49%} (50%) [51%] {49%} (45%) [48%]
• Barack Obama 44% {43%} (42%) [39%] {39%} (44%) [39%]

Health care

• Mitt Romney 47% {46%} (47%) [45%] {46%} (41%)
  
• Barack Obama 45% {45%} (44%) [40%] {42%} (44%)

National security

• Barack Obama 47% {42%} (44%) [42%] {45%} (45%)
• Mitt Romney 42% {45%} (45%) [44%] {42%} (41%)

Taxes

• Barack Obama 46% {44%} (42%) [38%] {42%} (45%)
• Mitt Romney 45% {47%} (49%) [48%] {47%} (45%)
  

Energy Policy

• Mitt Romney 44% {44%} (43%) [43%] {45%}
• Barack Obama 44% {41%} (44%) [40%] {43%}

National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted August 26-27, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted July 23-24, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 11-12, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 10-11, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-11, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 1-2, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 13-14, 2012 are in square brackets.

Inside the numbers:

Republicans (83%) show slightly more confidence in Romney to handle the economy than Democrats (75%) do in the president. Among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties, however, Romney holds a 51% to 39% lead over the president when it comes to the economy.

Unaffiliated voters express more faith in Romney on every issue. The GOP challenger has an 18-point lead over Obama among these voters on the issue of health care.