Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 United States presidential election

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2012 U.S. presidential election
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The persons named in the polls were official candidates in the general election or former candidates for a particular party's nomination.

General election of 2012

Since convention nominations

Summary of the opinion polls taken since convention nominations for the U.S. presidential election

Two-way race

Poll source Date Barack Obama
Democratic 		Mitt Romney
Republican 		Leading
by % 		Sample
Size* 		Margin
of Error
(MoE)
RCP Average October 22 – November 4, 2012 48.8% 48.1% 0.7 --
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners November 4–5, 2012 47% 47% Tied 1000 LV ±3.1%
The Economist/YouGov November 3–5, 2012 49% 47% 2 740 LV ±4.6%
Gravis Marketing November 3–5, 2012 48% 48% Tied 872 LV ±3.3%
UPI/CVOTER November 3–5, 2012 49% 48% 1 3000 LV ±3.5%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP November 3–5, 2012 50.3% 48.7% 1.6 712 LV ±3.7%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) November 3–5, 2012 48% 48% 1 3000 LV ±2.5%
American Research Group November 2–4, 2012 49% 49% Tied 1200 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation November 2–4, 2012 49% 49% Tied 693 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) November 1–4, 2012 49% 50% 1 2551 LV ±2%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine November 1–4, 2012 49% 45% 4 1080 LV Not reported
Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA November 1–4, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1417 LV ±2.6%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) November 1–4, 2012 50% 48% 2 1300 LV ±2.7%
Angus Reid Public Opinion November 1–3, 2012 51% 48% 3 Not reported Not reported
NBC News/Wall Street Journal November 1–3, 2012 48% 47% 1 1475 LV ±2.55%
Pew Research Center October 31 – November 3, 2012 48%' 45% 3 2709 LV ±2.2%
YouGov October 31 – November 3, 2012 48.5% 46.5% 2 36472 LV Not reported
UPI/CVOTER November 2, 2012 49% 48% 1 1074 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 31 – November 2, 2012 48% 48% Tied 3000 LV ±2.5%
Purple Strategies October 31 – November 1, 2012 47% 46% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D) October 30 – November 1, 2012 49% 48% 1 1200 LV ±2.8%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners October 29 – November 1, 2012 48% 49% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) October 28 – November 1, 2012 47% 46% 1 4556 LV ±3.4%
ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking) October 28–31, 2012 49% 48% 1 1293 LV ±3%
UPI/CVOTER October 15–31, 2012 49% 48% 1 3633 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 28–30, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company October 28–30, 2012 46% 46% Tie 1128 LV ±3%
High Point University October 22–30, 2012 46% 43% 3 805 RV ±3.45%
The Economist/YouGov October 26–28, 2012 48% 47% 1 688 LV ±4.6%
United Technologies/National Journal October 25–28, 2012 50% 45% 5 713 LV ±4.4%
CBS News/New York Times October 25–28, 2012 48% 47% 1 563 LV ±4%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling October 25–28, 2012 49% 49% Tied 1400 LV ±2.6%
American Research Group October 25–28, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1200 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center October 24–28, 2012 47% 47% Tied 1495 LV ±2.9%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) October 22–28, 2012 46% 51% 5 2700 LV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 25–27, 2012 47% 50% 3 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking) October 24–27, 2012 48% 49% 1 1278 LV ±3%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) October 23–27, 2012 47% 45% 2 1291 LV ±3.1%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) October 22–27, 2012 45.4% 44.1% 1.3 942 LV ±3.5%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D) October 23–25, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1200 LV ±2.8%
NPR/Resurgent Republic/Democracy Corps/North Star Opinion Research October 23–25, 2012 47% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners October 22–25, 2012 49% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
UPI/CVOTER October 19–25, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1203 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 22–24, 2012 47% 50% 3 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking) October 20–23, 2012 48% 49% 1 1394 LV ±3%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper October 19–23, 2012 45% 47% 2 839 LV ±4.2%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D) October 20–22, 2012 47% 49% 2 1200 LV ±2.8%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) October 18–22, 2012 46% 46% Tied 957 LV ±3.6%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 19–21, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA Archived October 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine October 18–21, 2012 45% 48% 3 1402 ±2.6%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) October 18–21, 2012 49% 46% 3 1000 LV ±3.1%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) October 18–21, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1300 LV ±2.7%
American Research Group October 18–21, 2012 47% 48% 1 1200 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) October 16–21, 2012 47.4% 43.4% 4 885 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) October 15–21, 2012 45% 51% 6 2700 LV ±2%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics October 18–20, 2012 49.7% 47.3% 2.4 800 LV ±3.5%
CBS News October 17–20, 2012 48% 46% 2 790 LV ±4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal October 17–20, 2012 47% 47% Tie 816 LV ±3.43%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D) October 17–19, 2012 49% 47% 2 1200 LV ±2.8%
Gravis Marketing October 18, 2012 44% 46% 2 805 LV ±3.4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 16–18, 2012 48% 48% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners October 15–18, 2012 48% 49% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
UPI/CVOTER October 12–18, 2012 46% 48% 2 1254 LV ±4.5%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) October 12–16, 2012 46% 43% 3 1846 LV ±2.6%
University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant[permanent dead link] October 11–16, 2012 48% 45% 3 1023 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov October 13–15, 2012 47% 46% 1 826 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 13–15, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) October 10–15, 2012 47.3% 45.7% 1.6 931 LV ±3.5%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) October 12–14, 2012 46% 50% 4 1600 LV ±2.5%
American Research Group October 11–14, 2012 47% 48% 1 1200 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) October 8–14, 2012 47% 49% 2 2700 LV ±2%
ABC News/Washington Post October 10–13, 2012 49% 46% 3 923 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 10–12, 2012 48% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[permanent dead link] October 10–11, 2012 47% 47% Tie Not reported Not reported
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners October 7–11, 2012 49% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Reuters/Ipsos October 7–11, 2012 44% 47% 3 1092 LV ±3.4%
Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA October 8–10, 2012 46% 47% 1 1360 LV ±2.7%
UPI/CVOTER October 4–10, 2012 46% 49% 3 1110 LV ±4.5%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company October 7–9, 2012 45% 46% 1 1109 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 7–9, 2012 48% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) October 4–9, 2012 45.7% 46.9% 1.2 812 LV ±3.5%
The Economist/YouGov October 6–8, 2012 49% 46% 3 763 LV Not reported
American Research Group October 5–8, 2012 47% 48% 1 1200 LV ±3%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics Archived April 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine October 5–7, 2012 44.5% 45.1% 0.6 800 LV ±3.5%
Pew Research Center October 4–7, 2012 45% 49% 4 1112 LV ±3.4%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) October 1–7, 2012 48% 48% Tied 2700 LV ±2%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) October 4–7, 2012 47% 49% 2 1300 LV ±2.7%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 4–6, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Reuters/Ipsos October 2–6, 2012 47% 45% 2 1492 ±2.9%
Clarus Research Group October 4, 2012 46% 47% 1 590 LV ±4.3%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners October 1–4, 2012 49% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) October 1–3, 2012 49% 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Clarus Research Group October 2, 2012 49% 45% 4 590 LV ±4.3%
American Conservative Union/McLaughlin & Associates (R) September 30 – October 2, 2012 49% 45% 4 1000 LV ±3.1%
The Economist/YouGov September 29 – October 1, 2012 49% 44% 5 785 LV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos September 27 – October 1, 2012 46% 41% 5 930 LV ±3.6%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation September 28–30, 2012 50% 47% 3 783 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 28–30, 2012 48% 45% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) September 27–30, 2012 49% 45% 4 1100 LV ±2.8%
United Technologies/National Journal September 27–30, 2012 47% 47% Tied 789 LV Not reported
American Research Group September 27–30, 2012 49% 46% 3 1200 LV ±3%
NPR/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/Resurgent Republic September 26–30, 2012 50% 44% 6 800 LV Not reported
NBC News/Wall Street Journal September 26–30, 2012 49% 46% 3 832 LV ±3.40%
Quinnipiac University September 25–30, 2012 49% 45% 4 1912 LV ±2.2%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) September 24–30, 2012 49% 45% 4 3050 RV ±2%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics September 27–29, 2012 49.7% 41.1% 8.6 800 LV ±3.5%
ABC News/Washington Post Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine September 26–29, 2012 49% 47% 2 813 LV ±4%
UPI/CVOTER September 23–29, 2012 49% 46% 3 855 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 25–27, 2012 47% 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Merriman River Group September 24–27, 2012 49% 46% 3 981 RV ±3.1%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners September 24–27, 2012 49% 47% 2 1000 LV ±3.1%
Fox News September 24–26, 2012 48% 43% 5 1092 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 22–24, 2012 47% 46% 1 1000 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov September 22–24, 2012 48% 43% 5 943 RV Not reported
Bloomberg/Selzer & Co. September 21–24, 2012 49% 43% 6 789 LV ±3.5%
Reuters/Ipsos September 20–24, 2012 49% 43% 6 1095 LV ±3.5%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) September 20–23, 2012 50% 45% 5 1200 LV ±2.8%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) September 17–23, 2012 48% 46% 2 3050 RV ±2%
JZ Analytics September 21–22, 2012 49% 40.7% 8.3 860 LV ±3.4%
UPI/CVOTER September 16–22, 2012 49% 46% 3 761 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 19–21, 2012 46% 46% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
American Research Group September 16–20, 2012 49% 47% 2 761 LV ±3.6%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners September 16–20, 2012 50% 46% 4 1000 LV ±3.1%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[permanent dead link] September 19–20, 2012 48% 46% 2 805 RV Not reported
Allstate/Heartland Monitor/National JournalFTI Communications September 15–19, 2012 50% 43% 7 1055 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 16–18, 2012 46% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant September 11–18, 2012 46% 43% 3 1148 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov September 15–17, 2012 49% 44% 5 943 RV Not reported
Reason-Rupe September 13–17, 2012 52% 45% 7 787 LV ±4.3%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper September 13–17, 2012 47% 46% 1 807 LV ±4.3%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) September 12–17, 2012 48% 43% 5 591 LV ±4.1%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) September 13–16, 2012 50% 46% 4 1000 LV ±3.1%
Monmouth University September 13–16, 2012 48% 45% 3 1344 LV ±2.5%
Pew Research Center September 12–16, 2012 51% 43% 8 2,192 LV ±2.4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal September 12–16, 2012 50% 45% 5 736 LV ±3.61%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) September 10–16, 2012 48% 45% 3 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 13–15, 2012 46% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
UPI/CVOTER September 8–14, 2012 49% 45% 4 3000 RV ±3%
JZ Analytics Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine September 11–12, 2012 47.7% 42% 5.7 1014 LV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 10–12, 2012 46% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
CBS News/New York Times September 8–12, 2012 49% 46% 3 1162 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine September 8–12, 2012 50% 45% 5 1000 LV ±3.1%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company September 9–11, 2012 48% 43% 5 1056 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov September 8–10, 2012 49% 45% 4 818 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos September 7–10, 2012 48% 45% 3 873 LV Not reported
Esquire/Yahoo! News/Langer Research Associates September 7–10, 2012 50% 46% 4 724 LV ±5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 7–9, 2012 50% 45% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) September 7–9, 2012 50% 44% 6 1000 LV ±3.1%
ABC News/Washington Post September 7–9, 2012 49% 48% 1 710 LV ±4.5%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation September 7–9, 2012 52% 46% 6 709 LV ±3.5%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP September 4–9, 2012 46% 44% 2 808 RV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) September 3–9, 2012 49% 44% 5 3050 RV ±2%

*RV means "registered voters"; LV means "likely voters"; A means "adults". Polls with a (D), (R), or (L) indicate that they were sponsored by partisan groups affiliated with a party.

Three-way race

Poll Source Date Democratic
Candidate 		% Republican
Candidate 		% Libertarian
Candidate 		% Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
Reason-Rupe September 13–17, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% Gary Johnson 6% 787 LV ±4.3%

*RV means "registered voters"; LV means "likely voters"

Four-way race

Poll Source Date Democratic
Candidate 		% Republican
Candidate 		% Libertarian
Candidate 		% Green
Candidate 		% Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation September 28–30, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% Gary Johnson 4% Jill Stein 3% 783 LV ±3.5%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation September 7–9, 2012 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 43% Gary Johnson 3% Jill Stein 1% 709 LV ±3.5%

*RV means "registered voters"; LV means "likely voters"

Five-way race

Poll Source Date Democratic
Candidate 		% Republican
Candidate 		% Libertarian
Candidate 		% Green
Candidate 		% Constitution
Candidate 		% Leading by % Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
Zogby / JZAnalytics October 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47.5% Mitt Romney 45.4% Gary Johnson 3.3% Jill Stein 0.7% Virgil Goode 0.3% 2.1 800 LV ±3.5%
Zogby / JZAnalytics Archived April 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine October 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 45.5% Mitt Romney 45.0% Gary Johnson 1.7% Jill Stein 0.3% Virgil Goode 0.0% 0.5 800 LV ±3.5%
JZ Analytics Archived September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine September 21–22, 2012 Barack Obama 48.7% Mitt Romney 39.8% Gary Johnson 2.3% Jill Stein 1.6% Virgil Goode 1.3% 8.9 860 LV ±3.4%
JZ Analytics Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine September 11–12, 2012 Barack Obama 46.3% Mitt Romney 38.9% Gary Johnson 2.1% Jill Stein 1.9% Virgil Goode 0.9% 7.4 1014 LV ±3.1%
Gallup Tracking September 6–12, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 43% Gary Johnson 1% Jill Stein 1% Virgil Goode 1% 7 3,050 RV ±2.0%

*RV means "registered voters"; LV means "likely voters"

Before Convention Nominations

Both convention nominations were completed by September 6, 2012.

Two-way race

Poll source Date Democratic
candidate 		% Republican
candidate 		% Leading by % Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
American Research Group September 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 49% 3 1200 LV ±3%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) September 2–6, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1363 LV Not reported
The Economist/YouGov September 1–3, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 737 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) September 1–3, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation August 31 – September 3, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 48% Tie 735 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) August 27 – September 2, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) August 28 – September 1, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 43% 1 1288 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 29–31, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
August 26–28, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1
The Economist/YouGov August 25–27, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 759 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) August 24–27, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 749 LV Not reported
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) August 23–27, 2012 Barack Obama 49.1% Mitt Romney 47.2% 1.9 1000 LV ±3.1%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) August 23–26, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 44% 6 1000 RV ±3.1%
CBS News August 22–26, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1051 RV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) August 20–26, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 23–25, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post August 22–25, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 857 RV ±4%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation August 22–23, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 47% 2 924 RV ±3%
Public Notice/Tarrance Group (R) August 19–23, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 801 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 20–22, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R) August 16–22, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1000 RV ±3.1%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company August 19–21, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1007 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov August 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 703 RV Not reported
NBC News/Wall Street Journal August 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 44% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper August 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 885 RV ±4.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 17–19, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 44% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) August 16–19, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Monmouth University/SurveyUSA/ Braun Research August 15–19, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1149 LV ±2.9%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) August 13–19, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Los Angeles Times/USC Annenberg/ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/American Viewpoint August 13–19, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 954 LV ±3.2%
Angus Reid Public Opinion August 15–16, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 49% 4 898 A Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov August 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 850 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) August 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) August 6–12, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 8–10, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP August 3–10, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 39% 7 828 RV ±3.5%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners August 5–9, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation August 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 45% 7 911 RV ±3.5%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company August 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 40% 9 930 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov August 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 733 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos August 2–6, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 1014 RV ±3.4%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) August 2–5, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) July 30 – August 5, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post July 25 – August 5, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 43% 7 2927 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) August 2–4, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
July 30 – August 1, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3
The Economist/YouGov July 28 – 30, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 751 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) July 26–29, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) July 22–29, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 49% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center July 16–26, 2012 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 41% 10 1956 RV ±3.2%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) July 21–25, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 46% 4 700 LV ±3.7%
The Economist/YouGov July 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 746 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) July 19–22, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 1000 RV ±3.1%
NBC/Wall Street Journal July 18–22, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) July 15–21, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
July 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company July 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 41% 4 901 RV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov July 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 742 RV Not reported
CBS News/New York Times July 11–16, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 942 RV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) July 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) July 8–14, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Angus Reid Public Opinion July 12–13, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tied 886 A Not reported
NPR/Democracy Corps/Resurgent Republic/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) July 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1000 LV ±3.10%
McClatchy/Marist College July 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 849 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov July 7–9, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 44% 1 715 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos July 5–9, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 885 RV ±3.4%
Pew Research Center June 28 – July 9, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 43% 7 2373 RV ±2.3%
JZ Analytics/Washington Times July 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 42.8% 0.8 800 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post July 5–8, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tie 855 RV ±4%
Quinnipiac University July 1–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 2722 RV ±1.9%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) June 30 – July 7, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) July 1–5, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov June 30 – July 2, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 715 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 29 – July 1, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1500 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation June 28 – July 1, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 1,390 RV ±2.5%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) June 28 – July 1, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) June 23–29, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 3050 RV ±2%
Newsweek/The Daily Beast/Schoen Consulting June 28, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 600 LV ±4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 26–28, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) June 23–27, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 1000 LV ±3.1%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company June 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 40% 5 912 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 23–25, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov June 23–25, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 715 RV Not reported
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) June 21–24, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 RV ±3.1%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal June 20–24, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 819 RV ±3.4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 20–22, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 48% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) June 16–22, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 17–19, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov June 16–18, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 44% Tied 715 RV Not reported
Bloomberg/Selzer & Co. June 15–18, 2012 Barack Obama 53% Mitt Romney 40% 13 734 LV ±3.6%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper June 14–18, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 878 RV ±4.2%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) June 14–17, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Pew Research Center June 7–17, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 46% 4 1563 RV ±2.9%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) June 9–15, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov June 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 42% 2 836 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos June 7–11, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 848 RV ±3.4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 8–10, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) June 7–10, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 42% 8 1000 RV ±3.1%
Angus Reid Public Opinion June 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1794 A Not reported
Gallup (Daily Tracking) June 2–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP June 1–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 841 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Tarrance Group/Bankrupting America (R) June 3–7, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 800 LV Not reported
Monmouth University June 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1152 LV ±2.9%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company June 3–5, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 43% Tied 907 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) June 2–4, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov June 2–4, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% 5 836 RV Not reported
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) May 31 – June 3, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 42% 8 1000 RV ±3.1%
Pew Research Center May 9 – June 3, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 2338 RV ±2.3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 30 – June 1, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) May 25 – June 1, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 3050 RV ±2%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation May 29–31, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 895 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov May 26–28, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 850 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) May 18–24, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov May 19–21, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 850 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) May 17–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1000 RV ±3.1%
ABC News/Washington Post May 17–20, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 874 RV ±4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal May 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) May 11–17, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2.%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP May 9–16, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 40% 3 856 RV ±3.3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company May 13–15, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 39% 7 913 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov May 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 46% 4 715 RV Not reported
Ron Sachs Communications/Mason-Dixon Polling & Research May 10–14, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1000 LV ±3%
CBS News/New York Times May 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 46% 3 562 RV ±4%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) May 10–13, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
The Washington Times/JZ Analytics May 11–12, 2012 Barack Obama 43.2% Mitt Romney 43.6% 0.4 800 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 50% 8 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) May 4–10, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Angus Reid Public Opinion May 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 49% 3 769 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 49% 5 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov May 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 43% 1 715 RV Not reported
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper Archived August 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine May 3–7, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 42% 8 871 RV ±4.2%
Reuters/Ipsos May 3–7, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 959 RV ±3.2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) May 3 – 5, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) May 3 – 4, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 RV ±3.1%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP April 27 – May 4, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 856 RV ±3.3%

Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners

April 29 – May 3, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R) April 30 – May 2, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 1000 RV ±3.10%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 30 – May 2, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) April 28 – May 1, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tied 1000 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) April 27 – May 1, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 2200 RV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov April 28–30, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 43% 5 715 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) April 26–29, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 44% 5 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%

Gallup (Daily Tracking)

April 21–26, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 43% 7 2200 RV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company April 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 913 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov April 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 715 RV Not reported

United Technologies/National Journal

April 19–22, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 39% 8 1004 A ±3.7%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) April 19–22, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 44% 5 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) April 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 2200 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 47% 4 1500 LV ±3%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal April 13–17, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 Not reported Not reported
CBS News/New York Times April 13–17, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 852 RV ±3%
Quinnipiac University April 11–17, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 2577 RV ±1.9%
The Economist/YouGov April 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 715 RV Not reported
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation April 13–15, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 43% 9 910 RV ±3.5%
Public Policy Polling April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 900 RV ±3.3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 44% 6 1000 RV ±3.1%
[1]Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 891 RV ±3.3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking) April 11–15, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 2200 RV ±3%
Pew Research Center April 4–15, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 2373 RV ±2.3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion Apr 12–13, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 44% 6 701 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 39% 11 651 RV
Barack Obama 56% Newt Gingrich 33% 23 651 RV
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company April 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 910 RV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov April 7–10, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 41% 6
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 41% 6
ABC News/Washington Post April 5–8, 2012 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 44% 7 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 52% Rick Santorum 42% 10
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) April 3–5, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 41% 6
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP March 30 – April 5, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 38% 8 816 RV ±3.3%
The Economist/YouGov March 31 – April 3, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 38% 13
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 42% 7
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 41% 7
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 31 – April 2, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Rick Santorum 42% 4
March 28–30, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 42% 5
March 25–27, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 43% 4
The Economist/YouGov March 24–27, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 40% 11
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 45% 2
Barack Obama 44% Ron Paul 42% 2
USA Today/Gallup March 25–26, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 901 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 51% Rick Santorum 43% 8
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation March 24–25, 2012 Barack Obama 54% Mitt Romney 43% 11 925 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 55% Rick Santorum 42% 13
Suffolk University March 21–25, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 37% 10 1070 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 35% 14
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 31% 19
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 28% 21
Angus Reid Public Opinion March 23–24, 2012 Barack Obama 58% Newt Gingrich 32% 26 652 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 52% Ron Paul 38% 14 632 RV
Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 45% 6 693 RV
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 43% 7 693 RV
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 42% 5
McClatchy/Marist College March 20–22, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 846 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 43% 5
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 38% 15
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 40% 10
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 19–21, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 41% 8
The Economist/YouGov March 17–20, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 39% 12
Barack Obama 52% Rick Santorum 40% 12
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 42% 5
Reason-Rupe Public Opinion March 10–20, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 40% 6 1200 A ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 37% 10
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 37% 10
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 16–18, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 43% 6
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 40% 10
Public Policy Polling March 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 42% 8 900 RV ±3.3%
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 43% 3
Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 44% 4
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 45% 3
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 13–15, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 43% 6
The Economist/YouGov March 10–13, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 44% 4 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 41% 10
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 43% 7
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 42% 6
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 10–12, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 42% 5
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company March 10–12, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 912 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 35% 18
Barack Obama 51% Rick Santorum 39% 12
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 38% 12
Bloomberg/Selzer & Company March 8–11, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tied 746 LV ±3.6%
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 44% 6
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 41% 11
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 43% 5
Reuters/Ipsos March 8–11, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 41% 11 937 RV ±3.3%
Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 37% 17
Barack Obama 52% Rick Santorum 42% 10
CBS News/New York Times March 7–11, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 878 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 44% 4
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 39% 10
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 38% 14
Pew Research Center March 7–11, 2012 Barack Obama 54% Mitt Romney 42% 12 1188 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 53% Rick Santorum 43% 10
ABC News/Washington Post March 7–10, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 49% 2 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 46% 3
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 7–9, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 48% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 45% Rick Santorum 46% 1
March 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 40% 9
The Economist/YouGov March 3–6, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 41% 8 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 39% 11
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 42% 8
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 41% 7
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) March 1–3, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 43% 4
NBC News/Wall Street Journal February 29 – March 3, 2012 Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 37% 17 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 42% 8
Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 44% 6
Barack Obama 53% Rick Santorum 39% 14
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Rick Santorum 42% 4
The Economist/YouGov February 25–28, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 38% 14 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 39% 9
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 40% 9
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 41% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 45% Rick Santorum 43% 2
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 39% 10
February 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 41% 7
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 42% 6
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners February 19–22, 2012 Barack Obama 53% Mitt Romney 43% 10 1000 LV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 53% Rick Santorum 42% 11
The Economist/YouGov February 18–21, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 36% 13 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 37% 12
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 41% 8
Barack Obama 51% Rick Santorum 41% 10
Quinnipiac University Archived April 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine February 14–20, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 2605 RV ±1.9%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 44% 3
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 39% 11
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper February 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 42% 10 1000 A ±4.1%
Barack Obama 53% Ron Paul 44% 9
Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 43% 8
Barack Obama 52% Rick Santorum 43% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 43% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Rick Santorum 44% 2
USA Today/Gallup February 16–19, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 50% 4 898 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 44% 3
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 41% 8 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 40% 8
Angus Reid Public Opinion February 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 37% 17 630 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 39% 11 608 RV
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 44% 5 665 RV
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 46% 3 652 RV
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 42% 6
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) February 11–14, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 1000 LV ±3.5%
The Economist/YouGov February 11–14, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 37% 15
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 42% 7
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 41% 8
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation February 10–13, 2012 Barack Obama 55% Newt Gingrich 42% 13 937 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 52% Ron Paul 45% 7
Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 46% 5
Barack Obama 52% Rick Santorum 45% 7
CBS News/New York Times February 8–13, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 42% 6 1064 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 41% 8
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 39% 11
Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 36% 18
Public Policy Polling February 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 40% 12 1200 RV ±2.8%
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 41% 8
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 44% 5
Pew Research Center February 8–12, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 44% 8 1172 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 53% Rick Santorum 43% 10
Barack Obama 57% Newt Gingrich 39% 18
Fairleigh Dickinson University/ PublicMind February 6–12, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 41% 4 903 RV ±3.3%
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 36% 15
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 39% 7
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 39% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 41% 7 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 41% 7
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/
Shaw & Company 		February 6–9, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% 5 1110 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 38% 13
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 38% 12
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 38% 10
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 42% 6 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov February 4–7, 2012 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 39% 12 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 36% 18
Barack Obama 52% Rick Santorum 37% 15
Barack Obama 51% Ron Paul 39% 12
Reuters/Ipsos February 2–6, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 42% 6 881 RV ±3.3%
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 38% 12
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) February 3–5, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post February 1–4, 2012 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 45% 6 879 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 43% 11
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) January 31 – February 2, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov January 28–31, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 40% 9 715 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 37% 15
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 40% 10
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 40% 8
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) January 28–30, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 37% 13
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) January 26–29, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 40% 9
USA Today/Gallup January 27–28, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 48% Tied 907 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 41% 12
Barack Obama 51% Rick Santorum 43% 8
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 46% 3
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) January 25–27, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 39% 10
January 23–25, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3
Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 41% 7
NBC News/Wall Street Journal January 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 55% Newt Gingrich 37% 18
Barack Obama 53% Rick Santorum 38% 15
The Economist/YouGov January 21–24, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 41% 6 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 39% 10
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 39% 10
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 40% 7
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) January 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 7 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 41% 7
January 19–21, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 44% Tied
Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 40% 7
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research January 17–18, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 38% 10 1000 LV ±3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion January 17–18, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 49% 2 710 A Not reported
Barack Obama 55% Newt Gingrich 38% 17 662 A
Barack Obama 51% Rick Santorum 40% 11 625 A
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 40% 10 662 A
Barack Obama 57% Rick Perry 34% 23 617 A
CBS News/New York Times January 12–17, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1021 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 39% 11
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 38% 11
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 42% 4
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 38% 12
Barack Obama 47%
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
 36% 11
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research January 15–16, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 38% 9 1000 LV ±3%
Public Policy Polling January 13–16, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 44% 5 700 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 42% 7
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 42% 8
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 42% 5
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 40% 11
Pew Research Center January 11–16, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 45% 5 1207 RV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post January 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 48% 2 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 40% 12
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 42% 7
Barack Obama 52% Rick Santorum 41% 11
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company January 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 906 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 37% 14
Barack Obama 50% Rick Santorum 38% 12
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation January 11–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 48% 1 928 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 46% 2
Barack Obama 51% Rick Santorum 45% 6
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 43% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research January 11–12, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Ron Paul 37% 6 1000 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) January 8–11, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1000 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research January 9–10, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 41% 3 1000 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov January 7–10, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 43% 2 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 44% Ron Paul 41% 3
Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 41% 7
Reuters/Ipsos January 5–9, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 43% 5 896 RV ±3.2%
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 41% 7
Barack Obama 51% Rick Santorum 40% 11
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 38% 15
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research January 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Newt Gingrich 38% 8 1000 LV ±3%
CBS News January 4–8, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1247 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 41% 8
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 45% 1
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 43% 4
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 42% 7
Barack Obama 48% Jon Huntsman, Jr. 41% 7
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research January 5–6, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Rick Santorum 39% 7 1000 LV ±3%
January 3–4, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 42% Tied
The Economist/YouGov December 31, 2011 –
January 3, 2012 		Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 40% 9 715 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 37% 14
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research January 1–2, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 39% 10 1000 LV ±3%
December 29–30, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Jon Huntsman, Jr. 33% 13
December 27–28, 2011 Barack Obama 39% Mitt Romney 45% 6
December 25–26, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 37% 10
December 20–21, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 41% 3
The Economist/YouGov December 17–20, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% 7 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 37% 13
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research December 18–19, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 37% 11 1000 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation December 16–18, 2011 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 45% 7 928 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 56% Newt Gingrich 40% 16
Barack Obama 52% Ron Paul 45% 7
Barack Obama 57% Michele Bachmann 38% 19
Barack Obama 57% Rick Perry 39% 18
Public Policy Polling December 16–18, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 700 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 44% 5
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 41% 5
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 41% 9
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 40% 10
ABC News/Washington Post December 15–18, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tied Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 43% 8
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 44% 5
USA Today/Gallup December 15–18, 2011 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 48% 2 898 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 48% 2
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research December 16–17, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 37% 10 1000 LV ±3%
December 14–15, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 43% 1
December 12–13, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 39% 10
The Economist/YouGov December 10–13, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 39% 9
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 40% 7
Reuters/Ipsos December 8–12, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 40% 8 921 RV ±3.2%
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 38% 13
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 37% 13
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper December 8–12, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1000 A ±4%
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 42% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research December 10–11, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Ron Paul 35% 8 1000 LV ±3%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal December 7–11, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 40% 11
Barack Obama 50% Ron Paul 37% 13
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research December 8–9, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 LV ±3%
USA Today/Gallup December 6–7, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 883 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 44% 6
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research December 6–7, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Newt Gingrich 40% 5 1000 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company December 5–7, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 42% 2 911 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Newt Gingrich 40% 6
The Economist/YouGov December 3–6, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 46% Newt Gingrich 42% 4
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 44% 2
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research December 4–5, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Rick Perry 34% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Fairleigh Dickinson University/PublicMind November 29 – December 5, 2011 Barack Obama 53% Rick Perry 35% 18 855 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4
Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 42% 6
Barack Obama 50% Jon Huntsman, Jr. 32% 18
Barack Obama 56% Herman Cain 30% 26
Barack Obama 54% Ron Paul 35% 19
Barack Obama 57% Michele Bachmann 30% 27
Barack Obama 55% Rick Santorum 34% 21
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research December 2–3, 2011 Barack Obama 41% Jon Huntsman, Jr. 34% 7 1000 LV ±3%
November 30 – December 1, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 40% 2
November 28–29, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Newt Gingrich 45% 2
November 26–27, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Herman Cain 36% 10
November 21–22, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 38% 6
November 19–20, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Newt Gingrich 40% 6
Quinnipiac University November 14–20, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 2552 RV ±1.9%
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 40% 9
Barack Obama 50% Herman Cain 37% 13
IBOPE/Zogby International November 15–17, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 44% 2 2064 LV ±2.2%
Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 46% 1
Barack Obama 47% Herman Cain 44% 3
Barack Obama 45% Ron Paul 38% 7
Barack Obama 48% Rick Perry 41% 7
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 15–16, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Michele Bachmann 33% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company November 13–15, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 44% 2 914 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Newt Gingrich 41% 5
Barack Obama 47% Herman Cain 38% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 13–14, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Herman Cain 36% 10 1000 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center November 9–14, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1576 RV ±3.0%
Barack Obama 53% Rick Perry 42% 11
Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 42% 12
Barack Obama 54% Herman Cain 42% 12
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation November 11–13, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 51% 4 925 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 52% Rick Perry 45% 7
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 45% 8
Barack Obama 53% Herman Cain 43% 10
Public Policy Polling November 10–13, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 800 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 43% 6
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 41% 6
Barack Obama 48% Herman Cain 41% 7
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 39% 10
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 39% 11
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 11–12, 2011 Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 38% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 9–10, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 42% 1 1000 LV ±3%
McClatchy/Marist College November 8–10, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 45% 2 872 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 44% 4
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 41% 8
Barack Obama 49% Herman Cain 39% 10
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 40% 11
Barack Obama 54% Michele Bachmann 35% 19
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners November 6–9, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 1000 LV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 49% Herman Cain 40% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 7–8, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Herman Cain 37% 11 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 5–6, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Rick Perry 35% 9 1000 LV ±3%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal November 2–5, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 53% Herman Cain 38% 15
ABC News/Washington Post October 31 – November 3, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Herman Cain 45% 5
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 43% 8
Reuters/Ipsos October 31 – November 3, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 44% 1 937 RV ±3.2%
Barack Obama 46% Herman Cain 41% 5
Barack Obama 47% Rick Perry 41% 6
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 1–2, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 41% 1 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research Archived December 10, 2019, at the Wayback Machine October 30–31, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Herman Cain 38% 5 1000 LV ±3%
Vanity Fair/60 Minutes/CBS News October 28–31, 2011 Barack Obama 40% George W. Bush[1] 31% 9 1033 A ±3%
Quinnipiac University October 25–31, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% 5 2294 RV ±2.1%
Barack Obama 50% Herman Cain 40% 10
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 37% 15
Barack Obama 52% Rick Perry 36% 16
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 28–29, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Ron Paul 35% 9 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 26–27, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Rick Perry 38% 7 1000 LV ±3%
USA Today/Gallup October 20–27, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tied 1169 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 48% Herman Cain 46% 2
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 45% 4
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 24–25, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 44% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 20–21, 2011 Barack Obama 39% Jon Huntsman 32% 7 1000 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) October 15–18, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1000 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 16–17, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 42% 1 1000 LV ±3%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper October 13–17, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 A ±4%
Barack Obama 49% Herman Cain 43% 6
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 42% 9
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 14–15, 2011 Barack Obama 41% Herman Cain 43% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 12–13, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 34% 15 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 10–11, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 35% 14 1000 LV ±3%
Time/Abt SRBI October 9–10, 2011 Hillary Clinton 55% Mitt Romney 38% 17 838 LV Not reported
Hillary Clinton 58% Rick Perry 32% 26
Hillary Clinton 56% Herman Cain 34% 22
Time/Abt SRBI Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 44% 4
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 40% 9
Barack Obama 50% Herman Cain 38% 12
Public Policy Polling October 7–10, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 700 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 48% Herman Cain 42% 6
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 39% 8
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 40% 9
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 39% 11
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 38% 12
NBC News/Wall Street Journal October 6–10, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 49% Herman Cain 38% 11
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 39% 12
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 8–9, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 41% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 6–7, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Herman Cain 39% 3 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 4–5, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Gary Johnson 27% 15 1000 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center September 22 – October 4, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 48% Tied 1901 RV ±3.0%
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 46% 4
Quinnipiac University September 27 – October 3, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 46% 4 2118 RV ±2.1%
Barack Obama 42% Chris Christie 45% 3
Barack Obama 45% Rick Perry 44% 1
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research October 2–3, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Rick Santorum 34% 11 1000 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post September 29 – October 2, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 48% 2 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 45% Chris Christie 45% Tied
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 46% 3
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 30 – October 1, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Rick Perry 37% 6 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[permanent dead link] September 28–29, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 42% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 26–27, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Rick Perry 38% 5 1000 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
 September 25–27, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 42% 3 925 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Perry 39% 8
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 24–25, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Ron Paul 34% 10 1000 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation September 23–25, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 48% 1 917 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 51% Ron Paul 47% 4
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 46% 5
Barack Obama 54% Michele Bachmann 42% 8
Barack Obama 58% Sarah Palin 37% 21
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 20–21, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Michele Bachmann 32% 16 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 18–19, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 41% 3 1000 LV ±3%
Harris Interactive September 12–19, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 53% 6 2462 A Not reported
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 51% 2
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 49% 2
Barack Obama 54% Herman Cain 46% 8
Barack Obama 54% Michele Bachmann 46% 8
Barack Obama 54% Jon Huntsman 46% 8
Barack Obama 54% Rick Santorum 46% 8
Barack Obama 55% Newt Gingrich 45% 10
Barack Obama 57% Sarah Palin 43% 14
USA Today/Gallup September 15–18, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 49% 2 889 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 45% 5
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 16–17, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Jon Huntsman 35% 8 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 14–15, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Rick Perry 39% 7 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Michele Bachmann 33% 13
McClatchy/Marist College
 September 13–14, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 825 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 49% Sarah Palin 44% 5
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 41% 9
Barack Obama 53% Michele Bachmann 40% 13
Bloomberg News/Selzer & Co. September 9–12, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 43% 5 997 A ±3.1%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 40% 9
Reuters/Ipsos September 8–12, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 932 RV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 49% Ron Paul 42% 7
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 42% 8
Barack Obama 51% Jon Huntsman 37% 14
Barack Obama 54% Michele Bachmann 36% 18
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research September 10–11, 2011 Barack Obama 40% Mitt Romney 43% 3 1000 LV ±3.8%
Public Policy Polling September 8–11, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 665 RV ±3.8%
Barack Obama 52% Rick Perry 41% 11
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 41% 12
Barack Obama 53% Michele Bachmann 39% 14
ABC News/Washington Post August 29 – September 1, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 49% 4 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 46% Rick Perry 47% 1
Barack Obama 47% Jon Huntsman 42% 5
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 44% 6
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 41% 12
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research August 23–30, 2011 Barack Obama 41% Rick Perry 44% 3 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 39% 4
Barack Obama 42% Herman Cain 35% 7
Barack Obama 46% Michele Bachmann 38% 8
Quinnipiac University August 16–27, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 2730 RV ±1.9%
Barack Obama 45% Rick Perry 42% 3
Barack Obama 48% Michele Bachmann 39% 9
Barack Obama 51% Sarah Palin 37% 14
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research August 17–22, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Rick Perry 40% 3 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 43% Michele Bachmann 39% 4
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 38% 8
Public Policy Polling August 18–21, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 700 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 43% 6
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 42% 8
Barack Obama 49% Herman Cain 39% 10
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 40% 13
Gallup August 17–18, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 48% 2 874 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Perry 47% Tied
Barack Obama 47% Ron Paul 45% 2
Barack Obama 48% Michele Bachmann 44% 4
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research August 15–16, 2011 Barack Obama 39% Ron Paul 38% 1 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 50% Sarah Palin 33% 17
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation August 5–7, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Rudy Giuliani 51% 6 930 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 48% 1
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 46% 5
Barack Obama 51% Michele Bachmann 45% 6
Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 41% 14
McClatchy/Marist College August 2–4, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Rudy Giuliani 43% 5 807 RV ±3.2%
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 41% 5
Barack Obama 49% Tim Pawlenty 36% 13
Barack Obama 52% Michele Bachmann 35% 17
Barack Obama 52% Rick Perry 33% 19
Public Policy Polling July 15–17, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 928 RV ±3.2%
Barack Obama 48% Michele Bachmann 41% 7
Barack Obama 48% Tim Pawlenty 39% 9
Barack Obama 48% Herman Cain 36% 12
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 37% 16
ABC News/Washington Post July 14–17, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 47% 2 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 52% Ron Paul 42% 10
Barack Obama 52% Rick Perry 40% 13
Barack Obama 55% Michele Bachmann 40% 15
NBC News/Wall Street Journal July 14–17, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 41% 7 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 35% 15
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research June 24 – July 17, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 43% 1 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 41% Ron Paul 37% 4
Barack Obama 44% Rudy Giuliani 39% 5
Barack Obama 44% Rick Perry 39% 5
Barack Obama 46% Michele Bachmann 39% 7
Barack Obama 44% Chris Christie 37% 7
Barack Obama 47% Sarah Palin 38% 9
Barack Obama 44% Tim Pawlenty 32% 12
Barack Obama 45% Rick Santorum 31% 14
Barack Obama 44% Jon Huntsman 28% 16
Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 30% 18
Barack Obama 49% Herman Cain 28% 21
Quinnipiac University July 5–11, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 41% 6 2311 RV ±2%
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 38% 12
Barack Obama 50% Rick Perry 37% 13
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 34% 19
McClatchy/Marist College June 15–23, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 801 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 47% Tim Pawlenty 33% 14
Barack Obama 49% Michele Bachmann 37% 12
Barack Obama 48% Rick Perry 39% 9
Barack Obama 48% Rudy Giuliani 41% 7
Barack Obama 47% Sarah Palin 30% 17
NBC News/Wall Street Journal June 9–13, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 50% Tim Pawlenty 37% 13
Public Policy Polling June 9–12, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 520 RV ±4.3%
Barack Obama 50% Tim Pawlenty 39% 11
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 38% 14
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 39% 13
Barack Obama 48% Herman Cain 38% 10
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation
 June 5–7, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 41% 7 912 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 50% Tim Pawlenty 32% 19
Barack Obama 47% Rudy Giuliani 43% 4
Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 35% 21
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 34% 19
Barack Obama 49% Chris Christie 34% 15
Reuters/Ipsos June 3–6, 2011 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 38% 13 1132 A ±3%
Barack Obama 53% Tim Pawlenty 34% 19
Barack Obama 52% Jon Huntsman 34% 18
Barack Obama 57% Sarah Palin 34% 23
Barack Obama 55% Newt Gingrich 34% 21
Barack Obama 53% Michele Bachmann 33% 20
Barack Obama 54% Ron Paul 36% 18
Barack Obama 54% Rick Perry 34% 20
Barack Obama 53% Herman Cain 34% 19
Quinnipiac University May 31 – June 6, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Jon Huntsman 34% 14 1946 RV ±2.2%
Barack Obama 48% Tim Pawlenty 36% 12
Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 41% 6
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 36% 17
ABC News/Washington Post June 2–5, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 49% 3 874 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 44% 6
Barack Obama 50% Jon Huntsman 40% 10
Barack Obama 50% Tim Pawlenty 41% 9
Barack Obama 51% Michele Bachmann 40% 11
Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 40% 15
Public Policy Polling May 23–25, 2011 Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 37% 14 600 RV ±4%
Barack Obama 54% Sarah Palin 37% 17
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7
The Economist/YouGov May 14–17, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 42% 3 1000 A ±3.7%
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 36% 12
Barack Obama 51% Newt Gingrich 35% 16
Suffolk University Archived December 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine May 10–17, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 1070 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Tim Pawlenty 31% 16
Barack Obama 50% Michele Bachmann 30% 20
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 38% 14
Barack Obama 48% Mitch Daniels 30% 18
Harris Interactive May 9–16, 2011 Barack Obama 59% Donald Trump 41% 18 2184 A Not reported
Barack Obama 59% Jon Huntsman 41% 18
Barack Obama 59% Herman Cain 41% 18
Barack Obama 58% Sarah Palin 42% 16
Barack Obama 58% Tim Pawlenty 42% 16
Barack Obama 58% Michele Bachmann 42% 16
Barack Obama 57% Rick Santorum 43% 14
Barack Obama 57% Gary Johnson 43% 14
Barack Obama 57% Mitch Daniels 43% 14
Barack Obama 56% Newt Gingrich 44% 12
Barack Obama 55% Ron Paul 45% 10
Barack Obama 52% Mike Huckabee 48% 4
Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 49% 2
Barack Obama 49% Rudy Giuliani 51% 2
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners May 8–12, 2011 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 40% 12 1000 LV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 52% Tim Pawlenty 38% 14
Reuters/Ipsos May 5–9, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 40% 8 876 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 51% Tim Pawlenty 33% 18 600 A Not reported
Barack Obama 51% Jon Huntsman 30% 21
Barack Obama 51% Mike Huckabee 39% 12
Barack Obama 54% Sarah Palin 35% 19
Barack Obama 51% Mitch Daniels 33% 18
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 35% 18
Barack Obama 54% Michele Bachmann 33% 19
Barack Obama 57% Donald Trump 30% 27
Public Policy Polling May 5–8, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Mike Huckabee 42% 7 814 RV ±3.4%
Barack Obama 54% Sarah Palin 37% 17
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 38% 14
Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% 5
Barack Obama 48% Mitch Daniels 34% 14
Barack Obama 52% Michele Bachmann 38% 14
Public Policy Polling Dennis Kucinich 43% Sarah Palin 36% 7
Dennis Kucinich 40% Donald Trump 36% 4
ABC News/Washington Post April 14–17, 2011 Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 37% 19 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 54% Newt Gingrich 39% 15
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4
Barack Obama 50% Mike Huckabee 44% 6
Barack Obama 52% Tim Pawlenty 39% 13
Barack Obama 52% Donald Trump 39% 13
Barack Obama 52% Michele Bachmann 38% 14
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research Archived August 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine March 6–31, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mike Huckabee 43% Tied 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 40% 5
Barack Obama 42% Haley Barbour 34% 8
Barack Obama 42% Ron Paul 34% 8
Barack Obama 45% Tim Pawlenty 35% 10
Barack Obama 48% Sarah Palin 38% 10
Barack Obama 42% Jon Huntsman 31% 11
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 37% 12
Barack Obama 45% Mitch Daniels 32% 13
Barack Obama 43% Herman Cain 25% 18
Newsweek/Daily Beast/Schoen Consulting February 12–15, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mike Huckabee 46% Tied 918 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 47% 2
Barack Obama 51% Sarah Palin 40% 11
Barack Obama 43% Donald Trump 41% 2
Public Policy Polling February 11–14, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Mike Huckabee 44% 3 600 RV ±4.0%
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 40% 12
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 40% 9
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 41% 5
Barack Obama 48% Ron Paul 39% 9
Barack Obama 48% Donald Trump 34% 14
Barack Obama 50% Jeb Bush 36% 14
Barack Obama 48% George W. Bush[1] 44% 4
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation February 7–9, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 41% 7 911 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Mike Huckabee 41% 8
Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 45% 11
Barack Obama 55% Newt Gingrich 35% 20
Barack Obama 54% Jeb Bush 34% 20
Rasmussen Reports January 31 – February 1, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Jon Huntsman 33% 10 Not reported Not reported
January 29–30, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Haley Barbour 30% 17
January 27–28, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Herman Cain 25% 17
January 23–24, 2011 Barack Obama 45% John Thune 31% 14
January 21–22, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitch Daniels 25% 19
January 19–20, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Tim Pawlenty 32% 15
January 17–18, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Ron Paul 35% 9
January 15–16, 2011 Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 39% 8
January 11–14, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mike Huckabee 43% Tied
January 7–10, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Sarah Palin 38% 11
January 3–4, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 44% 2
McClatchy/Marist College January 6–10, 2011 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 38% 13 827 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 50% Mike Huckabee 38% 12
Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 30% 26
NBC News/Wall Street Journal December 9–13, 2010 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% 7 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 33% 22
Barack Obama 47% John Thune 27% 20
McClatchy/Marist College December 2–8, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 873 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 47% Mike Huckabee 43% 4
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 40% 12
Public Policy Polling November 19–21, 2010 Barack Obama 48% Mike Huckabee 45% 3 707 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 51% Sarah Palin 42% 9
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 43% 6
Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1
Barack Obama 48% Marco Rubio 37% 11
Politico/Qualcomm/Penn Schoen Berland November 8–11, 2010 Barack Obama 46% Sarah Palin 33% 13 1000 A ±3.1%
Barack Obama 40% Mitt Romney 32% 8
Barack Obama 39% Tim Pawlenty 21% 18
Barack Obama 40% Mike Huckabee 34% 6
Barack Obama 40% Haley Barbour 20% 20
Barack Obama 48% Warren Buffett 52% 4
Barack Obama 53% Donald Trump 47% 6
Barack Obama 53% Alan Mulally 47% 6
Barack Obama 56% Michael Bloomberg 44% 12
Barack Obama 55% Glenn Beck 45% 10
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 48% 4
Barack Obama 56% Lou Dobbs 44% 12
Barack Obama 58% Rush Limbaugh 42% 16
Barack Obama 60% Jay Leno 40% 20
Barack Obama 61% Jon Stewart 39% 22
Barack Obama 63% Oprah Winfrey 37% 26
CNN/Opinion Research Corp. October 27–30, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Mike Huckabee 52% 8 921 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 50% 5
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 47% 2
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 44% 8
Bloomberg/Selzer & Co. October 7–10, 2010 Barack Obama 51% Sarah Palin 35% 16 721 RV ±3.7%
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation September 28–29, 2010 Barack Obama 41% Mitt Romney 40% 1 900 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Sarah Palin 35% 13
Barack Obama 43% Mike Huckabee 40% 3
Barack Obama 45% Jeb Bush 37% 8
Barack Obama 42% Chris Christie 30% 12
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners September 19–22, 2010 Barack Obama 50% Sarah Palin 40% 10 1000 LV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 46% Mitch Daniels 39% 7
Public Policy Polling September 10–13, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Mike Huckabee 47% 3 590 RV ±4.0%
Barack Obama 49% Sarah Palin 43% 6
Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 43% 4
Barack Obama 48% Glenn Beck 39% 9
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3
Politico/Qualcomm/Penn Schoen Berland August 6–11, 2010 Barack Obama 50% Sarah Palin 33% 17 1668 RV ±2.4%
Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 33% 9
Barack Obama 42% Tim Pawlenty 23% 19
Barack Obama 43% Mike Huckabee 35% 8
Barack Obama 43% Haley Barbour 21% 22
Public Policy Polling August 6–9, 2010 Barack Obama 47% Mike Huckabee 44% 3 606 RV ±4.0%
Barack Obama 49% Sarah Palin 43% 6
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 42% 7
Barack Obama 47% Chris Christie 31% 16
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 42% 3
Barack Obama 46% Basil Marceaux 21% 25
The Economist/YouGov July 17–20, 2010 Barack Obama 41.2% Sarah Palin 31.0% 10.2 1000 A ±3.5%
Zogby Interactive July 16–19, 2010 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 43% 2 8487 LV Not reported
Barack Obama 48% Sarah Palin 37% 11
Barack Obama 46% Mike Huckabee 37% 9
Barack Obama 47% George W. Bush[1] 38% 9
Barack Obama 46% Tom Selleck 23% 23
Barack Obama 45% Clint Eastwood 28% 17
Barack Obama 45% Chuck Norris 29% 16
Politico/Qualcomm/Penn Schoen Berland July 9–14, 2010 Barack Obama 48% Sarah Palin 36% 12 1011 A ±3.1%
Barack Obama 39% Tim Pawlenty 21% 18
Barack Obama 39% Haley Barbour 21% 18
Barack Obama 39% Mike Huckabee 35% 4
Barack Obama 39% Mitt Romney 35% 4
Public Policy Polling
 July 9–12, 2010 Barack Obama 45% Mike Huckabee 47% 2 667 RV ±3.8%
Barack Obama 46% Sarah Palin 46% Tied
Barack Obama 45% Newt Gingrich 46% 1
Barack Obama 44% Jan Brewer 36% 8
Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 46% 3
Time/Abt SRBI July 12–13, 2010 Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 34% 21 1003 A Not reported
Public Policy Polling June 4–7, 2010 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 42% 3 650 RV ±3.8%
Barack Obama 50% Sarah Palin 41% 9
Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 39% 8
Barack Obama 46% Mike Huckabee 44% 2
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 36% 10
Public Policy Polling May 7–9, 2010 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 44% 2 707 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 50% Sarah Palin 43% 7
Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 42% 7
Barack Obama 46% Mike Huckabee 45% 1
Barack Obama 46% Gary Johnson 28% 18
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research April 14, 2010 Barack Obama 42% Ron Paul 41% 1 1000 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation April 9–11, 2010 Barack Obama 53% Mitt Romney 45% 8 907 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 54% Mike Huckabee 45% 9
Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 42% 13
Barack Obama 55% Newt Gingrich 43% 12
Public Policy Polling April 9–11, 2010 Barack Obama 45% Mike Huckabee 47% 2 622 RV ±3.9%
Barack Obama 47% Sarah Palin 45% 2
Barack Obama 45% Newt Gingrich 45% Tied
Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1
Clarus Research Group March 17–20, 2010 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 41% 4 1050 A ±3%
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 34% 18
Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 36% 12
Barack Obama 47% Mike Huckabee 39% 8
Barack Obama 49% Jeb Bush 37% 12
Harris Interactive March 10–12, 2010 Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 35% 17 2344 RV Not reported
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 39% 7
Public Policy Polling March 12–14, 2010 Barack Obama 46% Mike Huckabee 44% 2 1403 RV ±2.6%
Barack Obama 49% Sarah Palin 41% 8
Barack Obama 45% Mitch Daniels 34% 11
Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 44% Tied
Public Policy Polling February 13–15, 2010 Barack Obama 46% Mike Huckabee 43% 3 743 RV ±3.6%
Barack Obama 50% Sarah Palin 43% 7
Barack Obama 46% John Thune 28% 18
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 43% 2
Public Policy Polling January 18–19, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Mike Huckabee 45% 1 1151 RV ±2.8%
Barack Obama 49% Sarah Palin 41% 8
Barack Obama 44% David Petraeus 34% 10
Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 42% 2
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation January 12–13, 2010 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 35% 12 900 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 31% 24
Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 29% 24
Public Policy Polling December 4–7, 2009 Barack Obama 46% Mike Huckabee 45% 1 1253 RV ±2.8%
Barack Obama 50% Sarah Palin 44% 6
Barack Obama 48% Tim Pawlenty 35% 13
Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% 5
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 24, 2009 Barack Obama 45% Mike Huckabee 41% 4 800 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Sarah Palin 43% 3
Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 44% Tied
Public Policy Polling November 13–15, 2009 Barack Obama 49% Mike Huckabee 44% 5 1066 RV ±3.0%
Barack Obama 51% Sarah Palin 43% 8
Barack Obama 46% Ron Paul 38% 8
Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 43% 5
Public Policy Polling October 16–19, 2009 Barack Obama 47% Mike Huckabee 43% 4 766 RV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 40% 12
Barack Obama 50% Tim Pawlenty 30% 20
Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 40% 8
Public Policy Polling September 18–21, 2009 Barack Obama 50% Jeb Bush 37% 13 621 RV ±3.9%
Barack Obama 48% Mike Huckabee 41% 7
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 38% 15
Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 38% 10
Clarus Research Group August 14–18, 2009 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 38% 9 1003 A ±3.1%
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 34% 19
Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 34% 18
Barack Obama 48% Mike Huckabee 38% 10
Public Policy Polling August 14–17, 2009 Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 41% 8 909 RV ±3.3%
Barack Obama 47% Mike Huckabee 44% 3
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 38% 14
Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% 7
Marist College August 3–6, 2009 Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 33% 23 854 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research July 30–31, 2009 Hillary Clinton 51% Sarah Palin 39% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research July 18–19, 2009 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Sarah Palin 42% 6
Public Policy Polling July 15–16, 2009 Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 42% 8 577 RV ±4.1%
Barack Obama 48% Mike Huckabee 42% 6
Barack Obama 51% Sarah Palin 43% 8
Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 40% 9
Public Policy Polling June 12–16, 2009 Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 41% 8 638 RV ±3.9%
Barack Obama 50% Mike Huckabee 43% 7
Barack Obama 52% Sarah Palin 40% 12
Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 40% 8
Public Policy Polling May 14–18, 2009 Barack Obama 53% Newt Gingrich 36% 17 1000 RV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 52% Mike Huckabee 39% 13
Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 37% 19
Barack Obama 53% Mitt Romney 35% 18
Public Policy Polling April 17–19, 2009 Barack Obama 52% Newt Gingrich 39% 13 686 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 49% Mike Huckabee 42% 7
Barack Obama 53% Sarah Palin 41% 12
Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 39% 11
Public Policy Polling March 13–15, 2009 Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 35% 20 691 RV ±3.7%

*RV means "registered voters"; LV means "likely voters"; A means "adults". Polls with a (D), (R), or (L) indicate that they were sponsored by partisan groups affiliated with a party.

Two-way race with Gary Johnson

Poll source Date Democratic candidate % Libertarian candidate % Lead margin Sample size Margin of error
Libertarian Action/Pulse Opinion Research (L) August 8, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Gary Johnson 24% 21 1000 LV ±3.0%

Three-way race with Gary Johnson

Poll source Date Democratic candidate % Republican candidate % Libertarian candidate % Lead margin Sample size Margin of error
JZ Analytics Archived August 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine July 10–13, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 38% Gary Johnson 5% 6 893 LV ±3.3%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP June 25 – July 5, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 42% Gary Johnson 2% 1 825 RV ±3.5%
Gallup June 7–10, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% Gary Johnson 3% 7 899 RV ±4%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics May 11–12, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 43% Gary Johnson 2% 1 800 LV ±3.5%
Public Policy Polling April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% Gary Johnson 6% 5 900 RV ±3.3%
Public Policy Polling March 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 39% Gary Johnson 7% 7 900 RV ±3.3%
Public Policy Polling February 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% Gary Johnson 7% 7 1200 RV ±2.8%
Public Policy Polling January 13–16, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% Gary Johnson 7% 7 700 RV ±3.7%
Public Policy Polling December 16–18, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 41% Gary Johnson 9% 2 700 RV ±3.7%

Hypothetical three-way race

Poll source Date Democratic candidate % Republican candidate %
independent
candidate 		% Lead margin Sample size Margin of error
Public Policy Polling February 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% Roseanne Barr 6% 5 1200 RV ±2.8%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal January 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 32% Ron Paul 18% 13 Not reported Not reported
Public Policy Polling January 13–16, 2012 Barack Obama 41% Mitt Romney 38% Stephen Colbert 13% 3 700 RV ±3.7%
Pew Research Center January 11–16, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 32% Ron Paul 18% 12 1207 RV ±3.5%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company January 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 35% Ron Paul 14% 7 906 RV ±3%
Democracy Corps/ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) January 8–11, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 34% Ron Paul 18% 9 1000 LV ±3.5%
Public Policy Polling December 16–18, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 37% Ron Paul 17% 5 700 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 41% Michael Bloomberg 8% 2
Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 43% Rocky Anderson 4% 1
Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 37%
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
 11% 6
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 31% Donald Trump 19% 14
Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 42% Bernie Sanders 7% Tie
ABC News/Washington Post December 15–18, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 32% Ron Paul 22% 12 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 44% Newt Gingrich 32% Ron Paul 22% 12
NBC News/Wall Street Journal November 2–5, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 32% Ron Paul 18% 12 Not reported Not reported
Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 35% Michael Bloomberg 13% 9
Public Policy Polling May 5–8, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 33% Donald Trump 16% 13 814 RV ±3.4%
Public Policy Polling August 18–21, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 42% Michael Bloomberg 10% Tied 700 RV ±3.7%
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 40%
Jon Huntsman
 7% 6
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 41% Ralph Nader 7% 4
Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 26% Sarah Palin 21% 21
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 33% Ron Paul 15% 12
Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 41% Bernie Sanders 5% 4
Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 30% Donald Trump 18% 16
Newsweek/Daily Beast/Schoen Consulting February 12–15, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 38% Donald Trump 8% 6 918 LV ±3.5%
Barack Obama 44% Sarah Palin 21% Donald Trump 20% 23
Clarus Research Group December 10–16, 2010 Barack Obama 39% Mitt Romney 36% Michael Bloomberg 13% 3 1000 RV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 42% Sarah Palin 31% Michael Bloomberg 18% 11
McClatchy/Marist College September 30 – October 5, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Sarah Palin 29% Michael Bloomberg 18% 15 829 RV ±3.5%
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation September 28–29, 2010 Barack Obama 40% Sarah Palin 28% Michael Bloomberg 18% 12 900 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 30% Sarah Palin 29% Hillary Clinton 27% 1
Public Policy Polling August 6–9, 2010 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 36% Ron Paul 13% 6 606 RV ±4%
Harris Interactive March 10–12, 2010 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 24% Sarah Palin[2] 18% 21 2344 A Not reported
Marist College February 1–3, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Sarah Palin 29% Michael Bloomberg 15% 15 910 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research November 24, 2009 Barack Obama 44% Sarah Palin 37% Lou Dobbs 12% 7 800 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 42% Mike Huckabee 36% Lou Dobbs 12% 6
Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 34% Lou Dobbs 14% 8
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research July 18–19, 2009 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 33% Sarah Palin 16% 11 1000 LV ±3%

Five-way race

Poll source Date Democratic candidate % Republican candidate %
independent
candidate 		% Third party or independent candidate % Third party or independent candidate % Lead margin Sample size Margin of error
Democracy Corps/
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) 		January 8–11, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 30% Ron Paul 14% Donald Trump 7% Michael Bloomberg 4% 12 1000 LV ±3.5%


Democratic primary

President Barack Obama ran uncontested in most states for the 2012 Democratic presidential nomination.[3]

Hypothetical polling

Poll source Date Barack
Obama 		Hillary
Clinton 		Howard
Dean 		Bernie
Sanders 		Sample
size 		Margin of Error
Public Policy Polling
(Vermont) 		July 28–31, 2011 52% 33% 617 RV ±3.9%
61% 24%
Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies[permanent dead link]
(New Hampshire) 		December 14–15, 2010 59% 28% 1,002 RV Not reported
78% 10%
79% 8%
Gallup (National) September 25–26, 2010 52% 37% 859 RV ±4%

Republican primary

See

Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries

See also

  • Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012
  • Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries
  • Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
  • Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008
  • Historical polling for U.S. Presidential elections

Notes

  1. ^ a b c George W. Bush is not eligible to run in 2012 because he has served two terms as president.
  2. ^ Palin is listed as the candidate of the Tea Party.
  3. ^ "CNN Election Center". CNN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012.

External links

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