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This page lists nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the 2012 United States presidential election between Democratic Incumbent President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, as well as other third-party and independent challengers.


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




Contents





  • 1 General election of 2012

    • 1.1 Since convention nominations

      • 1.1.1 Two-way race


      • 1.1.2 Three-way race


      • 1.1.3 Four-way race


      • 1.1.4 Five-way race



    • 1.2 Before Convention Nominations

      • 1.2.1 Two-way race


      • 1.2.2 Three-way race


      • 1.2.3 Five-way race




  • 2 Democratic primary


  • 3 Republican primary


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 External links




General election of 2012[edit]



Since convention nominations[edit]




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



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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

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Rasmussen Tracking
November 2–4, 2012
48%

49%
1
1,500 LV
±3.0

CNN/Opinion Research
November 2–4, 2012

50%
48%
2
918 RV
±3%
49%
49%
Tie
693 LV
±3.5%

Gallup Tracking
November 1–4, 2012

49%
46%
3
2,854 RV
±2%
49%

50%
1
2,551 LV
±2%

Democracy Corps
November 1–4, 2012

49%
45%
4
1,080 LV
±3.0%

Ipsos/Reuters
October 31–November 4, 2012

48%
42%
6
5,158 RV
±3.0%

48%
47%
1
3,805 LV
±3.4%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
November 1–3, 2012

51%
48%
3
1,050 LV
±3.1%

PPP/Americans United for Change
November 1–3, 2012

50%
47%
3
1,200 LV
±2.8%

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
November 1–3, 2012

48%
47%
1
1,475 LV
±2.6%

Rasmussen Tracking
November 1–3, 2012
49%
49%
Tie
3,000(?) LV
±2.5%

Pew Research
October 31–November 3, 2012

49%
42%
7
3,151 RV
±2.0%

48%
45%
3
2,709 LV
±2.2%

YouGov
October 31–November 3, 2012

49%
47%
2
36,472 LV
?

ABC News/Washington Post
October 31–November 3, 2012

49%
48%
1
2,069 LV
±2.5%

PPP/Americans United for Change
October 30– November 1, 2012

49%
48%
1
1,200 LV
±2.8%

Politico/George Washington University/Battleground
October 29–November 1, 2012
48%

49%
1
1,000 LV
±3.1%

Washington Times/JZ Analytics
October 29–31, 2012
49%
49%
Tie
800 LV
±3.5%

ABC News/Wash Post
October 28–31, 2012

49%
48%
1
1,293 LV
±3%

UPI/CVOTER
October 15–31, 2012

49%
48%
1
3,633 LV
±3.5% (?)

Fox News
October 28–30, 2012

46%
45%
1
1,230 RV
±3%
46%
46%
Tie
1,128 LV
±3%

JZAnalytics
October 28–30, 2012
45%

48%
3
1,015 LV
±3.1%

High Point University
October 22–30, 2012

46%
43%
3
805 RV
±3.5%

Rasmussen Tracking
October 27–29, 2012
47%

49%
2
1,500 LV
±3.0%

YouGov/The Economist
October 26–28, 2012

48%
46%
2
757 RV
±4.6%

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
±4.0%

ABC News/Washington Post
October 25–28, 2012
49%
49%
Tie
1,259 LV
±3.5%

DailyKos/PPP/SEIU
October 25–28, 2012
49%
49%
Tie
1,400 LV
±2.6%

Pew Research
October 24–28, 2012

47%
45%
2
1,678 RV
±2.8%
47%
47%
Tie
1,495 LV
±2.9%

Ipsos/Reuters
October 24–28, 2012

51%
39%
12
1,133 RV
±3.3%

49%
46%
3
795 LV
±4.0%

Gallup Tracking
October 22–28, 2012
48%
48%
Tie
3,050 RV
±2%
46%

51%
5
2,700 LV
±2%

Investor's Business Daily/TIPP
October 22–27, 2012

45%
44%
1
942 LV
±3.5%

National Public Radio
October 23–25, 2012
47%

48%
1
1,000 LV
±3.1%

Politico/George Washington University/Battleground
October 22–25, 2012

49%
48%
1
1,000 LV
±3.1%

PPP/Americans United for Change
October 22–24, 2012

49%
48%
1
1,200 LV
±2.8%

ABC News/Washington Post
October 21–24, 2012
47%

50%
3
1,386 LV
±3.0%

Associated Press/GFK
October 19–23, 2012

48%
40%
8
1,186 adults
±3.5%

45%
44%
1
1,041 RV
±3.5%
45%

47%
2
839 LV
±4.2%

IBD/TIPP
October 17–22, 2012

47%
45%
2
938 LV
±3.5%

Rasmussen Tracking
October 20–22, 2012
46%

50%
4
1,500 LV
±3%

ABC News/Wash Post
October 18–21, 2012

49%
48%
1
1,376 LV
±3%

Monmouth/SurveyUSA/Braun
October 18–21, 2012
45%

48%
3
1,402 LV
±2.6%

Gallup Tracking
October 14–20, 2012
45%

52%
7
2,700 LV
±2%
46%

49%
3
3,050 RV
±2%

Washington Times/JZ Analytics
October 18–20, 2012

50%
47%
3
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
±3.4%

49%
44%
5
1,000 RV
±3.1%

PPP/Americans United for Change
October 17–19, 2012

49%
47%
2
1,200 LV
±2.8%

Politico/George Washington University/Battleground
October 15–18, 2012
47%

49%
2
1,000 LV
±3.1%

UConn/Hartford Courant
October 11–16, 2012

48%
45%
3
1,023 LV
±3%

Rasmussen Reports
October 13–15, 2012
47%

49%
2
1,500 LV
±3.0%

IBD/TIPP Tracking
October 10–15, 2012

47%
45%
2
931 LV
±3.5%

Gallup Tracking
October 9–15, 2012
46%

50%
4
2,700 LV
±2.0%

Washington Post-ABC News
October 10–13, 2012

49%
46%
3
923 LV
±3.5%

50%
43
7
1,063 RV
±3.5%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
October 10–11, 2012
47%
47%
Tie
906 RV
±3.5%

Politico/George Washington University/Battleground
October 7–11, 2012

49%
48%
1
1,000 LV
±3.1%

Reuters/Ipsos
October 7–11, 2012
44%

47%
3
1,092 LV
±3.4%

Fox News
October 7–9, 2012

46%
44%
2
1,204 RV
±3%
45%

46%
1
1,109 LV
±3%

Zogby / JZAnalytics
October 5–7, 2012
45%
45%
Tie
800 LV
±3.5%

Investor's Business Daily/TIPP
October 4–9, 2012
46%

47%
1
812 LV
±3.5%

Pew Research Center
October 4–7, 2012
46%
46%
Tie
1,201 RV
±3.3%
45%

49%
4
1,112 LV
±3.4%

Gallup Tracking
October 4–6, 2012
47%
47%
Tie
1,387 RV
±3.0%

PPP/Daily Kos & SEIU
October 4–7, 2012
47%

49%
2
1,300 LV
±2.7%

Rasmussen Reports
October 4–7, 2012
47%

49%
2
1,500 LV
±3.0%

CNN/Opinion Research
September 28–30, 2012

50%
46%
4
883 RV
±3.5%

50%
47%
3
783 LV
±3.5%

PPP/Daily Kos & SEIU
September 27–30, 2012

49%
45%
4
1,100 LV
±2.8%


47%
47%
Tie
1,005 LV
±3.7%

NBC/Wall Street Journal
September 26–30, 2012

51%
44%
7
1,000 RV
±3.10%

49%
46%
3
832 LV
±3.40%

Quinnipiac University
September 25–30, 2012

49%
45%
4
1,912 LV
±2.2%

ABC News/Wash Post
September 26–29, 2012

49%
44%
5
929 RV
±3.5%

49%
47%
2
813 LV
±4%

Politico/George Washington University/Battleground
September 24–27, 2012

50%
47%
3
1,000 LV
±3.1%

Fox News
September 26–29, 2012

49%
41%
8
1,208 RV
±3%

48%
43%
5
1,092 LV
±3%

Rasmussen Tracking
September 23–25, 2012
46%
46%
Tie
1,500 LV
±3.0%

Gallup Tracking
September 19–25, 2012

50%
44%
6
3,050 RV
±2.0%

Bloomberg
September 21–24, 2012

49%
43%
6
789 LV
±3.5%

Reuters/Ipsos
September 20–24, 2012

49%
43%
6
1,313 RV
±3.1%

PPP/Daily Kos & SEIU
September 20–23, 2012

50%
45%
5
1,200 LV
±2.8%

Zogby / JZAnalytics
September 21–22, 2012

49%
41%
8
860 LV
±3.4%

Politico/George Washington University
September 16–20, 2012

50%
46%
4
1,000 LV
±3.1%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
September 19–20, 2012

48%
46%
2
865 RV
±3.5%

Allstate/National Journal
September 15–19, 2012

50%
43%
7
1,055 LV
±3%

UConn/Hartford Courant
September 11–18, 2012

46%
43%
3
1,148 LV
±3%

Reason-Rupe
September 13–17, 2012

52%
45%
7
787 LV
±4.3%

Associated Press/GfK Roper
September 13–17, 2012

52%
37%
15
1,512 adults
±3.2%

50%
40%
10
1,282 RV
±3.4%

47%
46%
1
807 LV
±4.3%

Ipsos/Reuters
September 12–17, 2012

46%
41%
5
737 RV
±4.1%

48%
43%
5
591 LV
±4.1%

Monmouth University
September 13–16, 2012

48%
41%
7
1,571 RV
±2.5%

48%
45%
3
1,344 LV
±2.5%

Pew Research Center
September 12–16, 2012

51%
42%
9
2,424 RV
±2.3%

51%
43%
8
2,192 LV
±2.4%

NBC/Wall Street Journal
September 12–16, 2012

50%
44%
6
900 RV
±3.27%

50%
45%
5
736 LV
±3.61%

Zogby / JZAnalytics
September 11–12, 2012

47.7%
42%
5.7
1,014 LV
±3.1%

UPI/CVOTER
September 8–14, 2012

49%
45%
4
3,000 LV
±3%

CBS/New York Times
September 8–12, 2012

51%
43%
8
1,170 RV
±3%

49%
46%
3
1,162 LV
±3%

Democracy Corps
September 8–12, 2012

50%
45%
5
1,000 LV
±3.1%

Fox News
September 9–11, 2012

46%
42%
4
1,224 RV
±3%

48%
43%
5
1,056 LV
±3%

Rasmussen Tracking
September 8–11, 2012

46%
45%
1
1,500 LV
±3.0%

Gallup Tracking
September 6–12, 2012

50%
44%
6
3,050 RV
±2.0%

YouGov/The Economist
September 8–10, 2012

49%
45%
4
≤1,000 RV
±3.9%

Esquire/Yahoo! News
September 7–10, 2012

52%
41%
11
≤1,002 RV
±4.5%

50%
46%
4
≤1,002 LV
±5%

Daily Kos/PPP
September 7–9, 2012

50%
44%
6
1,000 LV
±3.1%

ABC/Washington Post
September 7–9, 2012

50%
44%
6
826 RV
±4%

49%
48%
1
710 LV
±4.5%

CNN/Opinion Research
September 7–9, 2012

53%
45%
8
875 RV
±3.5%

52%
46%
6
709 LV
±3.5%

Ipsos/Reuters Tracking
September 6–10, 2012

45%
41%
4
1,434 RV
±3.0%

48%
43%
5
1,182 LV
±3.0%

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



Three-way race[edit]























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[edit]



























































Poll Source
Date
Democratic
Candidate
%
Republican
Candidate
%
Libertarian
Candidate
%
Green
Candidate
%
Sample
Size*

Margin of Error

CNN/Opinion Research
September 28–30, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
44%
Gary Johnson
4%
Jill Stein
3%
883 RV
±3.5%

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
43%
Gary Johnson
4%
Jill Stein
3%
783 LV
±3.5%

CNN/Opinion Research
September 7–9, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
41%
Gary Johnson
4%
Jill Stein
2%
875 RV
±3.5%

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[edit]























































































Poll Source
Date
Democratic
Candidate
%
Republican
Candidate
%
Libertarian
Candidate
%
Green
Candidate
%
Constitution
Candidate
%
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%
800 LV
±3.5%

Zogby / JZAnalytics
October 5–7, 2012

Barack Obama

45.5%
Mitt Romney
45.0%
Gary Johnson
1.7%
Jill Stein
0.3%
Virgil Goode
0.0%
800 LV
±3.5%

Zogby / JZAnalytics
September 21–22, 2012

Barack Obama

48.7%
Mitt Romney
39.8%
Gary Johnson
2.3%
Jill Stein
1.6%
Virgil Goode
1.3%
860 LV
±3.4%

Zogby / JZAnalytics
September 11–12, 2012

Barack Obama

46.3%
Mitt Romney
38.9%
Gary Johnson
2.1%
Jill Stein
1.9%
Virgil Goode
0.9%
1,014 LV
±3.1%

Gallup Tracking
September 6–12, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
43%
Gary Johnson
1%
Jill Stein
1%
Virgil Goode
1%
3,050 RV
±2.0%

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



Before Convention Nominations[edit]


Convention Nominations completed on September 6, 2012



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Poll source
Date
Democratic
candidate
%
Republican
candidate
%
Leading by %
Sample
Size*

Margin of Error

IBD/TIFF/Christian Science Monitor
September 4–9, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2
808 RV
±3.5%

CNN/Opinion Research
August 31 – September 3, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Mitt Romney
45%
7
877 RV
±3.5%
Barack Obama
48%
Mitt Romney
48%
Tie
735 LV
±3.5%

Gallup Tracking
August 24–30, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
46%
1
3,050 RV
±2.0%

Rasmussen Tracking
August 23–29, 2012
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

45%
1
1,500 LV
±3.0%

Reuters/Ipsos
August 25–27, 2012

Barack Obama

42%
Mitt Romney
40%
2
1,545 RV
±2.8%
Barack Obama
43%
Mitt Romney
43%
Tie
1,312 LV
±2.8%

The Economist/YouGov
August 25–27, 2012
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

47%
1
≤1,000 RV
±4.2%

Democracy Corps.
August 23–27, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
47%
2
1,000 LV
±3.1%

CBS News
August 22–26, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
45%
1
1,051 RV
±3.0%

ABC News/Washington Post
August 22–25, 2012
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

47%
1
857 RV
±4.0%

CNN/ORC
August 22–23, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Mitt Romney
43%
9
924 RV
±3%

Fox News
August 19–21, 2012
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

45%
1
1,219 RV
±3.0%

Daily Kos & SEIU/PPP
August 16–19, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
45%
4
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Monmouth University/SurveyUSA
August 15–19, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
45%
1
1,149 LV
±2.9%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
August 15–16, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

49%
4
1,007 LV
±3.1%

LA Times/USC
August 13–19, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
45%
3
1,009 RV
±3.1%

The Economist/YouGov
August 11–13, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
43%
4
1,000 RV
±4.2%

Rasmussen Tracking
August 12–14, 2012
Barack Obama
43%

Mitt Romney

47%
4
1,500 LV
±3.0%

Gallup Tracking
August 8–14, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

47%
2
3,050 RV
±2.0%

Pulse Opinion Research
August 8, 2012

Barack Obama

45%

Gary Johnson
24%
21
1,000 LV
±3.0%

IBD/CSM/TIPP
August 8–10, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
39%
7
828 RV
±3.5%

Politico/George Washington University
August 5–9, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
47%
1
1,000 RV
±3.1%

CNN/Opinion Research
August 7–8, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Mitt Romney
45%
7
911 RV
±3.5%

Fox News
August 5–7, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
40%
9
930 RV
±3.0%

Reuters/Ipsos
August 2–6, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7
1,014 RV
±3.4%

Daily Kos & SEIU/PPP
August 2–5, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
46%
2
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Rasmussen Tracking
August 3–7, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
45%
2
1,500 LV
±3.0%

Gallup Tracking
August 1–7, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
46%
1
3,050 RV
±2.0%

Daily Kos & SEIU/PPP
July 26–29, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
47%
1
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Democracy Corps.
July 21–25, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
46%
4
700 LV
±3.7%

NBC/Wall Street Journal
July 18–22, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Pew Research
July 16–26, 2012

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
41%
10
1,956 RV
±3.2%

Fox News
July 15–17, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
41%
4
901 RV
±3.0%

The Economist/YouGov
July 14–16, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
44%
3
838 RV
±4.1%

CBS/New York Times
July 11–16, 2012
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

47%
1
1,089 RV
±3.0%

Daily Kos & SEIU/PPP
July 12–15, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
46%
2
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
July 12–13, 2012
Barack Obama
47%
Mitt Romney
47%
Tie
1,001 RV
±3.1%

Democracy Corps & Resurgent Republic/NPR
July 9–12, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
45%
2
1,000 LV
±3.10%

McClatchy/Marist
July 9–11, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
46%
2
849 RV
±3.5%

Rasmussen Tracking
July 9–11, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

46%
1
1,500 LV
±3%

Gallup Tracking
July 5–11, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
44%
3
3050 RV
±2.0%

JZ Analytics/Washington Times
July 6–8, 2012
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

43%
1
800 LV
±3.5%

ABC News/Washington Post
July 5–8, 2012
Barack Obama
47%
Mitt Romney
47%
Tie
1,003 RV
±4.0%

Reuters/Ipsos
July 5–9, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6
885 LV
±3.4%

Pew Research
June 28 – July 9, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
43%
7
2,373 RV
±2.3%

Quinnipiac
July 1–8, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
4
2,722 RV
±1.9%

YouGov/The Economist
June 30 – July 2, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
43%
4
1,000 RV
±4.4%

CNN/ORC
June 28 – July 1, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
46%
3
1,390 RV
±2.5%

PPP/Daily Kos & SEIU
June 28 – July 1, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
45%
3
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Newsweek/The Daily Beast
June 28

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
44%
3
600 LV
±4.0%

Fox News
June 24–26, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
40%
5
912 RV
±3%

Rasmussen Tracking
June 24–26, 2012
Barack Obama
45%
Mitt Romney
45%
Tie
1,500 LV
±3%

Gallup Tracking
June 20–26, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2
3050 RV
±2.0%

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
June 20–24, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
44%
3
819 RV
±3.4%

Associated Press
June 14–18, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
44%
3
878 RV
±4.2%

Selzer/Bloomberg
June 15–18, 2012

Barack Obama

53%
Mitt Romney
40%
13
734 LV
±3.6%

Pew Research
June 7–17, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
46%
4
1,563 RV
±2.9%

Rasmussen Tracking
June 12, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

46%
1
1,500 LV
±3%

Reuters/Ipsos
June 7–11, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
44%
1
848 RV
±3.4%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
June 7–8, 2012
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

47%
1
1,794
±2.3%

Daily Kos/SEIU PPP
June 7–10, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
42%
8
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Fox News
June 5, 2012
Barack Obama
43%
Mitt Romney
43%
Tied
907 RV
±3%

Pew Research
May 9 – June 3, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7
3,003 RV
±4.1%

The Economist/YouGov
June 2–4, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
42%
5
1,000
±4.1%

Daily Kos/SEIU PPP
May 31 – June 3, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
42%
8
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Rasmussen Tracking
June 2, 2012
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

48%
4
1,500 LV
±3%

ABC News/Washington Post
May 17–20, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
45%
4
1,004
±3.5%

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
May 16–20, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
43%
4
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co.
May 13–15, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
39%
7
913 RV
±3%

Gallup Tracking
May 11–17, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

46%
1
3050
±2.0%

CBS News/New York Times
May 11–13, 2012
Barack Obama
43%

Mitt Romney

46%
3
562 RV
±4%

Rasmussen Tracking
May 12, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
45%
1
1,500 LV
±3%

Gallup Tracking
May 8–14, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
45%
1
2,200 RV
±3%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
May 7–8, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

46%
1
769
±3.5%

Gallup Tracking
May 3–9, 2012
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

47%
3
3000
±2.0%

Associated Press
May 3–7, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
42%
8
871
±3.5%

Reuters
May 3–7, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7
900 RV
±2.9%

Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
April 27 – May 4, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
3
856
±3.3%

Politico/George Washington University


April 29 – May 3, 2012
Barack Obama
47%

Mitt Romney

48%
1
1,000 LV
±3.1%

Rasmussen Tracking
April 30 – May 2, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
45%
2
1,500 LV
±3%

Gallup Tracking
April 27 – May 1, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

46%
1
2,200 RV
±3%

Rasmussen Tracking
April 24–26, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
46%
1
1,500 LV
±3%

Gallup Tracking


April 21–26, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
43%
7
2,200 RV
±3%

National Journal


April 19–22, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
39%
8
1,004
±3%

Public Policy Polling/Daily Kos/SEIU
April 19–22, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
44%
5
1,000 RV
±3.1%

Gallup Tracking
April 16–20, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

46%
1
2,200 RV
±3%

Rasmussen Tracking
April 15–17, 2012
Barack Obama
43%

Mitt Romney

47%
4
1,500 LV
±3%

NBC/Wall Street Journal
April 13–17, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6
1,000
±3.1%

CBS News/New York Times
April 13–17, 2012

Barack Obama

46%

Mitt Romney

46%

Tied
852 RV
±3%

Quinnipiac
April 11–17, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
42%
4
2,577 RV
±1.9%

Economist/YouGov
April 14–16, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7
1,000
±4%

CNN/Opinion Research
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%

Reuters/Ipsos
April 12–15, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
43%
4
891 RV
±3.3%

Gallup Tracking
April 11–15, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

47%
2
2,200 RV
±3%

Pew Research
April 4–15, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
45%
4
2,373 RV
±2.3%

Rasmussen Tracking
April 12–14, 2012
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

48%
4
1,500 LV
±3%

Angus Reid Public Opinion
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,006
Apr 12–13, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
44%
6

Barack Obama

50%

Ron Paul
39%
11

Barack Obama

56%

Newt Gingrich
33%
23

Rasmussen Tracking
April 9–11, 2012

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied
1,500 LV
±3%

Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co.
April 9–11, 2012
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

46%
2
910 RV
±3%

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500 LV
April 6–8, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
41%
6

Washington Post-ABC News
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,103 RV
April 5–8, 2012

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
43%
8

Barack Obama

51%

Rick Santorum
41%
10

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500 LV
April 3–5, 2012

Barack Obama

46%

Mitt Romney

46%

Tied

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
41%
6

Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 816
March 30 – April 5, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
38%
8
816
±3.3%

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500 LV
March 31 – April 2, 2012
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

45%
1

Barack Obama

46%
Rick Santorum
42%
4

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500 LV
March 28–30, 2012

Barack Obama

46%

Mitt Romney

46%

Tied

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
42%
5

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500 LV
March 25–27, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
44%
1

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
43%
4

CNN/Opinion Research Center
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,014
March 24–25, 2012

Barack Obama

54%
Mitt Romney
43%
11

Barack Obama

55%
Rick Santorum
42%
13

Suffolk University
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,070
March 21–25, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
37%
10

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
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,005
March 23–24, 2012

Barack Obama

58%
Newt Gingrich
32%
26

Barack Obama

52%
Ron Paul
38%
14

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
45%
6

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Santorum
43%
7

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 22–24, 2012
Barack Obama
43%

Mitt Romney

45%
2

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
42%
5

McClatchy-Marist
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 846
March 20–22, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
43%
5

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
38%
15

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
40%
10

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 19–21, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
44%
3

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
41%
8

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 16–18, 2012

Barack Obama

46%

Mitt Romney

46%

Tied

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
43%
6

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
40%
10

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 900
March 15–17, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
42%
6

Barack Obama

46%
Ron Paul
43%
3

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
44%
4

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
45%
3

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 13–15, 2012

Barack Obama

46%

Mitt Romney

46%

Tied

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
43%
6

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 10–12, 2012

Barack Obama

49%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
42%
5

Fox News
Anderson Robbins
Shaw & Co.
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 912
March 10–12, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
42%
4

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
35%
18

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Santorum
39%
12

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
38%
12

Reuters/Ipsos
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 900
March 8–11, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Mitt Romney
41%
11

Barack Obama

54%
Newt Gingrich
37%
17

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Santorum
42%
10

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 7–9, 2012
Barack Obama
43%

Mitt Romney

48%
5
Barack Obama
45%

Rick Santorum

46%
1

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 4–6, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
40%
9

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
March 1–3, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
43%
4

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
43%
4

NBC/Wall Street Journal
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 800
February 29 – March 3, 2012

Barack Obama

54%
Newt Gingrich
37%
17

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
42%
8

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
44%
6

Barack Obama

53%
Rick Santorum
39%
14

YouGov/The Economist
Margin of error: ±3.6%
Sample size: 1,000
February 25–28, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
38%
14

Barack Obama

48%
Ron Paul
39%
9

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
40%
9

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Santorum
41%
9

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 27–29, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
3

Barack Obama

46%
Rick Santorum
42%
4

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 24–26, 2012
Barack Obama
43%

Mitt Romney

45%
2

Barack Obama

45%
Rick Santorum
43%
2

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
39%
10

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 21–23, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
41%
7

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
42%
6

Politico/George Washington University
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
February 19–22, 2012

Barack Obama

53%
Mitt Romney
43%
10

Barack Obama

53%
Rick Santorum
42%
11

YouGov/The Economist
Margin of error: ±3.9%
Sample size: 1,000
February 18–21, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
36%
13

Barack Obama

49%
Ron Paul
37%
12

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
41%
8

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Santorum
41%
10

Quinnipiac
Margin of error: ±1.9%
Sample size: 2,605
February 14–20, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
44%
3

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
39%
11

Associated Press/GfK Roper
Margin of error: ±4.1%
Sample size: 1,000
February 16–20, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
42%
10

Barack Obama

53%
Ron Paul
44%
9

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
43%
8

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Santorum
43%
9

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 18–20, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
43%
2

Barack Obama

46%
Rick Santorum
44%
2

USA Today/Gallup
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 898
February 16–19, 2012
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

50%
4

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
44%
3

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 15–17, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
41%
8

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
40%
8

Angus Reid Public Opinion
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,016
February 15–17, 2012

Barack Obama

54%
Newt Gingrich
37%
17

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
39%
11

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
44%
5

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
46%
3

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 12–14, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
43%
4

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
42%
6

CNN/ORC
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 937
February 10–13, 2012

Barack Obama

55%
Newt Gingrich
42%
13

Barack Obama

52%
Ron Paul
45%
7

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
46%
5

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Santorum
45%
7

New York Times/CBS News
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 997
February 8–13, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
42%
6

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
41%
8

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
39%
11

Barack Obama

54%
Newt Gingrich
36%
18

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±2.8%
Sample size: 1,200
February 9–12, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
40%
12

Barack Obama

49%
Ron Paul
41%
8

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
44%
5

Pew Research
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,501
February 8–12, 2012

Barack Obama

52%
Mitt Romney
44%
8

Barack Obama

53%
Rick Santorum
43%
10

Barack Obama

57%
Newt Gingrich
39%
18

FDU PublicMind
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 903
February 6–12, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
41%
4

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
36%
15

Barack Obama

46%
Ron Paul
39%
7

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
39%
9

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 9–11, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
41%
7

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
41%
7

Fox News
Anderson Robbins
Shaw & Co.
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,110
February 6–9, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
42%
5

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
38%
13

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Santorum
38%
12

Barack Obama

48%
Ron Paul
38%
10

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 6–8, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
42%
6

YouGov/The Economist
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 1,000
February 4–7, 2012

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
39%
12

Barack Obama

54%
Newt Gingrich
36%
18

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Santorum
37%
15

Barack Obama

51%
Ron Paul
39%
12

Reuters/Ipsos
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,033
February 2–6, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
42%
6

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
38%
12

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
February 3–5, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
January 31 – February 2, 2012

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

YouGov/The Economist
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,000
January 28–31, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
40%
9

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
37%
15

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Santorum
40%
10

Barack Obama

48%
Ron Paul
40%
8

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
January 28–30, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
42%
5

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
37%
13

Daily Kos/Public Policy Polling
Service Employees' International Union
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000 RV
January 26–29, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
42%
4

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
40%
9

USA Today/Gallup
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 907
January 27–28, 2012

Barack Obama

48%

Mitt Romney

48%

Tied

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
41%
12

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Santorum
43%
8

Barack Obama

49%
Ron Paul
46%
3

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
January 25–27, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
42%
4

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
39%
10

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
January 23–25, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
3

Barack Obama

48%
Newt Gingrich
41%
7

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
January 22–24, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6

Barack Obama

55%
Newt Gingrich
37%
18

Barack Obama

53%
Rick Santorum
38%
15

YouGov/The Economist
Margin of error: ±3.8%
Sample size: 1,000
January 21–24, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
41%
6

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
39%
10

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Santorum
39%
10

Barack Obama

47%
Ron Paul
40%
7

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
January 22–24, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
7

Barack Obama

48%
Newt Gingrich
41%
7

Rasmussen Tracking
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,500
January 17–21, 2012

Barack Obama

44%

Mitt Romney

44%

Tied

Barack Obama

47%
Newt Gingrich
40%
7

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
January 17–18, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
38%
10

Angus Reid Public Opinion
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,009
January 17–18, 2012
Barack Obama
47%

Mitt Romney

49%

2

Barack Obama

55%
Newt Gingrich
38%
17

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Santorum
40%
11

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
40%
10

Barack Obama

57%

Rick Perry
34%
23

CBS News/NY Times
Margin of error: ±%
Sample size: 1,021
January 12–17, 2012

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

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
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
January 15–16, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Newt Gingrich
38%
9

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 700
January 13–16, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
44%
5

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
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,207
January 11–16, 2012

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
45%
5

ABC News/Washington Post
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,000
January 12–15, 2012
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

47%
1

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
38%
15

Barack Obama

49%
Ron Paul
41%
8

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Santorum
39%
13

Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co.
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 906
January 12–14, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
45%
1

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
37%
14

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Santorum
38%
12

CNN/Opinion Research
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,021
January 11–12, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
47%
2

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
45%
5

Barack Obama

54%
Rick Santorum
42%
12

Barack Obama

54%
Newt Gingrich
41%
13

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
January 11–12, 2012

Barack Obama

43%
Ron Paul
37%
6

Democracy Corps
Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner
Margin of error: ±--%
Sample size: 1,000
January 8–11, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
46%
1

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
January 9–10, 2012

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
41%
3

The Economist/YouGov
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 1,000
January 7–10, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
43%
2

Barack Obama

44%
Ron Paul
41%
3

Barack Obama

48%
Rick Santorum
41%
7

Reuters/Ipsos
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,046
January 5–9, 2012

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
43%
5

Barack Obama

48%
Ron Paul
41%
7

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Santorum
40%
11

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
38%
15

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
January 7–8, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Newt Gingrich
38%
8

CBS News
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,247
January 4–8, 2012
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

47%
2

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
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
January 5–6, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Rick Santorum
39%
7

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
January 3–4, 2012

Barack Obama

42%

Mitt Romney

42%

Tied

The Economist/YouGov
Margin of error: ±3.9%
Sample size: 1,000
December 31, 2011 –
January 3, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
40%
9

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
37%
14

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
January 2, 2012

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
39%
10

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 29–30, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
33%
13

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 27–28, 2011
Barack Obama
39%

Mitt Romney

45%
6

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 26, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Newt Gingrich
37%
10

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 20–21, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
41%
3

The Economist/YouGov
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 1,000
December 17–20, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
40%
7

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
37%
13

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 18–19, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Newt Gingrich
37%
11

CNN/Opinion Research
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,015
December 16–18, 2011

Barack Obama

53%
Mitt Romney
43%
10

Barack Obama

57%
Newt Gingrich
39%
18

Barack Obama

54%
Ron Paul
43%
11

Barack Obama

58%

Michele Bachmann
37%
21

Barack Obama

59%
Rick Perry
37%
22

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 700
December 16–18, 2011
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

47%
2

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
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,005
December 15–18, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
46%
3

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
43%
8

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
43%
7

USA Today/Gallup
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 898
December 15–18, 2011

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
48%
2

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
48%
2

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 16–17, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Santorum
37%
10

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 14–15, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

43%
1

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 12–13, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
39%
10

The Economist/YouGov
Margin of error: ±4.1%
Sample size: 1,000
December 10–13, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
3

Barack Obama

48%
Newt Gingrich
39%
9

Barack Obama

47%
Ron Paul
40%
7

Reuters/Ipsos
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,102
December 8–12, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
40%
8

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
38%
13

Associated Press/GFK Roper
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 1,000
December 8–12, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
46%
1

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
42%
9

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 10–11, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Ron Paul
35%
8

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
Margin of error: 3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
December 7–11, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
45%
2

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
40%
11

Barack Obama

50%
Ron Paul
37%
13

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 8–9, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

45%
3

USA Today/Gallup
Margin of error: 4%
Sample size: 883
December 6–7, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
46%
1

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
44%
6

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 6–7, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Newt Gingrich
40%
5

Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co.
Margin of error: 3%
Sample size: 911
December 5–7, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
42%
2

Barack Obama

46%
Newt Gingrich
40%
6

The Economist/YouGov
Margin of error: 3.9%
Sample size: 1,000
December 3–6, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2

Barack Obama

46%
Newt Gingrich
42%
4

Barack Obama

46%
Ron Paul
44%
2

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 4–5, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Rick Perry
34%
12

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 855
November 29 – December 5, 2011

Barack Obama

53%
Rick Perry
35%
18

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
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
December 2–3, 2011

Barack Obama

41%
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
34%
7

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 30 – December 1, 2011

Barack Obama

42%
Mitt Romney
40%
2

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 28–29, 2011
Barack Obama
43%

Newt Gingrich

45%
2

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 27, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Herman Cain
36%
10

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 21–22, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
38%
6

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 19–20, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Newt Gingrich
40%
6

Quinnipiac University
Margin of error: ±1.9%
Sample size: 2,552
November 14–20, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
44%
1

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
40%
9

Barack Obama

50%
Herman Cain
37%
13

IBOPE/Zogby International
Margin of error: ±2.2%
Sample size: 2,064
November 15–17, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

44%
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
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 15–16, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Michele Bachmann
33%
12

Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co.
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 914
November 13–15, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

44%
2

Barack Obama

46%
Newt Gingrich
41%
5

Barack Obama

47%
Herman Cain
38%
9

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 13–14, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Herman Cain
36%
10

Pew Research
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 2,001
November 9–14, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
47%
2

Barack Obama

53%
Rick Perry
42%
11

Barack Obama

54%
Newt Gingrich
42%
12

Barack Obama

54%
Herman Cain
42%
12

CNN/Opinion Research
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,036
November 11–13, 2011
Barack Obama
47%

Mitt Romney

51%
4

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Perry
45%
7

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
45%
8

Barack Obama

53%
Herman Cain
43%
10

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 800
November 10–13, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
3

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
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 11–12, 2011

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
38%
12

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 9–10, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Mitt Romney
42%
1

McClatchy/Marist College
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 872
November 8–10, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Newt Gingrich
45%
2

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
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
November 6–9, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6

Barack Obama

49%
Herman Cain
40%
9

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 7–8, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Herman Cain
37%
11

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 5–6, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Rick Perry
35%
9

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,000
November 2–5, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6

Barack Obama

53%
Herman Cain
38%
15

ABC News/Washington Post
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,004
October 31 – November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

47%
1

Barack Obama

50%
Herman Cain
45%
5

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Perry
43%
8

Reuters/Ipsos
Margin of error: ±3.2%
Sample size: 937
October 31 – November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
43%

Mitt Romney

44%
1

Barack Obama

46%
Herman Cain
41%
5

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Perry
41%
6

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
November 1–2, 2011

Barack Obama

42%
Mitt Romney
41%
1

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 30–31, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Herman Cain
38%
5

CBS News
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,033
October 28–31, 2011

Barack Obama

40%

George W. Bush[1]
31%
9

Quinnipiac University
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 2,294
October 25–31, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
42%
5

Barack Obama

50%
Herman Cain
40%
10

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
37%
15

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Perry
36%
16

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 28–29, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Ron Paul
35%
9

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 28, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Rick Perry
38%
7

USA/Gallup
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 1,169
October 20–27, 2011

Barack Obama

47%

Mitt Romney

47%

Tied

Barack Obama

48%
Herman Cain
46%
2

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Perry
45%
4

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 25, 2011

Barack Obama

39%
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
32%
7

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 24–25, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

44%
2

Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/GQR
Margin of error: ?
Sample size: 1,000
October 15–18, 2011

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 16–17, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Mitt Romney
42%
1

Associated Press/GfK/Roper
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 13–17, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
45%
3

Barack Obama

49%
Herman Cain
43%
6

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Perry
42%
9

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 14–15, 2011
Barack Obama
41%

Herman Cain

43%
2

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 12–13, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
34%
15

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 10–11, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Perry
35%
14

TIME
(vote for)
Margin of error: ?
Sample size: ?
October 9–10, 2011

Hillary Clinton

55%
Mitt Romney
38%
17

Hillary Rodham Clinton

58%
Rick Perry
32%
26

Hillary Rodham Clinton

56%
Herman Cain
34%
22

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
3

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Perry
38%
12

Barack Obama

49%
Herman Cain
37%
12

Time Magazine/ABT SRBI
(lean toward)
Margin of error: ?
Sample size: 838
October 9–10, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
44%
4

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Perry
40%
9

Barack Obama

50%
Herman Cain
38%
12

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 700
October 7–10, 2011

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

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
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
October 6–10, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2

Barack Obama

49%
Herman Cain
38%
11

Barack Obama

51%
Rick Perry
39%
12

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 8–9, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Mitt Romney
41%
2

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 6–7, 2011

Barack Obama

42%
Herman Cain
39%
3

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 4–5, 2011

Barack Obama

42%

Gary Johnson
27%
15

Quinnipiac University
Margin of error: ±2.4%
Sample size: 2,118
September 27 – October 5, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

46%
4

Barack Obama

45%
Rick Perry
44%
1

Quinnipiac University
Margin of error: ±2.1%
Sample size: 2,118
September 27 – October 4, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

46%
4
Barack Obama
42%

Chris Christie

45%
3

Barack Obama

45%
Rick Perry
44%
1

Pew Research
Margin of error: ±2.5%
Sample size: 2,410
September 22 – October 4, 2011

Barack Obama

48%

Mitt Romney

48%

Tied

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Perry
46%
4

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
October 2–3, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Rick Santorum
34%
11

ABC News/Washington Post
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 1002
September 29 – October 2, 2011
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

48%
2

Barack Obama

45%

Chris Christie

45%

Tied

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Perry
46%
3

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 30 – October 1, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Rick Perry
37%
6

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 28–29, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
42%
2

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 26–27, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Rick Perry
38%
5

Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co.
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 925
September 25–27, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
42%
3

Barack Obama

47%
Rick Perry
39%
8

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 24–25, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Ron Paul
34%
10

CNN/Opinion Research
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 917
September 23–25, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
48%
1

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
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 20–21, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Michele Bachmann
32%
16

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 18–19, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
41%
3

Harris Interactive
Margin of error: ?
Sample size: 2,462
September 12–19, 2011
Barack Obama
47%

Mitt Romney

53%
6
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
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 889
September 15–18, 2011
Barack Obama
47%

Mitt Romney

49%
2

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Perry
45%
5

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 16–17, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Jon Huntsman
35%
8

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 14–15, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Rick Perry
39%
7

Barack Obama

46%
Michele Bachmann
33%
13

McClatchy/Marist College
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,042
September 13–14, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2

Barack Obama

49%
Sarah Palin
44%
5

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Perry
41%
9

Barack Obama

53%
Michele Bachmann
40%
13

Bloomberg News
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 997
September 9–12, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
43%
5

Barack Obama

49%
Rick Perry
40%
9

Reuters/Ipsos
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 932
September 8–12, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6

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
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
September 10–11, 2011
Barack Obama
40%

Mitt Romney

43%
3

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.8%
Sample size: 665
September 8–11, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
45%
4

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Perry
41%
11

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
41%
12

Barack Obama

53%
Michele Bachmann
39%
14

Washington Post/ABC News
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,001
August 29 – September 1, 2011
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

49%
4
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
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
August 23–30, 2011
Barack Obama
41%

Rick Perry

44%
3

Barack Obama

43%
Mitt Romney
39%
4

Barack Obama

42%
Herman Cain
35%
7

Barack Obama

46%
Michele Bachmann
38%
8

Quinnipiac
Margin of error: ±1.9%
Sample size: 2,730
August 16–27, 2011

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

Barack Obama

45%
Rick Perry
42%
3

Barack Obama

48%
Michele Bachmann
39%
9

Barack Obama

51%
Sarah Palin
37%
14

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
August 17–22, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Rick Perry
40%
3

Barack Obama

43%
Michele Bachmann
39%
4

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
38%
8

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 700
August 18–21, 2011

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

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
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 1,000
August 17–18, 2011
Barack Obama
46%

Mitt Romney

48%
2

Barack Obama

47%

Rick Perry

47%

Tied

Barack Obama

47%
Ron Paul
45%
2

Barack Obama

48%
Michele Bachmann
44%
4

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
August 15–16, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Ron Paul
48%
1

Barack Obama

50%
Sarah Palin
33%
17

CNN/ORC
Margin of error: ±4.5%
Sample size: 1,008
August 5–7, 2011
Barack Obama
45%

Rudy Giuliani

51%
6

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
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,000
August 2–4, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Rudy Giuliani
43%
5

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

Quinnipiac University
Margin of error: ±3.6%
Sample size: 1,417
August 1–2, 2011

Barack Obama

44%

Mitt Romney

44%

Tied

Barack Obama

44%
Rick Perry
39%
5

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.2%
Sample size: 928
July 15–17, 2011

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

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

Washington Post/ABC News
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,001
July 14–17, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
47%
2

Barack Obama

52%
Ron Paul
42%
10

Barack Obama

52%
Rick Perry
40%
13

Barack Obama

55%
Michele Bachmann
40%
15

NBC News/WSJ
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
July 14–17, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
41%
7

Barack Obama

50%
Michele Bachmann
35%
15

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
June 24 – July 17, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

43%
1

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

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1,000
June 24 – July 12, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

43%
1

Quinnipiac
Margin of error: ±2.0%
Sample size: 2,311
July 5–11, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
41%
6

Barack Obama

50%
Michele Bachmann
38%
12

Barack Obama

50%
Rick Perry
37%
13

Barack Obama

53%
Sarah Palin
34%
19

McClatchy-Marist
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 801
June 15–23, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
42%
4

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
Margin of error: ±4.3%
Sample size: 520
June 9–13, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
43%
6

Barack Obama

50%
Tim Pawlenty
37%
13

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±4.3%
Sample size: 520
June 9–12, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
45%
2

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
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 912
June 5–7, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
41%
7

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
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,132
June 3–6, 2011

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
38%
13

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

Washington Post-ABC
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,002
May 23–25, 2011

Barack Obama

47%

Mitt Romney

47%

Tied

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
Margin of error: ±4%
Sample size: 600
May 23–25, 2011

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
37%
14

Barack Obama

54%
Sarah Palin
37%
17

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
42%
7

The Economist/YouGov
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 1,000
May 14–17, 2011

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
42%
3

Barack Obama

48%
Ron Paul
36%
12

Barack Obama

51%
Newt Gingrich
35%
16

Suffolk University
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,070
May 10–17, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
43%
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
Margin of error: ?
Sample size: 2,184
May 9–16, 2011

Barack Obama

59%

Donald Trump
41%
18

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

The Tarrance Group & Lake Research Partners
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
May 8–12, 2011

Barack Obama

52%
Mitt Romney
40%
12

Barack Obama

52%
Tim Pawlenty
38%
14

Reuters/Ipsos
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,029
May 5–9, 2011

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
38%
13

Barack Obama

51%
Tim Pawlenty
33%
18

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
Margin of error: ±3.4%
Sample size: 814
May 5–8, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Mike Huckabee
42%
7

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
Margin of error: ±3.4%
Sample size: 814
May 5–8, 2011

Dennis Kucinich

43%
Sarah Palin
36%
7

Dennis Kucinich

40%
Donald Trump
36%
4

Washington Post
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,001
April 14–17, 2011

Barack Obama

56%
Sarah Palin
37%
19

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
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
March 6–31, 2011

Barack Obama

42%

Mike Huckabee

43%

Tied

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
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 918
February 12–15, 2011

Barack Obama

46%

Mike Huckabee

46%

Tied

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
47%
2

Barack Obama

51%
Sarah Palin
40%
11

Barack Obama

43%
Donald Trump
41%
2

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 600
February 11–14, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Mike Huckabee
44%
3

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 Poll
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 911
February 7–9, 2011

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
41%
7

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
Margin of error: Not reported
Sample size: Not reported
January 3–4, 2011
Barack Obama
42%

Mitt Romney

44%
2
January 7–10, 2011

Barack Obama

49%
Sarah Palin
38%
11
January 11–14, 2011

Barack Obama

43%

Mike Huckabee

43%

Tied
January 15–16, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Newt Gingrich
39%
8
January 17–18, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Ron Paul
35%
9
January 19–20, 2011

Barack Obama

47%
Tim Pawlenty
32%
15
January 21–22, 2011

Barack Obama

42%
Mitch Daniels
25%
19
January 23–24, 2011

Barack Obama

45%

John Thune
31%
14
January 27–28, 2011

Barack Obama

42%
Herman Cain
25%
17
January 29–30, 2011

Barack Obama

47%

Haley Barbour
30%
17
January 31 – February 1, 2011

Barack Obama

43%
Jon Huntsman
33%
10

McClatchy-Marist
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 1018
January 6–10, 2011

Barack Obama

51%
Mitt Romney
38%
13

Barack Obama

50%
Mike Huckabee
38%
12

Barack Obama

56%
Sarah Palin
30%
26

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
Margin of error: ±3.10%
Sample size: 1000
December 9–13, 2010

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
40%
7

Barack Obama

55%
Sarah Palin
33%
22

Barack Obama

47%
John Thune
27%
20

McClatchy-Marist
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 873
December 2–8, 2010
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

46%
2

Barack Obama

47%
Mike Huckabee
43%
4

Barack Obama

52%
Sarah Palin
40%
12

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 707
November 19–21, 2010

Barack Obama

48%
Mike Huckabee
45%
3

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
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
November 8–11, 2010

Barack Obama

46%
Sarah Palin
33%
13

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

Newsmax/SurveyUSA
November 3–4, 2010
Barack Obama
40%

Hillary Rodham Clinton[2]

60%
20

Newsmax/SurveyUSA
Barack Obama
48%

David Petraeus

52%
4

Newsmax/SurveyUSA
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1000
Barack Obama
45%

Bill Gates

55%
10
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

Newsmax/SurveyUSA
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1000

Barack Obama

54%

Bill O'Reilly
46%
8

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.
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 921
October 27–30, 2010
Barack Obama
44%

Mike Huckabee

52%
8
Barack Obama
45%

Mitt Romney

50%
5

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
47%
2

Barack Obama

52%
Sarah Palin
44%
8

Bloomberg
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 721
October 7–10, 2010

Barack Obama

51%
Sarah Palin
35%
16

Fox News
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 900
September 28–29, 2010

Barack Obama

41%
Mitt Romney
40%
1

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
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
September 19–22, 2010

Barack Obama

50%
Sarah Palin
40%
10

Barack Obama

46%
Mitch Daniels
39%
7

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 590
September 10–13, 2010
Barack Obama
44%

Mike Huckabee

47%
3

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
Margin of error: ±2.4%
Sample size: 1668
August 6–11, 2010

Barack Obama

50%
Sarah Palin
33%
17

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
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 606
August 6–9, 2010

Barack Obama

47%
Mike Huckabee
44%
3

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 Poll
Sample size: 1,000
July 17–20, 2010

Barack Obama

41.2%
Sarah Palin
31.0%
10.2

Zogby Interactive
Sample size: 8,487
July 16–19, 2010

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
43%
2

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
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,011
July 9–14, 2010

Barack Obama

48%
Sarah Palin
36%
12

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
Margin of error: ±3.8%
Sample size: 667
July 9–12, 2010
Barack Obama
45%

Mike Huckabee

47%
2

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
Sample size: 1,003
July 12–13, 2010

Barack Obama

55%
Sarah Palin
34%
21

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.8%
Sample size: 650
June 4–7, 2010

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
42%
3

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
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 707
May 7–9, 2010

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
44%
2

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
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
April 14, 2010

Barack Obama

42%
Ron Paul
41%
1

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,008 registered voters
April 9–11, 2010

Barack Obama

53%
Mitt Romney
45%
8

Barack Obama

54%
Mike Huckabee
45%
9

Barack Obama

55%
Sarah Palin
42%
13

Barack Obama

55%
Newt Gingrich
43%
12

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.9%
Sample size: 622
April 9–11, 2010
Barack Obama
45%

Mike Huckabee

47%
2

Barack Obama

47%
Sarah Palin
45%
2

Barack Obama

45%

Newt Gingrich

45%

Tied
Barack Obama
44%

Mitt Romney

45%
1

Clarus Research Group
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,050
March 17–20, 2010

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
41%
4

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
Sample size: 2,344
March 10–12, 2010

Barack Obama

52%
Sarah Palin
35%
17

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
39%
7

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±2.6%
Sample size: 1,403
March 12–14, 2010

Barack Obama

46%
Mike Huckabee
44%
2

Barack Obama

49%
Sarah Palin
41%
8

Barack Obama

45%
Mitch Daniels
34%
11

Barack Obama

44%

Mitt Romney

44%

Tied

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.6%
Sample size: 743
February 13–15, 2010

Barack Obama

46%
Mike Huckabee
43%
3

Barack Obama

50%
Sarah Palin
43%
7

Barack Obama

46%
John Thune
28%
18

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
43%
2

Newsmax/Zogby
Margin of error: ±1.5%
Sample size: 4,163
January 2010

Barack Obama

46.5%

Scott Brown
44.6%
1.9

Public Policy Polling
Matgin of error: ±2.8%
Sample size: 1,151
January 18–19, 2010
Barack Obama
44%

Mike Huckabee

45%
1

Barack Obama

49%
Sarah Palin
41%
8

Barack Obama

44%
David Petraeus
34%
10

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
42%
2

Fox News
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 900
January 12–13, 2010

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
35%
12

Barack Obama

55%
Sarah Palin
31%
24

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
29%
24

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±2.8%
Sample size: 1,253
December 4–7, 2009

Barack Obama

46%
Mike Huckabee
45%
1

Barack Obama

50%
Sarah Palin
44%
6

Barack Obama

48%
Tim Pawlenty
35%
13

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
42%
5

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size:800
November 24, 2009

Barack Obama

45%
Mike Huckabee
41%
4

Barack Obama

46%
Sarah Palin
43%
3

Barack Obama

44%

Mitt Romney

44%

Tied

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size:1,066
November 13–15, 2009

Barack Obama

49%
Mike Huckabee
44%
5

Barack Obama

51%
Sarah Palin
43%
8

Barack Obama

46%
Ron Paul
38%
8

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
43%
5

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 766
October 16–19, 2009

Barack Obama

47%
Mike Huckabee
43%
4

Barack Obama

52%
Sarah Palin
40%
12

Barack Obama

50%
Tim Pawlenty
30%
20

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
40%
8

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.9%
Sample size: 621
September 18–21, 2009

Barack Obama

50%
Jeb Bush
37%
13

Barack Obama

48%
Mike Huckabee
41%
7

Barack Obama

53%
Sarah Palin
38%
15

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
38%
10

Clarus Research Group

Margin of error: ±3.1%

Sample size: 1,003


August 14–18, 2009

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
38%
9

Barack Obama

53%
Sarah Palin
34%
19

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
34%
18

Barack Obama

48%
Mike Huckabee
38%
10

Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ±3.3%

Sample size: 909


August 14–17, 2009

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
41%
8

Barack Obama

47%
Mike Huckabee
44%
3

Barack Obama

52%
Sarah Palin
38%
14

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
40%
7

Marist
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 854
August 3–6, 2009

Barack Obama

56%
Sarah Palin
33%
23

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
July 30–31, 2009

Hillary Rodham Clinton

51%
Sarah Palin
39%
12

Rasmussen Reports

Margin of error: ±3%

Sample size: 1,000


July 18–19, 2009

Barack Obama

45%

Mitt Romney

45%

Tied

Barack Obama

48%
Sarah Palin
42%
6

Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ±4.1%

Sample size: 577


July 15–16, 2009

Barack Obama

50%
Newt Gingrich
42%
8

Barack Obama

48%
Mike Huckabee
42%
6

Barack Obama

51%
Sarah Palin
43%
8

Barack Obama

49%
Mitt Romney
40%
9

Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ±3.9%

Sample size: 638


June 12–16, 2009

Barack Obama

49%
Newt Gingrich
41%
8

Barack Obama

50%
Mike Huckabee
43%
7

Barack Obama

52%
Sarah Palin
40%
12

Barack Obama

48%
Mitt Romney
40%
8

Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ±3.1%

Sample size: 1,000


May 14–18, 2009

Barack Obama

53%
Newt Gingrich
36%
17

Barack Obama

52%
Mike Huckabee
39%
13

Barack Obama

56%
Sarah Palin
37%
19

Barack Obama

53%
Mitt Romney
35%
18

Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ±3.7%

Sample size: 686


April 17–19, 2009

Barack Obama

52%
Newt Gingrich
39%
13

Barack Obama

49%
Mike Huckabee
42%
7

Barack Obama

53%
Sarah Palin
41%
12

Barack Obama

50%
Mitt Romney
39%
11

Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ±3.7%

Sample size: 691


March 13–15, 2009

Barack Obama

55%
Sarah Palin
35%
20

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



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Poll source
Date
Democratic candidate
%
Republican candidate
%

Third party/independent candidate
%
Lead margin

JZ Analytics
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 893
July 10–13, 2012

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
38%
Gary Johnson
5%
6

Gallup
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 899
June 7–10, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
40%

Gary Johnson
3%
7

Washington Times/JZ Analytics
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 800
May 11–12, 2012

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
43%

Gary Johnson
2%
1

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 900
April 12–15, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
42%

Gary Johnson
6%
5

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.3%
Sample size: 900
March 15–17, 2012

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
39%

Gary Johnson
7%
7

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±2.8%
Sample size: 1,200
February 9–12, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
42%

Roseanne Barr
6%
5

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
40%

Gary Johnson
7%
7

NBC News/Wall Street Journal
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
January 22–24, 2012

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
32%

Ron Paul
18%
13

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 700
January 13–16, 2012

Barack Obama

47%
Mitt Romney
40%

Gary Johnson
7%
7

Barack Obama

41%
Mitt Romney
38%

Stephen Colbert
13%
3

Pew Research
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,207
January 11–16, 2012

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
32%

Ron Paul
18%
12

Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co.
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 906
January 12–14, 2012

Barack Obama

42%
Mitt Romney
35%

Ron Paul
14%
7

Democracy Corps
Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner
Margin of error: ±--%
Sample size: 1,000
January 8–11, 2012

Barack Obama

43%
Mitt Romney
34%

Ron Paul
18%
9

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 700
December 16–18, 2011

Barack Obama

42%
Mitt Romney
37%

Ron Paul
17%
5

Barack Obama

43%
Mitt Romney
41%

Gary Johnson
9%
2

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
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 1,005
December 15–18, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
30%

Ron Paul
21%
14

Barack Obama

44%

Newt Gingrich
30%

Ron Paul
22%
14

NBC/Wall Street Journal
November 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
32%

Ron Paul
18%
12

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
35%

Michael Bloomberg
13%
9

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.4%
Sample size: 814
May 5–8, 2011

Barack Obama

46%
Mitt Romney
33%

Donald Trump
16%
13

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±3.7%
Sample size: 700
August 18–21, 2011

Barack Obama

42%

Mitt Romney

42%

Michael Bloomberg
10%

Tied

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
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 918
February 12–15, 2011

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
38%

Donald Trump
8%
6

Barack Obama

44%

Sarah Palin
21%

Donald Trump
20%
23

Clarus
Margin of error: ±3.1%
Sample size: 1,000
December 10–16, 2010

Barack Obama

39%
Mitt Romney
36%

Michael Bloomberg
13%
3

Barack Obama

42%
Sarah Palin
31%

Michael Bloomberg
18%
11

McClatchy-Marist
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 829
September 30 – October 5, 2010

Barack Obama

44%
Sarah Palin
29%

Michael Bloomberg
18%
15

Fox News
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 900
September 28–29, 2010

Barack Obama

40%
Sarah Palin
28%

Michael Bloomberg
18%
12

Fox News
Margin of error: ±3.0%
Sample size: 900
September 28–29, 2010

Barack Obama

30%

Sarah Palin
29%

Hillary Clinton
27%
1

Public Policy Polling
Margin of error: ±4.0%
Sample size: 606
August 6–9, 2010

Barack Obama

42%
Mitt Romney
36%

Ron Paul
13%
6

Harris Interactive
Sample size: 2,344
March 10–12, 2010

Barack Obama

45%
Mitt Romney
24%

Sarah Palin[3]
18%
21

Marist Poll
Margin of error: ±3.5%
Sample size: 910
February 1–3, 2010

Barack Obama

44%
Sarah Palin
29%

Michael Bloomberg
15%
15

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 800
November 24, 2009

Barack Obama

44%
Sarah Palin
37%

Lou Dobbs
12%
7

Barack Obama

42%

Mike Huckabee
36%

Lou Dobbs
12%
6

Barack Obama

42%
Mitt Romney
34%

Lou Dobbs
14%
8

Rasmussen Reports
Margin of error: ±3%
Sample size: 1,000
July 18–19, 2009

Barack Obama

44%
Mitt Romney
33%

Sarah Palin
16%
11


Five-way race[edit]
























Poll source
Date
Democratic candidate
Republican candidate

Third party or independent candidate
Third party or independent candidate
Third party or independent candidate
Lead margin

Democracy Corps
Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner
Margin of error: ±--%
Sample size: 1,000
January 8–11, 2012

Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Donald Trump
Michael Bloomberg


42%
30%
14%
7%
4%
12%


Democratic primary[edit]


President Barack Obama ran uncontested in most states for the 2012 Democratic presidential nomination.[4]


Hypothetical polling

















































Poll source
Sample
size
Date(s)
administered

Barack
Obama


Hillary
Clinton


Howard
Dean


Bernie
Sanders

Others

Public Policy Polling
(Vermont)
617
July 28–31, 2011

52%


33%
Undecided (15%)

61%

24%

Undecided (15%)

Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies
(New Hampshire)
1,002
December 14–15, 2010

59%
28%


No opinion (13%)

78%

10%

No opinion (12%)

79%


8%
No opinion (13%)

Gallup (Nationwide)
859
September 25–26, 2010

52%
37%


No opinion (10%)


Republican primary[edit]


See Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries



See also[edit]


  • 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[edit]




  1. ^ abc George W. Bush is not eligible to run in 2012 because he has served two terms as president.


  2. ^ Question was posed as a general election question.


  3. ^ Palin is listed as the candidate of the Tea Party.


  4. ^ "CNN Election Center". CNN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012. 




External links[edit]


  • FiveThirtyEight at The New York Times

  • Polling Report

  • USA Election Polls









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