US-2012 President: 49% Obama (D), 44% Romney (R) (PPP/Daily Kos/SEIU 4/19-22)

PPP (D)/Daily Kos/SEIU
4/19-22/12; 1,000 registered voters, 3.1% margin of error
Mode: Automated phone
PPP release

National

2012 President
49% Obama (D), 44% Romney (R) (chart)

Favorable / Unfavorable
Barack Obama: 50 / 46 (chart)
Mitt Romney: 38 / 48 (chart)

Obama Job Approval
47% Approve, 48% Disapprove (chart)

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Comments

[PenmanSL]

03:24 PM on 04/25/2012

Funny how Parties don't listen or monitor their party members' voices as both parties have selected nominees that the majority of their own party distrusts. The majority of Americans do not want Obama or Romney & switching to another nominee could win the election for their party.

[Rightbrainedleftwinged]

03:35 PM on 04/24/2012

I don't see much that I can say is favorable about Romney, and is the weakest candidate the GOP has had that I can remember in my lifetime. Dole, Mccain and George H w Bush and Reagan, I might have been able to tell a pollster I liked them personally, but I can't honestly even say that about Romney. I mean had Huckabee gotten the nomination, I know I'd be more worried about him, because I think he is way to the right of Romney, but on likeability, he at least has shown he can listen to people who are progressive, and even though liberal politicians disagree with him, they can find some things they like about him when interviewed on his program.

[Rightbrainedleftwinged]

03:20 PM on 04/24/2012

Regardless of how Obama's opponents demonize him, and call him unAmerican, and the worst president ever and still believe he was born in Kenya, I have to hand it to Obama for being the most "thick skinned" president ever. Michelle is truly the most amazing first lady I can remember, and her positive attitude has been a good diversion from a climate in Washington that has gone mad. While some first lady's who were married to a liberal president in America would get angry and defensive, she's focused on the positive which is not easy to do in this Toxic climate we live in in Washington.

[StatsNo1fan]

03:00 PM on 04/24/2012

Gallup finds B0's favorability at 52/43, net +9.

Mitt's at 50/39, net +11.

[StatsNo1fan]

03:00 PM on 04/24/2012

http://www.gallup.com/poll/154064/Romney-Image-Becomes-Strongly-Polarized-Party.aspx#2

[axt113]

05:57 PM on 04/24/2012

Obama job approval at 50%

Leading Mittens by 7

Obama landslide victory!

[dpearl]

02:49 PM on 04/24/2012

As I've stated in the past ... what I like about these PPP/Daily Kos/SEIU surveys is that they give you the raw data. For example, I just used an area code translator to check and see how the Presidential race in the toss-up states compares with the race nationally (it turns out pretty similar as might be expected: 50 to 43).

[StatsNo1fan]

02:13 PM on 04/24/2012

B0B0 winning the 45-65 age group, and the over 65 by 51/43 margin?

Dream on, PP.

[gbshabo]

02:35 PM on 04/24/2012

Ever since Mitt adopted the Ryan plan, we've seen advances for Obama with these age groups. Old people do love their Social security and Medicare. Most polling I've looked at consistently shows Obama winning the Over 65 crowd. Not sure why you find this to stick out. Perhaps you could link a polling sample that shows Romeny winning this age group?

[StatsNo1fan]

02:58 PM on 04/24/2012

Trying to recall which of the recent national polls provide crosstabs. Qunnipiac has at 55+ years old. It's a tie there -45/45. Pew has Mitt winning 65+ at 50/44. Those are the first two I found by age.

[StatsNo1fan]

03:17 PM on 04/24/2012

CNN, which found B0 winning the total sample by 9, at 52/43, has him losing the 65+ group by 15, at 39/54.

I am not cherrypicking these. It's every poll I found so far, that reported by age.

[Xenobion]

03:53 PM on 04/24/2012

Not hard to believe ever since Republicans declared war on AARP over healthcare. This used to be a shoo'in demographic for Republicans but not so much anymore since Vouchers started coming out of the mouths of Republicans again.

[StatsNo1fan]

03:56 PM on 04/24/2012

'Cept the part where all other lib pollsters disagree with this one.

[Lat1]

02:09 PM on 04/24/2012

Is it me or has this poll been been remarkably stable for weeks now (maybe a point difference or so)?

[StatsNo1fan]

02:12 PM on 04/24/2012

The profit margin is a lot higher if you just tweak last week's poll a little.