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Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 United States presidential election

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Nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the 2012 United States presidential election are as follows. The election was 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.

General election of 2012

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Since convention nominations

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

Two-way race

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Poll source Date Barack Obama
Democratic 		Mitt Romney
Republican 		Leading
by % 		Sample
Size* 		Margin
of Error
(MoE)
RCP Average[1] October 22 – November 4, 2012 48.8% 48.1% 0.7 --
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[2] November 4–5, 2012 47% 47% Tied 1000 LV ±3.1%
The Economist/YouGov[3] November 3–5, 2012 49% 47% 2 740 LV ±4.6%
Gravis Marketing[4] November 3–5, 2012 48% 48% Tied 872 LV ±3.3%
UPI/CVOTER[5] November 3–5, 2012 49% 48% 1 3000 LV ±3.5%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP[6] November 3–5, 2012 50.3% 48.7% 1.6 712 LV ±3.7%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[7] November 3–5, 2012 48% 48% 1 3000 LV ±2.5%
American Research Group[8] November 2–4, 2012 49% 49% Tied 1200 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[9] November 2–4, 2012 49% 49% Tied 693 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[10] November 1–4, 2012 49% 50% 1 2551 LV ±2%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[11] November 1–4, 2012 49% 45% 4 1080 LV Not reported
Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA[12] November 1–4, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1417 LV ±2.6%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[13] November 1–4, 2012 50% 48% 2 1300 LV ±2.7%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[14] November 1–3, 2012 51% 48% 3 Not reported Not reported
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[15] November 1–3, 2012 48% 47% 1 1475 LV ±2.55%
Pew Research Center[16] October 31 – November 3, 2012 48%' 45% 3 2709 LV ±2.2%
YouGov[17] October 31 – November 3, 2012 48.5% 46.5% 2 36472 LV Not reported
UPI/CVOTER[18] November 2, 2012 49% 48% 1 1074 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[7] October 31 – November 2, 2012 48% 48% Tied 3000 LV ±2.5%
Purple Strategies[19] October 31 – November 1, 2012 47% 46% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D)[20] October 30 – November 1, 2012 49% 48% 1 1200 LV ±2.8%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[21] October 29 – November 1, 2012 48% 49% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[22] October 28 – November 1, 2012 47% 46% 1 4556 LV ±3.4%
ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking)[23] October 28–31, 2012 49% 48% 1 1293 LV ±3%
UPI/CVOTER[24] October 15–31, 2012 49% 48% 1 3633 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[7] October 28–30, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[25] October 28–30, 2012 46% 46% Tie 1128 LV ±3%
High Point University[26] October 22–30, 2012 46% 43% 3 805 RV ±3.45%
The Economist/YouGov[27] October 26–28, 2012 48% 47% 1 688 LV ±4.6%
United Technologies/National Journal[28] October 25–28, 2012 50% 45% 5 713 LV ±4.4%
CBS News/New York Times[29] October 25–28, 2012 48% 47% 1 563 LV ±4%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling[30] October 25–28, 2012 49% 49% Tied 1400 LV ±2.6%
American Research Group[8] October 25–28, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1200 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center[31] October 24–28, 2012 47% 47% Tied 1495 LV ±2.9%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[32] October 22–28, 2012 46% 51% 5 2700 LV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[33] October 25–27, 2012 47% 50% 3 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking)[34] October 24–27, 2012 48% 49% 1 1278 LV ±3%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[35] October 23–27, 2012 47% 45% 2 1291 LV ±3.1%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)[36] October 22–27, 2012 45.4% 44.1% 1.3 942 LV ±3.5%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D)[37] October 23–25, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1200 LV ±2.8%
NPR/Resurgent Republic/Democracy Corps/North Star Opinion Research[38] October 23–25, 2012 47% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[39] October 22–25, 2012 49% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
UPI/CVOTER[40] October 19–25, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1203 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[41] October 22–24, 2012 47% 50% 3 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking)[42] October 20–23, 2012 48% 49% 1 1394 LV ±3%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper[43] October 19–23, 2012 45% 47% 2 839 LV ±4.2%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D)[44] October 20–22, 2012 47% 49% 2 1200 LV ±2.8%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[45] October 18–22, 2012 46% 46% Tied 957 LV ±3.6%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[46] October 19–21, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA[47] October 18–21, 2012 45% 48% 3 1402 ±2.6%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[48] October 18–21, 2012 49% 46% 3 1000 LV ±3.1%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[49] October 18–21, 2012 48% 48% Tied 1300 LV ±2.7%
American Research Group[8] October 18–21, 2012 47% 48% 1 1200 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)[50] October 16–21, 2012 47.4% 43.4% 4 885 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[51] October 15–21, 2012 45% 51% 6 2700 LV ±2%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics[52] October 18–20, 2012 49.7% 47.3% 2.4 800 LV ±3.5%
CBS News[53] October 17–20, 2012 48% 46% 2 790 LV ±4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[54] October 17–20, 2012 47% 47% Tie 816 LV ±3.43%
Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D)[55] October 17–19, 2012 49% 47% 2 1200 LV ±2.8%
Gravis Marketing[56] October 18, 2012 44% 46% 2 805 LV ±3.4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[57] October 16–18, 2012 48% 48% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[58] October 15–18, 2012 48% 49% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
UPI/CVOTER[59] October 12–18, 2012 46% 48% 2 1254 LV ±4.5%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[60] October 12–16, 2012 46% 43% 3 1846 LV ±2.6%
University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant[61] October 11–16, 2012 48% 45% 3 1023 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[62] October 13–15, 2012 47% 46% 1 826 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[63] October 13–15, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)[64] October 10–15, 2012 47.3% 45.7% 1.6 931 LV ±3.5%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[65] October 12–14, 2012 46% 50% 4 1600 LV ±2.5%
American Research Group[66] October 11–14, 2012 47% 48% 1 1200 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[51] October 8–14, 2012 47% 49% 2 2700 LV ±2%
ABC News/Washington Post[67] October 10–13, 2012 49% 46% 3 923 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[63] October 10–12, 2012 48% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[68] October 10–11, 2012 47% 47% Tie Not reported Not reported
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[69] October 7–11, 2012 49% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Reuters/Ipsos[70] October 7–11, 2012 44% 47% 3 1092 LV ±3.4%
Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA[71] October 8–10, 2012 46% 47% 1 1360 LV ±2.7%
UPI/CVOTER[72] October 4–10, 2012 46% 49% 3 1110 LV ±4.5%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[73] October 7–9, 2012 45% 46% 1 1109 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[63] October 7–9, 2012 48% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)[74] October 4–9, 2012 45.7% 46.9% 1.2 812 LV ±3.5%
The Economist/YouGov[75] October 6–8, 2012 49% 46% 3 763 LV Not reported
American Research Group[8] October 5–8, 2012 47% 48% 1 1200 LV ±3%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics[76] October 5–7, 2012 44.5% 45.1% 0.6 800 LV ±3.5%
Pew Research Center[77] October 4–7, 2012 45% 49% 4 1112 LV ±3.4%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[51] October 1–7, 2012 48% 48% Tied 2700 LV ±2%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[78] October 4–7, 2012 47% 49% 2 1300 LV ±2.7%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[63] October 4–6, 2012 47% 49% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Reuters/Ipsos[79] October 2–6, 2012 47% 45% 2 1492 ±2.9%
Clarus Research Group[80] October 4, 2012 46% 47% 1 590 LV ±4.3%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[81] October 1–4, 2012 49% 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[82] October 1–3, 2012 49% 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Clarus Research Group[80] October 2, 2012 49% 45% 4 590 LV ±4.3%
American Conservative Union/McLaughlin & Associates (R)[83] September 30 – October 2, 2012 49% 45% 4 1000 LV ±3.1%
The Economist/YouGov[84] September 29 – October 1, 2012 49% 44% 5 785 LV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos[85] September 27 – October 1, 2012 46% 41% 5 930 LV ±3.6%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[86] September 28–30, 2012 50% 47% 3 783 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[82] September 28–30, 2012 48% 45% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[87] September 27–30, 2012 49% 45% 4 1100 LV ±2.8%
United Technologies/National Journal[88] September 27–30, 2012 47% 47% Tied 789 LV Not reported
American Research Group[89] September 27–30, 2012 49% 46% 3 1200 LV ±3%
NPR/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/Resurgent Republic[90] September 26–30, 2012 50% 44% 6 800 LV Not reported
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[91] September 26–30, 2012 49% 46% 3 832 LV ±3.40%
Quinnipiac University[92] September 25–30, 2012 49% 45% 4 1912 LV ±2.2%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[51] September 24–30, 2012 49% 45% 4 3050 RV ±2%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics[93] September 27–29, 2012 49.7% 41.1% 8.6 800 LV ±3.5%
ABC News/Washington Post[94] September 26–29, 2012 49% 47% 2 813 LV ±4%
UPI/CVOTER[95] September 23–29, 2012 49% 46% 3 855 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[96] September 25–27, 2012 47% 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Merriman River Group[97] September 24–27, 2012 49% 46% 3 981 RV ±3.1%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[98] September 24–27, 2012 49% 47% 2 1000 LV ±3.1%
Fox News[99] September 24–26, 2012 48% 43% 5 1092 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[96] September 22–24, 2012 47% 46% 1 1000 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[100] September 22–24, 2012 48% 43% 5 943 RV Not reported
Bloomberg/Selzer & Co.[101] September 21–24, 2012 49% 43% 6 789 LV ±3.5%
Reuters/Ipsos[102] September 20–24, 2012 49% 43% 6 1095 LV ±3.5%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[103] September 20–23, 2012 50% 45% 5 1200 LV ±2.8%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[51] September 17–23, 2012 48% 46% 2 3050 RV ±2%
JZ Analytics[104] September 21–22, 2012 49% 40.7% 8.3 860 LV ±3.4%
UPI/CVOTER[105] September 16–22, 2012 49% 46% 3 761 LV ±4.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[106] September 19–21, 2012 46% 46% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
American Research Group[107] September 16–20, 2012 49% 47% 2 761 LV ±3.6%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[108] September 16–20, 2012 50% 46% 4 1000 LV ±3.1%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[109] September 19–20, 2012 48% 46% 2 805 RV Not reported
Allstate/Heartland Monitor/National Journal/FTI Communications[110] September 15–19, 2012 50% 43% 7 1055 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[106] September 16–18, 2012 46% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant[111] September 11–18, 2012 46% 43% 3 1148 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[112] September 15–17, 2012 49% 44% 5 943 RV Not reported
Reason-Rupe[113] September 13–17, 2012 52% 45% 7 787 LV ±4.3%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper[114] September 13–17, 2012 47% 46% 1 807 LV ±4.3%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[115] September 12–17, 2012 48% 43% 5 591 LV ±4.1%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[116] September 13–16, 2012 50% 46% 4 1000 LV ±3.1%
Monmouth University[117] September 13–16, 2012 48% 45% 3 1344 LV ±2.5%
Pew Research Center[118] September 12–16, 2012 51% 43% 8 2,192 LV ±2.4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[119] September 12–16, 2012 50% 45% 5 736 LV ±3.61%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[51] September 10–16, 2012 48% 45% 3 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[120] September 13–15, 2012 46% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
UPI/CVOTER[121] September 8–14, 2012 49% 45% 4 3000 RV ±3%
JZ Analytics[122] September 11–12, 2012 47.7% 42% 5.7 1014 LV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[123] September 10–12, 2012 46% 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
CBS News/New York Times[124] September 8–12, 2012 49% 46% 3 1162 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[125] September 8–12, 2012 50% 45% 5 1000 LV ±3.1%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[126] September 9–11, 2012 48% 43% 5 1056 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[127] September 8–10, 2012 49% 45% 4 818 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos[128] September 7–10, 2012 48% 45% 3 873 LV Not reported
Esquire/Yahoo! News/Langer Research Associates[129] September 7–10, 2012 50% 46% 4 724 LV ±5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[130] September 7–9, 2012 50% 45% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[131] September 7–9, 2012 50% 44% 6 1000 LV ±3.1%
ABC News/Washington Post[132] September 7–9, 2012 49% 48% 1 710 LV ±4.5%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[133] September 7–9, 2012 52% 46% 6 709 LV ±3.5%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP[134] September 4–9, 2012 46% 44% 2 808 RV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[51] 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

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Poll Source Date Democratic
Candidate 		% Republican
Candidate 		% Libertarian
Candidate 		% Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
Reason-Rupe[135] 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

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Poll Source Date Democratic
Candidate 		% Republican
Candidate 		% Libertarian
Candidate 		% Green
Candidate 		% Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[86] September 28–30, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% Gary Johnson 4% Jill Stein 3% 783 LV ±3.5%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[133] 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

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Poll Source Date Democratic
Candidate 		% Republican
Candidate 		% Libertarian
Candidate 		% Green
Candidate 		% Constitution
Candidate 		% Leading by % Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
Zogby/JZAnalytics[136] 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[137] 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[138] 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[139] 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[140] 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

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Both convention nominations were completed by September 6, 2012.

Two-way race

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Poll source Date Democratic
candidate 		% Republican
candidate 		% Leading by % Sample
Size* 		Margin of Error
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[141] September 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
American Research Group[142] September 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 49% 3 1200 LV ±3%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[143] September 2–6, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1363 LV Not reported
The Economist/YouGov[144] September 1–3, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 737 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[141] September 1–3, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[145] August 31 – September 3, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 48% Tie 735 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] August 27 – September 2, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[147] August 28 – September 1, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 43% 1 1288 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] 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[149] August 25–27, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 759 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)[150] August 24–27, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 749 LV Not reported
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[151] August 23–27, 2012 Barack Obama 49.1% Mitt Romney 47.2% 1.9 1000 LV ±3.1%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[152] August 23–26, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 44% 6 1000 RV ±3.1%
CBS News[153] August 22–26, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1051 RV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] August 20–26, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] August 23–25, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post[154] August 22–25, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 857 RV ±4%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[155] August 22–23, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 47% 2 924 RV ±3%
Public Notice/Tarrance Group (R)[156] August 19–23, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 801 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] August 20–22, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R)[157] August 16–22, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1000 RV ±3.1%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[158] 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[159] August 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 44% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper[160] August 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 885 RV ±4.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] August 17–19, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 44% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[161] August 16–19, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Monmouth University/SurveyUSA/Braun Research[162] August 15–19, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1149 LV ±2.9%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] August 13–19, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Los Angeles Times/USC Annenberg/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/American Viewpoint[163] August 13–19, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 954 LV ±3.2%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[164] August 15–16, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 49% 4 898 A Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] August 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[165] August 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 850 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] August 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[166] August 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] August 6–12, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] August 8–10, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP[167] August 3–10, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 39% 7 828 RV ±3.5%
Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners[168] August 5–9, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[169] August 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 45% 7 911 RV ±3.5%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[170] August 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 40% 9 930 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[148] August 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[171] August 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 733 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos[172] August 2–6, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 1014 RV ±3.4%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[173] August 2–5, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] July 30 – August 5, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post[174] July 25 – August 5, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 43% 7 2927 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[175] 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[176] July 28 – 30, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 751 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[177] July 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[178] July 26–29, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] July 22–29, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[177] July 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 49% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center[179] July 16–26, 2012 Barack Obama 51% Mitt Romney 41% 10 1956 RV ±3.2%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[180] July 21–25, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 46% 4 700 LV ±3.7%
The Economist/YouGov[181] July 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 746 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[177] July 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 45% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[182] July 19–22, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 1000 RV ±3.1%
NBC/Wall Street Journal[183] July 18–22, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] July 15–21, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[177] 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[184] July 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 41% 4 901 RV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[185] July 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 742 RV Not reported
CBS News/New York Times[186] July 11–16, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 942 RV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[187] July 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[177] July 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] July 8–14, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[188] July 12–13, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tied 886 A Not reported
NPR/Democracy Corps/Resurgent Republic/Democracy Corps/Resurgent Republic/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[189] July 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1000 LV ±3.10%
McClatchy/Marist College[190] July 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 849 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[177] July 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[191] July 7–9, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 44% 1 715 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos[192] July 5–9, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 885 RV ±3.4%
Pew Research Center[193] June 28 – July 9, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 43% 7 2373 RV ±2.3%
JZ Analytics/Washington Times[194] July 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 42.8% 0.8 800 LV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] July 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post[196] July 5–8, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tie 855 RV ±4%
Quinnipiac University[197] July 1–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 2722 RV ±1.9%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] June 30 – July 7, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] July 1–5, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[198] June 30 – July 2, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 715 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 29 – July 1, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1500 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[199] June 28 – July 1, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 1,390 RV ±2.5%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[200] June 28 – July 1, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 RV ±3.1%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] June 23–29, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 3050 RV ±2%
Newsweek/The Daily Beast/Schoen Consulting[201] June 28, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 600 LV ±4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 26–28, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[202] June 23–27, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 1000 LV ±3.1%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[203] June 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 40% 5 912 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 23–25, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[204] June 23–25, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 715 RV Not reported
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[205] June 21–24, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 RV ±3.1%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[206] June 20–24, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 819 RV ±3.4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 20–22, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 48% 5 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] June 16–22, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 17–19, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[207] June 16–18, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 44% Tied 715 RV Not reported
Bloomberg/Selzer & Co.[208] June 15–18, 2012 Barack Obama 53% Mitt Romney 40% 13 734 LV ±3.6%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper[209] June 14–18, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 878 RV ±4.2%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[210] June 14–17, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Pew Research Center[211] June 7–17, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 46% 4 1563 RV ±2.9%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] June 9–15, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[212] June 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 42% 2 836 RV Not reported
Reuters/Ipsos[213] June 7–11, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 848 RV ±3.4%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 8–10, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[214] June 7–10, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 42% 8 1000 RV ±3.1%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[215] June 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1794 A Not reported
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] June 2–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP[216] June 1–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 841 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Tarrance Group/Bankrupting America (R)[217] June 3–7, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 800 LV Not reported
Monmouth University[218] June 4–6, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1152 LV ±2.9%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[219] June 3–5, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 43% Tied 907 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] June 2–4, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[220] June 2–4, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% 5 836 RV Not reported
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[221] May 31 – June 3, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 42% 8 1000 RV ±3.1%
Pew Research Center[222] May 9 – June 3, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 2338 RV ±2.3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] May 30 – June 1, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] May 25 – June 1, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 45% 1 3050 RV ±2%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[223] May 29–31, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 895 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[195] May 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[224] May 26–28, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 850 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[225] May 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] May 18–24, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[225] May 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 44% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[226] May 19–21, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 850 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[225] May 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[227] May 17–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1000 RV ±3.1%
ABC News/Washington Post[228] May 17–20, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 874 RV ±4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[229] May 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[225] May 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] May 11–17, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2.%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP[230] May 9–16, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 40% 3 856 RV ±3.3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[231] May 13–15, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 39% 7 913 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[225] May 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[232] May 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 46% 4 715 RV Not reported
Ron Sachs Communications/Mason-Dixon Polling & Research[233] May 10–14, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 47% 3 1000 LV ±3%
CBS News/New York Times[234] May 11–13, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 46% 3 562 RV ±4%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[235] May 10–13, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 46% 2 1000 RV ±3.1%
The Washington Times/JZ Analytics[236] 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)[237] May 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 50% 8 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] May 4–10, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 3050 RV ±2%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[238] May 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 49% 3 769 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[237] May 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 49% 5 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[239] May 5–7, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 43% 1 715 RV Not reported
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper[240] May 3–7, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 42% 8 871 RV ±4.2%
Reuters/Ipsos[241] May 3–7, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 959 RV ±3.2%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[242] May 3 – 5, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[243] May 3 – 4, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 RV ±3.1%
Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP[244] 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[245] April 29 – May 3, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 48% 1 1000 LV ±3.1%
Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R)[246] April 30 – May 2, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 1000 RV ±3.10%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[242] April 30 – May 2, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[247] April 28 – May 1, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 47% Tied 1000 LV ±3.5%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] April 27 – May 1, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 2200 RV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[248] April 28–30, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 43% 5 715 RV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[249] April 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[250] April 26–29, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 44% 5 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[237] April 24–26, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] April 21–26, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 43% 7 2200 RV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[251] April 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 913 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[237] April 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[252] April 21–23, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 47% 1 715 RV Not reported
United Technologies/National Journal[253] April 19–22, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 39% 8 1004 A ±3.7%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[254] April 19–22, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 44% 5 1000 RV ±3.1%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[249] April 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] April 16–20, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 46% 1 2200 RV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[237] April 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 47% 4 1500 LV ±3%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[255] April 13–17, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 43% 6 Not reported Not reported
CBS News/New York Times[256] April 13–17, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 852 RV ±3%
Quinnipiac University[257] April 11–17, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 42% 4 2577 RV ±1.9%
The Economist/YouGov[258] April 14–16, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 715 RV Not reported
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[259] April 13–15, 2012 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 43% 9 910 RV ±3.5%
Public Policy Polling[260] April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 46% 3 900 RV ±3.3%
Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[261] April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 44% 6 1000 RV ±3.1%
[262] April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 43% 4 891 RV ±3.3%
Gallup (Daily Tracking)[146] April 11–15, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 47% 2 2200 RV ±3%
Pew Research Center[263] April 4–15, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 2373 RV ±2.3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)[237] April 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 48% 4 1500 LV ±3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[264] 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)[237] April 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[265] April 9–11, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 46% 2 910 RV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[266] 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)[237] 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[267] 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)[268] 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[269] March 30 – April 5, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 38% 8 816 RV ±3.3%
The Economist/YouGov[270] 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)[271] 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[272] 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[273] 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[274] March 24–25, 2012 Barack Obama 54% Mitt Romney 43% 11 925 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 55% Rick Santorum 42% 13
Suffolk University[275] 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[276] 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)[237] March 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 45% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 47% Rick Santorum 42% 5
McClatchy/Marist College[277] 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)[237] March 19–21, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 44% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 41% 8
The Economist/YouGov[278] 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[279] 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)[237] 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[280] 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)[281] March 13–15, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 46% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Santorum 43% 6
The Economist/YouGov[282] 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)[237] 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[283] 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[284] 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[285] 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[286] 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[287] 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[288] 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)[237] 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[289] 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)[237] 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[290] 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)[237] February 27–29, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 43% 3 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Rick Santorum 42% 4
The Economist/YouGov[291] 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)[237] 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[292] 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[293] 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[294] 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[295] 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)[237] February 18–20, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 43% 2 1500 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Rick Santorum 44% 2
USA Today/Gallup[296] 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)[237] 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[297] 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)[237] 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)[298] February 11–14, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 45% 4 1000 LV ±3.5%
The Economist/YouGov[299] 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[300] 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[301] 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[302] 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[303] 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[304] 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)[237] 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[305] 		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)[237] February 6–8, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 42% 6 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[306] 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[307] 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)[237] February 3–5, 2012 Barack Obama 49% Mitt Romney 42% 7 1500 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post[308] 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)[237] January 31 – February 2, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1500 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[309] 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)[237] 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/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)[310] 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[311] 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)[237] 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[312] 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[313] 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)[237] 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[314] January 17–18, 2012 Barack Obama 48% Rick Santorum 38% 10 1000 LV ±3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion[315] 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[316] 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[314] January 15–16, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Newt Gingrich 38% 9 1000 LV ±3%
Public Policy Polling[317] 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[318] January 11–16, 2012 Barack Obama 50% Mitt Romney 45% 5 1207 RV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post[319] 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[320] 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[321] 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[314] January 11–12, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Ron Paul 37% 6 1000 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[322] January 8–11, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 46% 1 1000 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[314] January 9–10, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 41% 3 1000 LV ±3%
The Economist/YouGov[323] 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[324] 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[314] January 7–8, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Newt Gingrich 38% 8 1000 LV ±3%
CBS News[325] 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[314] 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[326] 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[314] 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[327] 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[314] December 18–19, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Newt Gingrich 37% 11 1000 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[328] 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[329] 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[330] 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[331] 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[314] 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[332] 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[333] 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[334] 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[314] December 10–11, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Ron Paul 35% 8 1000 LV ±3%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[335] 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[314] December 8–9, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 45% 3 1000 LV ±3%
USA Today/Gallup[336] 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[314] December 6–7, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Newt Gingrich 40% 5 1000 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[337] December 5–7, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 42% 2 911 RV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Newt Gingrich 40% 6
The Economist/YouGov[338] 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[314] December 4–5, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Rick Perry 34% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Fairleigh Dickinson University/PublicMind[339] 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[314] 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[340] 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[341] 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[314] November 15–16, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Michele Bachmann 33% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[342] 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[314] November 13–14, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Herman Cain 36% 10 1000 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center[343] 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[344] 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[345] 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[346] November 11–12, 2011 Barack Obama 50% Newt Gingrich 38% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[347] November 9–10, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 42% 1 1000 LV ±3%
McClatchy/Marist College[348] 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[349] 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[350] November 7–8, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Herman Cain 37% 11 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[351] November 5–6, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Rick Perry 35% 9 1000 LV ±3%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[352] 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[353] 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[354] 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[355] November 1–2, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 41% 1 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[356] October 30–31, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Herman Cain 38% 5 1000 LV ±3%
Vanity Fair/60 Minutes/CBS News[357] October 28–31, 2011 Barack Obama 40% George W. Bush[358] 31% 9 1033 A ±3%
Quinnipiac University[359] 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[360] October 28–29, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Ron Paul 35% 9 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[361] October 26–27, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Rick Perry 38% 7 1000 LV ±3%
USA Today/Gallup[362] 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[363] October 24–25, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 44% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[364] October 20–21, 2011 Barack Obama 39% Jon Huntsman 32% 7 1000 LV ±3%
Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[365] October 15–18, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1000 LV Not reported
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[366] October 16–17, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 42% 1 1000 LV ±3%
Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper[367] 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[368] October 14–15, 2011 Barack Obama 41% Herman Cain 43% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[369] October 12–13, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Newt Gingrich 34% 15 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[370] October 10–11, 2011 Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 35% 14 1000 LV ±3%
Time/Abt SRBI[371] 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[372] Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 44% 4
Barack Obama 51% Rick Perry 40% 9
Barack Obama 50% Herman Cain 38% 12
Public Policy Polling[373] 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[374] 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[375] October 8–9, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 41% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[376] October 6–7, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Herman Cain 39% 3 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[377] October 4–5, 2011 Barack Obama 42% Gary Johnson 27% 15 1000 LV ±3%
Pew Research Center[378] 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[379] 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[380] October 2–3, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Rick Santorum 34% 11 1000 LV ±3%
ABC News/Washington Post[381] 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[382] September 30 – October 1, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Rick Perry 37% 6 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[383] September 28–29, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 42% 2 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[384] September 26–27, 2011 Barack Obama 45% Rick Perry 38% 5 1000 LV ±3%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[385]
 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[386] September 24–25, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Ron Paul 34% 10 1000 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[387] 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[388] September 20–21, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Michele Bachmann 32% 16 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[389] September 18–19, 2011 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 41% 3 1000 LV ±3%
Harris Interactive[390] 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[391] 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[392] September 16–17, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Jon Huntsman 35% 8 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[314] September 14–15, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Rick Perry 39% 7 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 46% Michele Bachmann 33% 13
McClatchy/Marist College[393]
 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.[394] September 9–12, 2011 Barack Obama 48% Mitt Romney 43% 5 997 A ±3.1%
Barack Obama 49% Rick Perry 40% 9
Reuters/Ipsos[395] 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[396] September 10–11, 2011 Barack Obama 40% Mitt Romney 43% 3 1000 LV ±3.8%
Public Policy Polling[397] 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[398] 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[389] 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[399] 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[400] 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[401] 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[402] 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[403] 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[404] 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[405] 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[406] 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[407] 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[408] 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[409] 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[410] 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[411] 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[412] 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[413] 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[414]
 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[415] 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[416] 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[417] 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[418] 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[419] 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[420] 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[421] 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[422] May 8–12, 2011 Barack Obama 52% Mitt Romney 40% 12 1000 LV ±3.1%
Barack Obama 52% Tim Pawlenty 38% 14
Reuters/Ipsos[423] 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[424] 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[425] Dennis Kucinich 43% Sarah Palin 36% 7
Dennis Kucinich 40% Donald Trump 36% 4
ABC News/Washington Post[426] 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[427] 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[428] 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[429] 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[358] 44% 4
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation[430] 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[431] 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[432] 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[433] 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[434] 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[435] 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[436] 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.[437] 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.[438] October 7–10, 2010 Barack Obama 51% Sarah Palin 35% 16 721 RV ±3.7%
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation[439] 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[440] 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[441] 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[442] 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[443] 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[444] July 17–20, 2010 Barack Obama 41.2% Sarah Palin 31.0% 10.2 1000 A ±3.5%
Zogby Interactive[445] 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[358] 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[446] 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[447]
 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[448] July 12–13, 2010 Barack Obama 55% Sarah Palin 34% 21 1003 A Not reported
Public Policy Polling[449] 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[450] 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[451] April 14, 2010 Barack Obama 42% Ron Paul 41% 1 1000 LV ±3%
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation[452] 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[453] 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[454] 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[455] 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[456] 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[457] 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[458] 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[459] 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[460] 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[461] 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[462] 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[463] 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[464] 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[465] 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[466] 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[467] August 3–6, 2009 Barack Obama 56% Sarah Palin 33% 23 854 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[468] July 30–31, 2009 Hillary Clinton 51% Sarah Palin 39% 12 1000 LV ±3%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[469] July 18–19, 2009 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 45% Tied 1000 LV ±3%
Barack Obama 48% Sarah Palin 42% 6
Public Policy Polling[470] 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[471] 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[472] 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[473] 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[456] 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)[474] 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[475] 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[476] June 25 – July 5, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 42% Gary Johnson 2% 1 825 RV ±3.5%
Gallup[477] June 7–10, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% Gary Johnson 3% 7 899 RV ±4%
Washington Times/JZ Analytics[478] May 11–12, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 43% Gary Johnson 2% 1 800 LV ±3.5%
Public Policy Polling[260] April 12–15, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% Gary Johnson 6% 5 900 RV ±3.3%
Public Policy Polling[280] March 15–17, 2012 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 39% Gary Johnson 7% 7 900 RV ±3.3%
Public Policy Polling[302] February 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% Gary Johnson 7% 7 1200 RV ±2.8%
Public Policy Polling[317] January 13–16, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 40% Gary Johnson 7% 7 700 RV ±3.7%
Public Policy Polling[329] December 16–18, 2011 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 41% Gary Johnson 9% 2 700 RV ±3.7%

Hypothetical three-way race

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Poll source Date Democratic candidate % Republican candidate % Third party/independent candidate % Lead margin Sample size Margin of error
Public Policy Polling[479] February 9–12, 2012 Barack Obama 47% Mitt Romney 42% Roseanne Barr 6% 5 1200 RV ±2.8%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal[312] January 22–24, 2012 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 32% Ron Paul 18% 13 Not reported Not reported
Public Policy Polling[317] January 13–16, 2012 Barack Obama 41% Mitt Romney 38% Stephen Colbert 13% 3 700 RV ±3.7%
Pew Research Center[318] January 11–16, 2012 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 32% Ron Paul 18% 12 1207 RV ±3.5%
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company[320] January 12–14, 2012 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 35% Ron Paul 14% 7 906 RV ±3%
Democracy Corps/ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)[480] January 8–11, 2012 Barack Obama 43% Mitt Romney 34% Ron Paul 18% 9 1000 LV ±3.5%
Public Policy Polling[329] 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[330] 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[352] 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[424] May 5–8, 2011 Barack Obama 46% Mitt Romney 33% Donald Trump 16% 13 814 RV ±3.4%
Public Policy Polling[481] 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[428] 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[482] 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[483] September 30 – October 5, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Sarah Palin 29% Michael Bloomberg 18% 15 829 RV ±3.5%
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation[439] 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[443] August 6–9, 2010 Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 36% Ron Paul 13% 6 606 RV ±4%
Harris Interactive[455] March 10–12, 2010 Barack Obama 45% Mitt Romney 24% Sarah Palin[484] 18% 21 2344 A Not reported
Marist College[485] February 1–3, 2010 Barack Obama 44% Sarah Palin 29% Michael Bloomberg 15% 15 910 RV ±3.5%
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[486] 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[469] July 18–19, 2009 Barack Obama 44% Mitt Romney 33% Sarah Palin 16% 11 1000 LV ±3%

Five-way race

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Poll source Date Democratic candidate % Republican candidate % Third party or 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)[487] 		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

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President Barack Obama ran uncontested in most states for the 2012 Democratic presidential nomination.[488]

Hypothetical polling

Poll source Date Barack
Obama 		Hillary
Clinton 		Howard
Dean 		Bernie
Sanders 		Sample
size 		Margin of Error
Public Policy Polling[489]
(Vermont) 		July 28–31, 2011 52% 33% 617 RV ±3.9%
61% 24%
Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies[490]
(New Hampshire) 		December 14–15, 2010 59% 28% 1,002 RV Not reported
78% 10%
79% 8%
Gallup (National)[491] September 25–26, 2010 52% 37% 859 RV ±4%

Republican primary

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See Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ RCP Average
  2. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  3. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  4. ^ Gravis Marketing
  5. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  6. ^ Investor's Business Daily/TIPP
  7. ^ a b c Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  8. ^ a b c d American Research Group
  9. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  10. ^ Gallup (Daily Tracking)
  11. ^ Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA
  13. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  14. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  15. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  16. ^ Pew Research Center
  17. ^ YouGov
  18. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  19. ^ Purple Strategies
  20. ^ Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D)
  21. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  22. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  23. ^ ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking)
  24. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  25. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  26. ^ High Point University
  27. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  28. ^ United Technologies/National Journal
  29. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  30. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling
  31. ^ Pew Research Center
  32. ^ Gallup (Daily Tracking)
  33. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  34. ^ ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking)
  35. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  36. ^ Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)
  37. ^ Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D)
  38. ^ NPR/Resurgent Republic/Democracy Corps/North Star Opinion Research
  39. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  40. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  41. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  42. ^ ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking)
  43. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper
  44. ^ Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D)
  45. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  46. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  47. ^ Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA Archived October 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  48. ^ "Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)". Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  49. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  50. ^ Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)
  51. ^ a b c d e f g Gallup (Daily Tracking)
  52. ^ Washington Times/JZ Analytics
  53. ^ CBS News
  54. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  55. ^ Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D)
  56. ^ "Gravis Marketing". Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  57. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  58. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  59. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  60. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  61. ^ University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant
  62. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  63. ^ a b c d Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  64. ^ Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)
  65. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  66. ^ American Research Group
  67. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  68. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion [permanent dead link‍]
  69. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  70. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  71. ^ Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA
  72. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  73. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  74. ^ Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking)
  75. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  76. ^ Washington Times/JZ Analytics Archived April 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  77. ^ Pew Research Center
  78. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  79. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  80. ^ a b Clarus Research Group
  81. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  82. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  83. ^ American Conservative Union/McLaughlin & Associates (R)
  84. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  85. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  86. ^ a b CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  87. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  88. ^ United Technologies/National Journal
  89. ^ "American Research Group". Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  90. ^ NPR/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/Resurgent Republic
  91. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  92. ^ Quinnipiac University
  93. ^ Washington Times/JZ Analytics
  94. ^ ABC News/Washington Post Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  95. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  96. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  97. ^ Merriman River Group
  98. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  99. ^ Fox News
  100. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  101. ^ Bloomberg/Selzer & Co.
  102. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  103. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  104. ^ JZ Analytics
  105. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  106. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  107. ^ "American Research Group". Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  108. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  109. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion [permanent dead link‍]
  110. ^ Allstate/Heartland Monitor/National JournalFTI Communications
  111. ^ University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant
  112. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  113. ^ Reason-Rupe
  114. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper
  115. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  116. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  117. ^ Monmouth University
  118. ^ Pew Research Center
  119. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  120. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  121. ^ UPI/CVOTER
  122. ^ JZ Analytics Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  123. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  124. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  125. ^ Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  126. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  127. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  128. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  129. ^ Esquire/Yahoo! News/Langer Research Associates
  130. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  131. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  132. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  133. ^ a b CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  134. ^ Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
  135. ^ Reason-Rupe
  136. ^ Zogby / JZAnalytics
  137. ^ Zogby / JZAnalytics Archived April 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  138. ^ JZ Analytics Archived September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  139. ^ JZ Analytics Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  140. ^ Gallup Tracking
  141. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  142. ^ "American Research Group". Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  143. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  144. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  145. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  146. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Gallup (Daily Tracking)
  147. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  148. ^ a b c d e f g h Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  149. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  150. ^ Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking)
  151. ^ Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  152. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  153. ^ CBS News
  154. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  155. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  156. ^ Public Notice/Tarrance Group (R)
  157. ^ Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R)
  158. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  159. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  160. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper
  161. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  162. ^ Monmouth University/SurveyUSA/ Braun Research
  163. ^ Los Angeles Times/USC Annenberg/ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/American Viewpoint
  164. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  165. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  166. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  167. ^ Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
  168. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  169. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  170. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  171. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  172. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  173. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  174. ^ Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post
  175. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  176. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  177. ^ a b c d e f Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  178. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  179. ^ Pew Research Center
  180. ^ Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  181. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  182. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  183. ^ NBC/Wall Street Journal
  184. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  185. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  186. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  187. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  188. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  189. ^ NPR/Democracy Corps/Resurgent Republic/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  190. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  191. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  192. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  193. ^ Pew Research Center
  194. ^ JZ Analytics/Washington Times
  195. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  196. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  197. ^ Quinnipiac University
  198. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  199. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  200. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  201. ^ Newsweek/The Daily Beast/Schoen Consulting
  202. ^ Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  203. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  204. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  205. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  206. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  207. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  208. ^ Bloomberg/Selzer & Co.
  209. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper
  210. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  211. ^ Pew Research Center
  212. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  213. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  214. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  215. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  216. ^ Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
  217. ^ Tarrance Group/Bankrupting America (R)
  218. ^ Monmouth University
  219. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  220. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  221. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  222. ^ Pew Research Center
  223. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  224. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  225. ^ a b c d e Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  226. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  227. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  228. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  229. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  230. ^ Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
  231. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  232. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  233. ^ Ron Sachs Communications/Mason-Dixon Polling & Research
  234. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  235. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  236. ^ The Washington Times/JZ Analytics
  237. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  238. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  239. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  240. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper Archived August 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  241. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  242. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  243. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  244. ^ Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
  245. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  246. ^ Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R)
  247. ^ Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  248. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  249. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  250. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  251. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  252. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  253. ^ United Technologies/National Journal
  254. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  255. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  256. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  257. ^ Quinnipiac University
  258. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  259. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  260. ^ a b Public Policy Polling
  261. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  262. ^ [1] Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  263. ^ Pew Research Center
  264. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  265. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  266. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  267. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  268. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  269. ^ Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
  270. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  271. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  272. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  273. ^ USA Today/Gallup
  274. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  275. ^ Suffolk University
  276. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  277. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  278. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  279. ^ Reason-Rupe Public Opinion
  280. ^ a b Public Policy Polling
  281. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking)
  282. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  283. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  284. ^ Bloomberg/Selzer & Company
  285. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  286. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  287. ^ Pew Research Center
  288. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  289. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  290. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  291. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  292. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  293. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  294. ^ Quinnipiac University Archived April 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  295. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper
  296. ^ USA Today/Gallup
  297. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  298. ^ Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  299. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  300. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  301. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  302. ^ a b Public Policy Polling
  303. ^ Pew Research Center
  304. ^ Fairleigh Dickinson University/ PublicMind
  305. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/
    Shaw & Company
  306. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  307. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  308. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  309. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  310. ^ Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D)
  311. ^ USA Today/Gallup
  312. ^ a b NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  313. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  314. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  315. ^ Angus Reid Public Opinion[usurped]
  316. ^ CBS News/New York Times
  317. ^ a b c Public Policy Polling
  318. ^ a b Pew Research Center
  319. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  320. ^ a b Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  321. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  322. ^ Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  323. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  324. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  325. ^ CBS News
  326. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  327. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  328. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  329. ^ a b c Public Policy Polling
  330. ^ a b ABC News/Washington Post
  331. ^ USA Today/Gallup
  332. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  333. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  334. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper
  335. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  336. ^ USA Today/Gallup
  337. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  338. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  339. ^ Fairleigh Dickinson University/PublicMind
  340. ^ Quinnipiac University
  341. ^ IBOPE/Zogby International
  342. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  343. ^ Pew Research Center
  344. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  345. ^ Public Policy Polling
  346. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  347. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  348. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  349. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  350. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  351. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  352. ^ a b NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  353. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  354. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  355. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  356. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research Archived December 10, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  357. ^ Vanity Fair/60 Minutes/CBS News
  358. ^ a b c George W. Bush is not eligible to run in 2012 because he has served two terms as president.
  359. ^ Quinnipiac University
  360. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  361. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  362. ^ USA Today/Gallup
  363. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  364. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  365. ^ Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  366. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  367. ^ Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper
  368. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  369. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  370. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  371. ^ Time/Abt SRBI
  372. ^ Time/Abt SRBI
  373. ^ Public Policy Polling
  374. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  375. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  376. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  377. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  378. ^ Pew Research Center
  379. ^ Quinnipiac University
  380. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  381. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  382. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  383. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research [permanent dead link‍]
  384. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  385. ^ Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company
  386. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  387. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  388. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  389. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  390. ^ Harris Interactive
  391. ^ USA Today/Gallup
  392. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  393. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  394. ^ Bloomberg News/Selzer & Co.
  395. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  396. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  397. ^ Public Policy Polling
  398. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  399. ^ Quinnipiac University
  400. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  401. ^ Public Policy Polling
  402. ^ Gallup
  403. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  404. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  405. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  406. ^ Public Policy Polling
  407. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  408. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  409. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  410. ^ Quinnipiac University
  411. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  412. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  413. ^ Public Policy Polling
  414. ^ Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation
  415. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  416. ^ Quinnipiac University
  417. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  418. ^ Public Policy Polling
  419. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  420. ^ Suffolk University Archived December 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  421. ^ Harris Interactive
  422. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  423. ^ Reuters/Ipsos
  424. ^ a b Public Policy Polling
  425. ^ Public Policy Polling
  426. ^ ABC News/Washington Post
  427. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research Archived August 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  428. ^ a b Newsweek/Daily Beast/Schoen Consulting
  429. ^ Public Policy Polling
  430. ^ Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation
  431. ^ Rasmussen Reports
  432. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  433. ^ NBC News/Wall Street Journal
  434. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  435. ^ Public Policy Polling
  436. ^ Politico/Qualcomm/Penn Schoen Berland
  437. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corp.
  438. ^ Bloomberg/Selzer & Co.
  439. ^ a b Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation
  440. ^ Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners
  441. ^ Public Policy Polling
  442. ^ Politico/Qualcomm/Penn Schoen Berland
  443. ^ a b Public Policy Polling
  444. ^ The Economist/YouGov
  445. ^ Zogby Interactive
  446. ^ Politico/Qualcomm/Penn Schoen Berland
  447. ^ Public Policy Polling
  448. ^ Time/Abt SRBI
  449. ^ Public Policy Polling
  450. ^ Public Policy Polling
  451. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  452. ^ CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
  453. ^ Public Policy Polling
  454. ^ Clarus Research Group
  455. ^ a b Harris Interactive
  456. ^ a b Public Policy Polling
  457. ^ Public Policy Polling
  458. ^ Public Policy Polling
  459. ^ Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation
  460. ^ Public Policy Polling
  461. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  462. ^ Public Policy Polling
  463. ^ Public Policy Polling
  464. ^ Public Policy Polling
  465. ^ Clarus Research Group
  466. ^ Public Policy Polling
  467. ^ Marist College
  468. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  469. ^ a b Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  470. ^ Public Policy Polling
  471. ^ Public Policy Polling
  472. ^ Public Policy Polling
  473. ^ Public Policy Polling
  474. ^ Libertarian Action/Pulse Opinion Research (L)
  475. ^ JZ Analytics Archived August 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  476. ^ Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP
  477. ^ Gallup
  478. ^ Washington Times/JZ Analytics
  479. ^ Public Policy Polling
  480. ^ Democracy Corps/ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  481. ^ Public Policy Polling
  482. ^ Clarus Research Group
  483. ^ McClatchy/Marist College
  484. ^ Palin is listed as the candidate of the Tea Party.
  485. ^ Marist College
  486. ^ Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research
  487. ^ Democracy Corps/
    Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)
  488. ^ "CNN Election Center". CNN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  489. ^ Public Policy Polling
  490. ^ Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies [permanent dead link‍]
  491. ^ Gallup (National)
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