PPP (D) Washington 2012 Presidential Poll
- Barack Obama 52%
- Rick Santorum 40%
- Barack Obama 51%
- Ron Paul 38%
- Barack Obama 53% (51%)
- Mitt Romney 38% (40%)
- Barack Obama 55% (54%)
- Newt Gingrich 35% (36%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
- Rick Santorum 36% / 51% {-15%}
- Ron Paul 31% / 55% {-24%}
- Mitt Romney 27% (34%) / 63% (47%) {-36%}
- Newt Gingrich 19% (26%) / 69% (59%) {-50%}
Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?
- Approve 51% (52%)
- Disapprove 45% (43%)
Among Independents
- Approve 44% (44%)
- Disapprove 50% (47%)
Among Men
- Approve 46% (48%)
- Disapprove 49% (47%)
Among Women
- Approve 55% (56%)
- Disapprove 41% (38%)
Survey of 1,264 Washington voters was conducted February 16-19, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.76 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 36% (39%) Democrat; 32% (30%) Republican; 32% (31%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 28% (30%) Moderate; 21% (21%) Somewhat conservative; 20% (22%) Somewhat liberal; 17% (16%) Very conservative; 14% (11%) Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted May 12-15, 2011 are in parentheses.
–Data compilation and analysis courtesy of The Argo Journal
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:48 pm
All these polls with Obama winning are depressing me. How did we go from most likely winning the white house to losing every state?
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:50 pm
PPP & Rasmussen seem to really like tRick Santorum and dislike Romney. Michigan will shed some light on who’s doing the best polling.
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:51 pm
We probably won’t win this state, but how could we possibly tell by reading a PPP poll? What’s more interesting is who’s going to win the Caucus in the state….but how do you accurately poll for a Caucus?
Romney was way up in Colorado, but it didn’t gauge who turned out.
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Come on New Michigan Polls!
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:53 pm
I think once Romney settles down as the nominee, and the ABRs aren’t propping up Santy in these polls, things will start coming back to Earth. Remember when there was a day when polls showed Romney beating Obama by decent margins in MI, NH, PA, and FL?
I think we will soon start seeing those numbers again in the next few months.
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:58 pm
5. I hope so…
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:58 pm
4 Where’s New Michigan?
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:59 pm
#5 – Yeah but a couple things have changed. One, positive economic data began
coming in and two, all the candidates began ripping each other apart.
I suspect if you plotted the polls against candidate fav/unfavs, they would be
directly related and heading in opposite directions.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Isn’t Washington state out west????
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Fire,
“Remember when there was a day when polls showed Romney beating Obama by decent margins in MI, NH, PA, and FL?”
The economy and the stock market have continued to improve since then.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Guys, the estimates are that unemploymet umbers are going to jump significantly this month, from 8.3% in January to 8.7% or so this month. The whole narrative will change in the coming months. People are being told that things are getting better, but home prices are at a 12-month low (new report out yesterday), gas is on the way to $4.50+ per gallon, etc.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:23 pm
WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
The position we have found ourselves in… rooting for a bad economy… is unfortunate.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:29 pm
7 – It’s the state that will be the second big state to vote against Romney, after the real Michigan. (Hint: it starts with O and ends with HIO).
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:30 pm
(kidding – I’m making no predictions for the outcome in Michigan)
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:32 pm
12 Well, increases in unemployment can mean that the economy is getting better and more people are starting to look for jobs. I hope that happens, and I hope the unemployment numbers start to better reflects actual unemployment.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:34 pm
I’m amazed that Bam’s favorables have remained as high as they have despite the right direction/ wrong track split. We’ve been at around -30 +/- 5 net for years. The Oministration will win if they manage to shift all the blame for public displeasure onto the Repubs.
It’ll be interesting to see how disposable income figures change with the inflation in gasoline and food prices.
Disposable income here.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:34 pm
13 I’ll admit it – I laughed.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Interesting.
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:52 pm
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:56 pm
It looks like the jury’s in. Santorum did poorly in his first debate in the spotlight.
February 23rd, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Once gas passes $5, Obama’s numbers will be in the upper 30s.
We’re in winter, oil prices are cyclical and they always go up in the summer.
Right now our side is being torn apart by both sides. Once a nominee is decided, things will look a lot better.
February 23rd, 2012 at 7:22 pm
That’s right….we’ll all do better as ABO’s
February 23rd, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Washington will not vote GOP for a while. They voted for Gregoire (one of the worst politicians ever in terms of excitement) over Dino Rossi twice for the governorship.
WA will go Romney on march 3rd though.
February 23rd, 2012 at 7:59 pm
obama was always going to win wa…though the next wa gov will be an R; first in a long while…
February 23rd, 2012 at 8:14 pm
The hand-wringing this early is funny. 5 thoughts to calm your minds:
1. Obama has had good numbers and spin from the national media for MONTHS about the economy. However, any honest evaluator (like the CBO and Gallup) are showing these numbers to be shams. When the reported numbers eventually have to show a worsening situation, Obama.is.toast. Also, we’re still in February. 9 months is an eternity.
2. GAS is EXPENSIVE, and will get worse. This will exacerbate #1 and piss off everybody in day-to-day life. All Obama can say is, “I can’t do anything! Stop asking about XLP!” Shows bad leadership and horrible decision-making. It won’t play well. With fracking, XLP, and off-shore drilling getting stone-walled by this administration, it’ll be a blood bath. All 3 of those provide jobs, fuel, and savings.
3. Primaries/nomination will be winding down in about 6-8 weeks: the brokered convention crap is mental masturbation by the 24hr news programs and is keeping things interesting for pundits, but it ain’t happening. Romney will win, eventually (likely late April). Even if Newtorum become one (which I doubt), Romney will win enough and Paul will swing his delegates over. It might be ugly, but it’ll happen. All the hoops jumped through to this point can’t be discounted, and the candidates aren’t just going to walk away after this fight and say, “okay, I’ll just give up now”. Most importantly, other than Pathetic Palin, NOBODY wants to jump in late. Nobody.
4. Going along with #3 – the party will UNIFY, and turn its anger and attacks on OBAMA. While #1-2 are getting worse, which they will, the election will be ALL ABOUT GETTING HIM OUT and REPEALING his failed policies. The convention will be EPIC, POSITIVE, and INSPIRING.
5. Obama is one of the WORST, most UNPOPULAR incumbents EVER. His “achievements” (stimulus, Obamacare) have fallen flat on their face and are extremely unpopular. His “big promises” of hope and change never happened, and he left many core constituencies out in the cold (gays, latinos, blacks). They won’t want to vote for him to give him “four more years.” Of what? Why? For more deadlock with a republican congress?
These polls will shift…and even some have recently shown that Mitt plays great in swing states…in spite of this vitriolic primary season. Holy crap! We’re already into the third month of voting next week! And still 1-2 months away! It’s been super dirty, personal, and has hurt…but maybe will make better mettle out of Mitt.
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:20 pm
The GOP has a big problem, it is the self righteous religious fanatics. We Independents also have a problem with the teabaggers. America is fed up with the antics and the chaos they have created in the House. Don’t dismiss this statement. We will pull the Dem lever to bury the teabag blight and any social conservative,(Santorum). Most Independents will support Romney.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:21 pm
they should have at least a decade…
of experience behind them. a company with a proper infrastructure and reputation is less likely to go bankrupt and out of existence in the blink of an eye. such companies can expose you to fraud and if they close down, all…