Poll Watch: CBS News/New York Times 2012 Presidential Survey

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CBS News/New York Times 2012 Presidential Poll

Likely Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 46% 

Independents

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 50%
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 44% 

Men

• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 52%
• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 44% 

Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 53%
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 41% 

Registered Voters

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 51% [46%] (46%) {43%} [46%] (47%) {48%} [45%] (45%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 43% [45%] (47%) {46%} [46%] (44%) {42%} [45%] (47%)

Survey of 1,170 registered voters and 1,162 likely voters was conducted September 8-12, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted August 22-26, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 11-16, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 11-13, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 13-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 7-11, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 8-13, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 12-17, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 4-8, 2012 are in parentheses. Inside the numbers:

Mr. Obama has an advantage among likely voters of 12 percentage points among women, the poll found, while Mr. Romney holds the upper hand among men by eight percentage points. Mr. Obama leads his Republican rival across all ages of voters, except those who are 65 or older, who favor Mr. Romney by 15 percentage points.

The poll found that Mr. Obama holds an advantage of 21 percentage points over Mr. Romney among voters whose household income is under $50,000. Mr. Romney has an edge in higher income groups, including leading Mr. Obama by 16 percentage points among voters whose household income is more than $100,000.