Poll Watch: PPIC California 2012 Presidential Survey

PPIC California 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 53% [51%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 39% [40%] (39%)
• Someone else 2% [2%] (3%)
• Don't know 6% [7%] (8%)

Among Men

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 48% [50%] (49%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 44% [43%] (39%)
• Someone else 4% [2%]
• Don't know 4% [4%]

Among Women

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 59% [51%] (51%)
• Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan 33% [38%] (38%)
• Someone else 1% [2%]
• Don't know 7% [10%]

Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way that Barack Obama is handling his job as president of the United States?

• Approve 53% [50%] (54%)
• Disapprove 46% [47%] (42%)

Survey of 995 likely voters was conducted September 9-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted July 10-24, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 14-20, 2012 are in parentheses.