Poll Watch: Susquehanna (R) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

Susquehanna (R) Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% (48%) {46%} [48%] (43%)
• Mitt Romney 45% (47%) {43%} [43%] (45%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net} 

• Barack Obama 47% (46%) {46%} / 44% (47%) {45%} {+3%} 
• Mitt Romney 41% (41%) {39%} / 47% (43%) {41%} {-6%} 

Who would do a better job of:

Creating new jobs

• Mitt Romney 48%
• Barack Obama 44%

Looking out for the middle class

• Barack Obama 56%
• Mitt Romney 38%

Defending the homeland

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 41%

Balancing the budget

• Mitt Romney 49%
• Barack Obama 43%

Protecting entitlements

• Barack Obama 52%
• Mitt Romney 39%

Holding the line on taxes

• Mitt Romney 45%
• Barack Obama 42%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?

• Approve 51% (48%)
• Disapprove 46% (50%)

Survey of 800 likely voters was conducted September 18-20, 2012 for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The margin of error is +/- 3.46 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted September 15-17, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 19-23, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 2-6, 2012 are in parentheses.