Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_United_States_presidential_election
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.
Since convention nominations
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 | October 22 – November 4, 2012 | 48.8% | 48.1% | 0.7 | -- | |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | November 4–5, 2012 | 47% | 47% | Tied | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| The Economist/YouGov | November 3–5, 2012 | 49% | 47% | 2 | 740 LV | ±4.6% |
| Gravis Marketing | November 3–5, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 872 LV | ±3.3% |
| UPI/CVOTER | November 3–5, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 3000 LV | ±3.5% |
| Investor's Business Daily/TIPP | November 3–5, 2012 | 50.3% | 48.7% | 1.6 | 712 LV | ±3.7% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | November 3–5, 2012 | 48% | 48% | 1 | 3000 LV | ±2.5% |
| American Research Group | November 2–4, 2012 | 49% | 49% | Tied | 1200 LV | ±3% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | November 2–4, 2012 | 49% | 49% | Tied | 693 LV | ±3.5% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | November 1–4, 2012 | 49% | 50% | 1 | 2551 LV | ±2% |
| Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | November 1–4, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 1080 LV | Not reported |
| Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA | November 1–4, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 1417 LV | ±2.6% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | November 1–4, 2012 | 50% | 48% | 2 | 1300 LV | ±2.7% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion | November 1–3, 2012 | 51% | 48% | 3 | Not reported | Not reported |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | November 1–3, 2012 | 48% | 47% | 1 | 1475 LV | ±2.55% |
| Pew Research Center | October 31 – November 3, 2012 | 48%' | 45% | 3 | 2709 LV | ±2.2% |
| YouGov | October 31 – November 3, 2012 | 48.5% | 46.5% | 2 | 36472 LV | Not reported |
| UPI/CVOTER | November 2, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 1074 LV | ±4.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 31 – November 2, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 3000 LV | ±2.5% |
| Purple Strategies | October 31 – November 1, 2012 | 47% | 46% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D) | October 30 – November 1, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 1200 LV | ±2.8% |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | October 29 – November 1, 2012 | 48% | 49% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | October 28 – November 1, 2012 | 47% | 46% | 1 | 4556 LV | ±3.4% |
| ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking) | October 28–31, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 1293 LV | ±3% |
| UPI/CVOTER | October 15–31, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 3633 LV | ±4.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 28–30, 2012 | 47% | 49% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | October 28–30, 2012 | 46% | 46% | Tie | 1128 LV | ±3% |
| High Point University | October 22–30, 2012 | 46% | 43% | 3 | 805 RV | ±3.45% |
| The Economist/YouGov | October 26–28, 2012 | 48% | 47% | 1 | 688 LV | ±4.6% |
| United Technologies/National Journal | October 25–28, 2012 | 50% | 45% | 5 | 713 LV | ±4.4% |
| CBS News/New York Times | October 25–28, 2012 | 48% | 47% | 1 | 563 LV | ±4% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling | October 25–28, 2012 | 49% | 49% | Tied | 1400 LV | ±2.6% |
| American Research Group | October 25–28, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 1200 LV | ±3% |
| Pew Research Center | October 24–28, 2012 | 47% | 47% | Tied | 1495 LV | ±2.9% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | October 22–28, 2012 | 46% | 51% | 5 | 2700 LV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 25–27, 2012 | 47% | 50% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking) | October 24–27, 2012 | 48% | 49% | 1 | 1278 LV | ±3% |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | October 23–27, 2012 | 47% | 45% | 2 | 1291 LV | ±3.1% |
| Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) | October 22–27, 2012 | 45.4% | 44.1% | 1.3 | 942 LV | ±3.5% |
| Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (Daily Tracking) (D) | October 23–25, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 1200 LV | ±2.8% |
| NPR/Resurgent Republic/Democracy Corps/North Star Opinion Research | October 23–25, 2012 | 47% | 48% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | October 22–25, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| UPI/CVOTER | October 19–25, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 1203 LV | ±4.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 22–24, 2012 | 47% | 50% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| ABC News/Washington Post (Daily Tracking) | October 20–23, 2012 | 48% | 49% | 1 | 1394 LV | ±3% |
| Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper | October 19–23, 2012 | 45% | 47% | 2 | 839 LV | ±4.2% |
| Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D) | October 20–22, 2012 | 47% | 49% | 2 | 1200 LV | ±2.8% |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | October 18–22, 2012 | 46% | 46% | Tied | 957 LV | ±3.6% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 19–21, 2012 | 47% | 49% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA Archived October 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | October 18–21, 2012 | 45% | 48% | 3 | 1402 | ±2.6% |
| Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | October 18–21, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | October 18–21, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 1300 LV | ±2.7% |
| American Research Group | October 18–21, 2012 | 47% | 48% | 1 | 1200 LV | ±3% |
| Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) | October 16–21, 2012 | 47.4% | 43.4% | 4 | 885 LV | ±3.5% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | October 15–21, 2012 | 45% | 51% | 6 | 2700 LV | ±2% |
| Washington Times/JZ Analytics | October 18–20, 2012 | 49.7% | 47.3% | 2.4 | 800 LV | ±3.5% |
| CBS News | October 17–20, 2012 | 48% | 46% | 2 | 790 LV | ±4% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | October 17–20, 2012 | 47% | 47% | Tie | 816 LV | ±3.43% |
| Americans United for Change/Public Policy Polling (D) | October 17–19, 2012 | 49% | 47% | 2 | 1200 LV | ±2.8% |
| Gravis Marketing | October 18, 2012 | 44% | 46% | 2 | 805 LV | ±3.4% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 16–18, 2012 | 48% | 48% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | October 15–18, 2012 | 48% | 49% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| UPI/CVOTER | October 12–18, 2012 | 46% | 48% | 2 | 1254 LV | ±4.5% |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | October 12–16, 2012 | 46% | 43% | 3 | 1846 LV | ±2.6% |
| University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant[permanent dead link] | October 11–16, 2012 | 48% | 45% | 3 | 1023 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | October 13–15, 2012 | 47% | 46% | 1 | 826 LV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 13–15, 2012 | 47% | 49% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) | October 10–15, 2012 | 47.3% | 45.7% | 1.6 | 931 LV | ±3.5% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | October 12–14, 2012 | 46% | 50% | 4 | 1600 LV | ±2.5% |
| American Research Group | October 11–14, 2012 | 47% | 48% | 1 | 1200 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | October 8–14, 2012 | 47% | 49% | 2 | 2700 LV | ±2% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | October 10–13, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 923 LV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 10–12, 2012 | 48% | 47% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion[permanent dead link] | October 10–11, 2012 | 47% | 47% | Tie | Not reported | Not reported |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | October 7–11, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Reuters/Ipsos | October 7–11, 2012 | 44% | 47% | 3 | 1092 LV | ±3.4% |
| Monmouth University/Braun Research/SurveyUSA | October 8–10, 2012 | 46% | 47% | 1 | 1360 LV | ±2.7% |
| UPI/CVOTER | October 4–10, 2012 | 46% | 49% | 3 | 1110 LV | ±4.5% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | October 7–9, 2012 | 45% | 46% | 1 | 1109 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 7–9, 2012 | 48% | 47% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Investor's Business Daily/TIPP (Daily Tracking) | October 4–9, 2012 | 45.7% | 46.9% | 1.2 | 812 LV | ±3.5% |
| The Economist/YouGov | October 6–8, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 763 LV | Not reported |
| American Research Group | October 5–8, 2012 | 47% | 48% | 1 | 1200 LV | ±3% |
| Washington Times/JZ Analytics Archived April 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine | October 5–7, 2012 | 44.5% | 45.1% | 0.6 | 800 LV | ±3.5% |
| Pew Research Center | October 4–7, 2012 | 45% | 49% | 4 | 1112 LV | ±3.4% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | October 1–7, 2012 | 48% | 48% | Tied | 2700 LV | ±2% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | October 4–7, 2012 | 47% | 49% | 2 | 1300 LV | ±2.7% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 4–6, 2012 | 47% | 49% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Reuters/Ipsos | October 2–6, 2012 | 47% | 45% | 2 | 1492 | ±2.9% |
| Clarus Research Group | October 4, 2012 | 46% | 47% | 1 | 590 LV | ±4.3% |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | October 1–4, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | October 1–3, 2012 | 49% | 47% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Clarus Research Group | October 2, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 590 LV | ±4.3% |
| American Conservative Union/McLaughlin & Associates (R) | September 30 – October 2, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| The Economist/YouGov | September 29 – October 1, 2012 | 49% | 44% | 5 | 785 LV | Not reported |
| Reuters/Ipsos | September 27 – October 1, 2012 | 46% | 41% | 5 | 930 LV | ±3.6% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | September 28–30, 2012 | 50% | 47% | 3 | 783 LV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 28–30, 2012 | 48% | 45% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | September 27–30, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 1100 LV | ±2.8% |
| United Technologies/National Journal | September 27–30, 2012 | 47% | 47% | Tied | 789 LV | Not reported |
| American Research Group | September 27–30, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 1200 LV | ±3% |
| NPR/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/Resurgent Republic | September 26–30, 2012 | 50% | 44% | 6 | 800 LV | Not reported |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | September 26–30, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 832 LV | ±3.40% |
| Quinnipiac University | September 25–30, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 1912 LV | ±2.2% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | September 24–30, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Washington Times/JZ Analytics | September 27–29, 2012 | 49.7% | 41.1% | 8.6 | 800 LV | ±3.5% |
| ABC News/Washington Post Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | September 26–29, 2012 | 49% | 47% | 2 | 813 LV | ±4% |
| UPI/CVOTER | September 23–29, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 855 LV | ±4.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 25–27, 2012 | 47% | 46% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Merriman River Group | September 24–27, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 981 RV | ±3.1% |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | September 24–27, 2012 | 49% | 47% | 2 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Fox News | September 24–26, 2012 | 48% | 43% | 5 | 1092 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 22–24, 2012 | 47% | 46% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | September 22–24, 2012 | 48% | 43% | 5 | 943 RV | Not reported |
| Bloomberg/Selzer & Co. | September 21–24, 2012 | 49% | 43% | 6 | 789 LV | ±3.5% |
| Reuters/Ipsos | September 20–24, 2012 | 49% | 43% | 6 | 1095 LV | ±3.5% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | September 20–23, 2012 | 50% | 45% | 5 | 1200 LV | ±2.8% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | September 17–23, 2012 | 48% | 46% | 2 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| JZ Analytics | September 21–22, 2012 | 49% | 40.7% | 8.3 | 860 LV | ±3.4% |
| UPI/CVOTER | September 16–22, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 761 LV | ±4.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 19–21, 2012 | 46% | 46% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| American Research Group | September 16–20, 2012 | 49% | 47% | 2 | 761 LV | ±3.6% |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | September 16–20, 2012 | 50% | 46% | 4 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion[permanent dead link] | September 19–20, 2012 | 48% | 46% | 2 | 805 RV | Not reported |
| Allstate/Heartland Monitor/National JournalFTI Communications | September 15–19, 2012 | 50% | 43% | 7 | 1055 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 16–18, 2012 | 46% | 47% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant | September 11–18, 2012 | 46% | 43% | 3 | 1148 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | September 15–17, 2012 | 49% | 44% | 5 | 943 RV | Not reported |
| Reason-Rupe | September 13–17, 2012 | 52% | 45% | 7 | 787 LV | ±4.3% |
| Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper | September 13–17, 2012 | 47% | 46% | 1 | 807 LV | ±4.3% |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | September 12–17, 2012 | 48% | 43% | 5 | 591 LV | ±4.1% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | September 13–16, 2012 | 50% | 46% | 4 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Monmouth University | September 13–16, 2012 | 48% | 45% | 3 | 1344 LV | ±2.5% |
| Pew Research Center | September 12–16, 2012 | 51% | 43% | 8 | 2,192 LV | ±2.4% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | September 12–16, 2012 | 50% | 45% | 5 | 736 LV | ±3.61% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | September 10–16, 2012 | 48% | 45% | 3 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 13–15, 2012 | 46% | 47% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| UPI/CVOTER | September 8–14, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 3000 RV | ±3% |
| JZ Analytics Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine | September 11–12, 2012 | 47.7% | 42% | 5.7 | 1014 LV | ±3.1% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 10–12, 2012 | 46% | 47% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| CBS News/New York Times | September 8–12, 2012 | 49% | 46% | 3 | 1162 LV | ±3% |
| Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | September 8–12, 2012 | 50% | 45% | 5 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | September 9–11, 2012 | 48% | 43% | 5 | 1056 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | September 8–10, 2012 | 49% | 45% | 4 | 818 RV | Not reported |
| Reuters/Ipsos | September 7–10, 2012 | 48% | 45% | 3 | 873 LV | Not reported |
| Esquire/Yahoo! News/Langer Research Associates | September 7–10, 2012 | 50% | 46% | 4 | 724 LV | ±5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 7–9, 2012 | 50% | 45% | 5 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | September 7–9, 2012 | 50% | 44% | 6 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | September 7–9, 2012 | 49% | 48% | 1 | 710 LV | ±4.5% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | September 7–9, 2012 | 52% | 46% | 6 | 709 LV | ±3.5% |
| Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP | September 4–9, 2012 | 46% | 44% | 2 | 808 RV | ±3.5% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | September 3–9, 2012 | 49% | 44% | 5 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
Close
*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 | September 13–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 42% | Gary Johnson | 6% | 787 LV | ±4.3% |
Close
*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 | September 28–30, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 43% | Gary Johnson | 4% | Jill Stein | 3% | 783 LV | ±3.5% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | September 7–9, 2012 | Barack Obama | 51% | Mitt Romney | 43% | Gary Johnson | 3% | Jill Stein | 1% | 709 LV | ±3.5% |
Close
*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 | 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 Archived April 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived September 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | 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 Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine | 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 | 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% |
Close
*RV means "registered voters"; LV means "likely voters"
Before Convention Nominations
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) | September 4–6, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| American Research Group | September 4–6, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 49% | 3 | 1200 LV | ±3% |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | September 2–6, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 1363 LV | Not reported |
| The Economist/YouGov | September 1–3, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 737 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | September 1–3, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | August 31 – September 3, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 48% | Tie | 735 LV | ±3.5% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | August 27 – September 2, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | August 28 – September 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 1 | 1288 LV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | 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 | August 25–27, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 759 RV | Not reported |
| Reuters/Ipsos (Daily Tracking) | August 24–27, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 4 | 749 LV | Not reported |
| Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | August 23–27, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49.1% | Mitt Romney | 47.2% | 1.9 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | August 23–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 6 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| CBS News | August 22–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 1051 RV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | August 20–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | August 23–25, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | August 22–25, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 857 RV | ±4% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | August 22–23, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 2 | 924 RV | ±3% |
| Public Notice/Tarrance Group (R) | August 19–23, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 801 LV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | August 20–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R) | August 16–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | 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 | August 16–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 4 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper | August 16–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 885 RV | ±4.1% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | August 17–19, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | August 16–19, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 4 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Monmouth University/SurveyUSA/ Braun Research | August 15–19, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 1149 LV | ±2.9% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | August 13–19, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 2 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Los Angeles Times/USC Annenberg/ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner/American Viewpoint | August 13–19, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 3 | 954 LV | ±3.2% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion | August 15–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 49% | 4 | 898 A | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | August 14–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | August 11–13, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 4 | 850 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | August 11–13, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | August 9–12, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | August 6–12, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 46% | Tied | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | August 8–10, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP | August 3–10, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 39% | 7 | 828 RV | ±3.5% |
| Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners | August 5–9, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | August 7–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 52% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 7 | 911 RV | ±3.5% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | August 5–7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 40% | 9 | 930 RV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | August 5–7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | August 4–6, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 733 RV | Not reported |
| Reuters/Ipsos | August 2–6, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 7 | 1014 RV | ±3.4% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | August 2–5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | July 30 – August 5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post | July 25 – August 5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 7 | 2927 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | 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 | July 28 – 30, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 751 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | July 27–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | July 26–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | July 22–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 46% | Tied | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | July 24–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 49% | 5 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Pew Research Center | July 16–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 51% | Mitt Romney | 41% | 10 | 1956 RV | ±3.2% |
| Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | July 21–25, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 4 | 700 LV | ±3.7% |
| The Economist/YouGov | July 21–23, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 746 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | July 21–23, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | July 19–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 46% | Tied | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| NBC/Wall Street Journal | July 18–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 6 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | July 15–21, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | 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 | July 15–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 41% | 4 | 901 RV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | July 14–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 3 | 742 RV | Not reported |
| CBS News/New York Times | July 11–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 942 RV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | July 12–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | July 12–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | July 8–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion | July 12–13, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 47% | Tied | 886 A | Not reported |
| NPR/Democracy Corps/Resurgent Republic/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | July 9–12, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 1000 LV | ±3.10% |
| McClatchy/Marist College | July 9–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 849 RV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | July 9–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | July 7–9, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 1 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| Reuters/Ipsos | July 5–9, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 6 | 885 RV | ±3.4% |
| Pew Research Center | June 28 – July 9, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 7 | 2373 RV | ±2.3% |
| JZ Analytics/Washington Times | July 6–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 42.8% | 0.8 | 800 LV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | July 6–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | July 5–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 47% | Tie | 855 RV | ±4% |
| Quinnipiac University | July 1–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 3 | 2722 RV | ±1.9% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | June 30 – July 7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | July 1–5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | June 30 – July 2, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 4 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 29 – July 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | June 28 – July 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 3 | 1,390 RV | ±2.5% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | June 28 – July 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 3 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | June 23–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 3 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Newsweek/The Daily Beast/Schoen Consulting | June 28, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 3 | 600 LV | ±4% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 26–28, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | June 23–27, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | June 24–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 40% | 5 | 912 RV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 23–25, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | June 23–25, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 1 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | June 21–24, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 3 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | June 20–24, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 3 | 819 RV | ±3.4% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 20–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 48% | 5 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | June 16–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 46% | Tied | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 17–19, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | June 16–18, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 44% | Tied | 715 RV | Not reported |
| Bloomberg/Selzer & Co. | June 15–18, 2012 | Barack Obama | 53% | Mitt Romney | 40% | 13 | 734 LV | ±3.6% |
| Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper | June 14–18, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 3 | 878 RV | ±4.2% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | June 14–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 4 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Pew Research Center | June 7–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 4 | 1563 RV | ±2.9% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 14–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | June 9–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 11–13, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 48% | 4 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | June 9–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 2 | 836 RV | Not reported |
| Reuters/Ipsos | June 7–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 1 | 848 RV | ±3.4% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 8–10, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | June 7–10, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 8 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion | June 7–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 1794 A | Not reported |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | June 2–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP | June 1–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 4 | 841 RV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 5–7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Tarrance Group/Bankrupting America (R) | June 3–7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 800 LV | Not reported |
| Monmouth University | June 4–6, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1152 LV | ±2.9% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | June 3–5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 43% | Tied | 907 RV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | June 2–4, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | June 2–4, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 5 | 836 RV | Not reported |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | May 31 – June 3, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 8 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Pew Research Center | May 9 – June 3, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 7 | 2338 RV | ±2.3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 30 – June 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 48% | 4 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | May 25 – June 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | May 29–31, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 3 | 895 RV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 27–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | May 26–28, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 3 | 850 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 24–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | May 18–24, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 21–23, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | May 19–21, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 4 | 850 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 18–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | May 17–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | May 17–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 3 | 874 RV | ±4% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | May 16–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 4 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 15–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | May 11–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2.% |
| Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP | May 9–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 40% | 3 | 856 RV | ±3.3% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | May 13–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 39% | 7 | 913 RV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 12–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | May 12–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 4 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| Ron Sachs Communications/Mason-Dixon Polling & Research | May 10–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| CBS News/New York Times | May 11–13, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 3 | 562 RV | ±4% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | May 10–13, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| The Washington Times/JZ Analytics | 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) | May 9–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 50% | 8 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | May 4–10, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 3050 RV | ±2% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion | May 7–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 49% | 3 | 769 RV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 6–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 49% | 5 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | May 5–7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 1 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper Archived August 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | May 3–7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 8 | 871 RV | ±4.2% |
| Reuters/Ipsos | May 3–7, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 7 | 959 RV | ±3.2% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | May 3 – 5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | May 3 – 4, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 3 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Investor's Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP | April 27 – May 4, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 3 | 856 RV | ±3.3% |
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Politico/George Washington University/Tarrance Group/Lake Research Partners |
April 29 – May 3, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 48% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Resurgent Republic/North Star Opinion Research (R) | April 30 – May 2, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 7 | 1000 RV | ±3.10% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | April 30 – May 2, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | April 28 – May 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 47% | Tied | 1000 LV | ±3.5% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | April 27 – May 1, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 2200 RV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | April 28–30, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 5 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | April 27–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | April 26–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 5 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | April 24–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| April 21–26, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 7 | 2200 RV | ±3% | |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | April 22–24, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 46% | Tied | 913 RV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | April 21–23, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 48% | 4 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | April 21–23, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 1 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| April 19–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 39% | 8 | 1004 A | ±3.7% | |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | April 19–22, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 5 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | April 18–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | April 16–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 2200 RV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | April 15–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 4 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | April 13–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 6 | Not reported | Not reported |
| CBS News/New York Times | April 13–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 46% | Tied | 852 RV | ±3% |
| Quinnipiac University | April 11–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 4 | 2577 RV | ±1.9% |
| The Economist/YouGov | April 14–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 7 | 715 RV | Not reported |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | April 13–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 52% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 9 | 910 RV | ±3.5% |
| Public Policy Polling | April 12–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 3 | 900 RV | ±3.3% |
| Daily Kos/Service Employees' International Union/Public Policy Polling (D) | April 12–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 6 | 1000 RV | ±3.1% |
| Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | April 12–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 4 | 891 RV | ±3.3% |
| Gallup (Daily Tracking) | April 11–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 47% | 2 | 2200 RV | ±3% |
| Pew Research Center | April 4–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 4 | 2373 RV | ±2.3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research (Daily Tracking) | April 12–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 48% | 4 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion | 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) | April 9–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | April 9–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 2 | 910 RV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | 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) | 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 | 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) | 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 | March 30 – April 5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 38% | 8 | 816 RV | ±3.3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | March 24–25, 2012 | Barack Obama | 54% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 11 | 925 RV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 55% | Rick Santorum | 42% | 13 | ||||
| Suffolk University | 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 | 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) | March 22–24, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 47% | Rick Santorum | 42% | 5 | ||||
| McClatchy/Marist College | 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) | March 19–21, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 49% | Rick Santorum | 41% | 8 | ||||
| The Economist/YouGov | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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) | March 13–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 46% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 49% | Rick Santorum | 43% | 6 | ||||
| The Economist/YouGov | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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) | February 27–29, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 3 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 46% | Rick Santorum | 42% | 4 | ||||
| The Economist/YouGov | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 Archived April 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine | 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 | 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) | February 18–20, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 2 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 46% | Rick Santorum | 44% | 2 | ||||
| USA Today/Gallup | 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) | 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 | 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) | 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) | February 11–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 4 | 1000 LV | ±3.5% |
| The Economist/YouGov | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) | 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 |
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) | February 6–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 6 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | 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 | 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) | February 3–5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 49% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 7 | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | 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) | January 31 – February 2, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1500 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | 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) | 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/Public Policy Polling (D) | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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) | 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 | January 17–18, 2012 | Barack Obama | 48% | Rick Santorum | 38% | 10 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Angus Reid Public Opinion | 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 | 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 | January 15–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Newt Gingrich | 38% | 9 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Public Policy Polling | 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 | January 11–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 50% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 5 | 1207 RV | ±3% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | 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 | 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 | 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 | January 11–12, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Ron Paul | 37% | 6 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | January 8–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 46% | 1 | 1000 LV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | January 9–10, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 41% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| The Economist/YouGov | 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 | 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 | January 7–8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Newt Gingrich | 38% | 8 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| CBS News | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | December 18–19, 2011 | Barack Obama | 48% | Newt Gingrich | 37% | 11 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | December 10–11, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Ron Paul | 35% | 8 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | 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 | December 8–9, 2011 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 45% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| USA Today/Gallup | 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 | December 6–7, 2011 | Barack Obama | 45% | Newt Gingrich | 40% | 5 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | December 5–7, 2011 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 2 | 911 RV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 46% | Newt Gingrich | 40% | 6 | ||||
| The Economist/YouGov | 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 | December 4–5, 2011 | Barack Obama | 46% | Rick Perry | 34% | 12 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University/PublicMind | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | November 15–16, 2011 | Barack Obama | 45% | Michele Bachmann | 33% | 12 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | 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 | November 13–14, 2011 | Barack Obama | 46% | Herman Cain | 36% | 10 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Pew Research Center | 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 | 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 | 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 | November 11–12, 2011 | Barack Obama | 50% | Newt Gingrich | 38% | 12 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | November 9–10, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| McClatchy/Marist College | 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 | 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 | November 7–8, 2011 | Barack Obama | 48% | Herman Cain | 37% | 11 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | November 5–6, 2011 | Barack Obama | 44% | Rick Perry | 35% | 9 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | 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 | 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 | 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 | November 1–2, 2011 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 41% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research Archived December 10, 2019, at the Wayback Machine | October 30–31, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Herman Cain | 38% | 5 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Vanity Fair/60 Minutes/CBS News | October 28–31, 2011 | Barack Obama | 40% | George W. Bush[1] | 31% | 9 | 1033 A | ±3% |
| Quinnipiac University | 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 | October 28–29, 2011 | Barack Obama | 44% | Ron Paul | 35% | 9 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 26–27, 2011 | Barack Obama | 45% | Rick Perry | 38% | 7 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| USA Today/Gallup | 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 | October 24–25, 2011 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 2 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 20–21, 2011 | Barack Obama | 39% | Jon Huntsman | 32% | 7 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | October 15–18, 2011 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1000 LV | Not reported |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 16–17, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Associated Press/GfK Group/Roper | 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 | October 14–15, 2011 | Barack Obama | 41% | Herman Cain | 43% | 2 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 12–13, 2011 | Barack Obama | 49% | Newt Gingrich | 34% | 15 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 10–11, 2011 | Barack Obama | 49% | Rick Perry | 35% | 14 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Time/Abt SRBI | 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 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 44% | 4 | |||
| Barack Obama | 51% | Rick Perry | 40% | 9 | ||||
| Barack Obama | 50% | Herman Cain | 38% | 12 | ||||
| Public Policy Polling | 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 | 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 | October 8–9, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 41% | 2 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 6–7, 2011 | Barack Obama | 42% | Herman Cain | 39% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 4–5, 2011 | Barack Obama | 42% | Gary Johnson | 27% | 15 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Pew Research Center | 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 | 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 | October 2–3, 2011 | Barack Obama | 45% | Rick Santorum | 34% | 11 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| ABC News/Washington Post | 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 | September 30 – October 1, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Rick Perry | 37% | 6 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research[permanent dead link] | September 28–29, 2011 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 42% | 2 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | September 26–27, 2011 | Barack Obama | 45% | Rick Perry | 38% | 5 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company |
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 | September 24–25, 2011 | Barack Obama | 44% | Ron Paul | 34% | 10 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | 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 | September 20–21, 2011 | Barack Obama | 48% | Michele Bachmann | 32% | 16 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | September 18–19, 2011 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 41% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Harris Interactive | 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 | 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 | September 16–17, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Jon Huntsman | 35% | 8 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | September 14–15, 2011 | Barack Obama | 46% | Rick Perry | 39% | 7 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 46% | Michele Bachmann | 33% | 13 | ||||
| McClatchy/Marist College |
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. | September 9–12, 2011 | Barack Obama | 48% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 5 | 997 A | ±3.1% |
| Barack Obama | 49% | Rick Perry | 40% | 9 | ||||
| Reuters/Ipsos | 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 | September 10–11, 2011 | Barack Obama | 40% | Mitt Romney | 43% | 3 | 1000 LV | ±3.8% |
| Public Policy Polling | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Archived December 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine | 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 | 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 | May 8–12, 2011 | Barack Obama | 52% | Mitt Romney | 40% | 12 | 1000 LV | ±3.1% |
| Barack Obama | 52% | Tim Pawlenty | 38% | 14 | ||||
| Reuters/Ipsos | 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 | 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 | Dennis Kucinich | 43% | Sarah Palin | 36% | 7 | |||
| Dennis Kucinich | 40% | Donald Trump | 36% | 4 | ||||
| ABC News/Washington Post | 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 Archived August 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | 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 | 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 | 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[1] | 44% | 4 | ||||
| Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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. | October 7–10, 2010 | Barack Obama | 51% | Sarah Palin | 35% | 16 | 721 RV | ±3.7% |
| Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | July 17–20, 2010 | Barack Obama | 41.2% | Sarah Palin | 31.0% | 10.2 | 1000 A | ±3.5% |
| Zogby Interactive | 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[1] | 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 | 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 |
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 | July 12–13, 2010 | Barack Obama | 55% | Sarah Palin | 34% | 21 | 1003 A | Not reported |
| Public Policy Polling | 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 | 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 | April 14, 2010 | Barack Obama | 42% | Ron Paul | 41% | 1 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| CNN/Opinion Research Corporation | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | August 3–6, 2009 | Barack Obama | 56% | Sarah Palin | 33% | 23 | 854 RV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | July 30–31, 2009 | Hillary Clinton | 51% | Sarah Palin | 39% | 12 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | July 18–19, 2009 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 45% | Tied | 1000 LV | ±3% |
| Barack Obama | 48% | Sarah Palin | 42% | 6 | ||||
| Public Policy Polling | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | March 13–15, 2009 | Barack Obama | 55% | Sarah Palin | 35% | 20 | 691 RV | ±3.7% |
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*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
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| Poll source | Date | Democratic candidate | % | Libertarian candidate | % | Lead margin | Sample size | Margin of error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian Action/Pulse Opinion Research (L) | August 8, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Gary Johnson | 24% | 21 | 1000 LV | ±3.0% |
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Three-way race with Gary Johnson
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| Poll source | Date | Democratic candidate | % | Republican candidate | % | Libertarian candidate | % | Lead margin | Sample size | Margin of error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JZ Analytics Archived August 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine | 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 | June 25 – July 5, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 42% | Gary Johnson | 2% | 1 | 825 RV | ±3.5% |
| Gallup | June 7–10, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 40% | Gary Johnson | 3% | 7 | 899 RV | ±4% |
| Washington Times/JZ Analytics | May 11–12, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 43% | Gary Johnson | 2% | 1 | 800 LV | ±3.5% |
| Public Policy Polling | April 12–15, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 42% | Gary Johnson | 6% | 5 | 900 RV | ±3.3% |
| Public Policy Polling | March 15–17, 2012 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 39% | Gary Johnson | 7% | 7 | 900 RV | ±3.3% |
| Public Policy Polling | February 9–12, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 40% | Gary Johnson | 7% | 7 | 1200 RV | ±2.8% |
| Public Policy Polling | January 13–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 40% | Gary Johnson | 7% | 7 | 700 RV | ±3.7% |
| Public Policy Polling | December 16–18, 2011 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 41% | Gary Johnson | 9% | 2 | 700 RV | ±3.7% |
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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 | February 9–12, 2012 | Barack Obama | 47% | Mitt Romney | 42% | Roseanne Barr | 6% | 5 | 1200 RV | ±2.8% |
| NBC News/Wall Street Journal | January 22–24, 2012 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 32% | Ron Paul | 18% | 13 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Public Policy Polling | January 13–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 41% | Mitt Romney | 38% | Stephen Colbert | 13% | 3 | 700 RV | ±3.7% |
| Pew Research Center | January 11–16, 2012 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 32% | Ron Paul | 18% | 12 | 1207 RV | ±3.5% |
| Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Company | January 12–14, 2012 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 35% | Ron Paul | 14% | 7 | 906 RV | ±3% |
| Democracy Corps/ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) | January 8–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 43% | Mitt Romney | 34% | Ron Paul | 18% | 9 | 1000 LV | ±3.5% |
| Public Policy Polling | 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 | 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 | 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 | May 5–8, 2011 | Barack Obama | 46% | Mitt Romney | 33% | Donald Trump | 16% | 13 | 814 RV | ±3.4% |
| Public Policy Polling | 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 | 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 | 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 | September 30 – October 5, 2010 | Barack Obama | 44% | Sarah Palin | 29% | Michael Bloomberg | 18% | 15 | 829 RV | ±3.5% |
| Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corporation | 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 | August 6–9, 2010 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 36% | Ron Paul | 13% | 6 | 606 RV | ±4% |
| Harris Interactive | March 10–12, 2010 | Barack Obama | 45% | Mitt Romney | 24% | Sarah Palin[2] | 18% | 21 | 2344 A | Not reported |
| Marist College | February 1–3, 2010 | Barack Obama | 44% | Sarah Palin | 29% | Michael Bloomberg | 15% | 15 | 910 RV | ±3.5% |
| Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | 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 | July 18–19, 2009 | Barack Obama | 44% | Mitt Romney | 33% | Sarah Palin | 16% | 11 | 1000 LV | ±3% |
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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) |
January 8–11, 2012 | Barack Obama | 42% | Mitt Romney | 30% | Ron Paul | 14% | Donald Trump | 7% | Michael Bloomberg | 4% | 12 | 1000 LV | ±3.5% |
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President Barack Obama ran uncontested in most states for the 2012 Democratic presidential nomination.[3]
Hypothetical polling
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| Poll source | Date | Barack Obama |
Hillary Clinton |
Howard Dean |
Bernie Sanders |
Sample size |
Margin of Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling (Vermont) |
July 28–31, 2011 | 52% | 33% | 617 RV | ±3.9% | ||
| 61% | 24% | ||||||
| Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies[permanent dead link] (New Hampshire) |
December 14–15, 2010 | 59% | 28% | 1,002 RV | Not reported | ||
| 78% | 10% | ||||||
| 79% | 8% | ||||||
| Gallup (National) | September 25–26, 2010 | 52% | 37% | 859 RV | ±4% |
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See Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries
- Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012
- Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries
- Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008
- Historical polling for U.S. Presidential elections
- George W. Bush is not eligible to run in 2012 because he has served two terms as president.
- "CNN Election Center". CNN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012.