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This is the closest I’ve ever seen American Adults match Likely Voters.
I’m curious what all y’all think of the disparity in the responses on this poll. The most puzzling thing to me is the 1% who approve of the job Obama is doing overall, but don’t think he should be reelected!
Other puzzlers …
5% = “I approve of the job he’s doing overall, but think he’s doing badly on my most important issue.”
5% (ish) = “I don’t think Obama should be reelected, but I’d vote for him over (Romney) the only Republican the media hasn’t crucified yet.”
9% (ish) = “I don’t think Obama should be reelected, but I’d vote for him over (Gingrich) the leading (at the time the poll was taken) Republican the media has been crucifying for weeks.”
RE: (ish) = 5% were DK on “should be reelected” vs 7% on “would you vote for.”
SOURCES:
Dec 8-12, 2011 poll by AP-GfK: Phone interviews with 1,000 adults nationwide. MOE ± 4.
http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AP-GfK-Poll-December-2011-Topline_Obama.pdf
Dec 8-12, 2011 polls by Rasmussen: Daily phone interviews of 500 likely voters are reported on a three-day rolling average basis. MOE ± 3. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
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