Breakdown of poll findings on presidential race

By: STAR TRIBUNE
Updated: October 28, 2012 - 5:36 AM

The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll surveyed 800 likely Minnesota voters Oct. 23-25. Respondents were reached on both landlines and cell phones. The poll has a margin of sampling error of 3.5 percentage points, plus or minus.

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Question: Do you recognize the name ________?
(IF YES) Do you have a favorable, unfavorable or neutral opinion of ________?

	RECOGNIZE FAVORABLE	RECOGNIZE UNFAVORABLE	RECOGNIZE NEUTRAL	DON'T RECOGNIZE
Barack Obama	46%	38%	16%	-
Mitt Romney	41%	34%	25%	-

QUESTION: If the 2012 general election for president and vice president were held today, which one of the following tickets would get your vote?

The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama & Joe Biden
The Republican ticket of Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan
The Libertarian ticket of Gary Johnson & Jim Gray
One of the other party tickets

	OBAMA	ROMNEY	JOHNSON	UNDECIDED
STATE	47%	44%	2%	7%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	57%	35%	2%	6%
Rest of Metro Suburbs	39%	51%	3%	7%
Rest of State	44%	46%	2%	8%
SEX
Men	40%	51%	3%	6%
Women	53%	37%	2%	8%
AGE
18-34	53%	36%	4%	7%
35-49	37%	52%	3%	8%
50-64	48%	43%	1%	8%
65+	54%	40%	1%	5%
INCOME
<$50,000	51%	44%	1%	4%
$50,000+	48%	43%	2%	7%
PARTY
Democrat	89%	6%	1%	4%
Republican	1%	93%	1%	5%
Independent	43%	37%	7	13%

QUESTION: Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama's job performance as president?

	APPROVE	DISAPPROVE	UNDECIDED
STATE	48%	44%	8%
REGION
Hennepin/Ramsey	55%	35%	10%
Rest of Metro Suburbs	41%	53%	6%
Rest of State	46%	45%	9%
SEX
Men	41%	50%	9%
Women	54%	39%	7%
AGE
18-34	52%	41%	7%
35-49	40%	52%	8%
50-64	49%	41%	10%
65+	53%	39%	8%
INCOME
<$50,000	48%	43%	9%
$50,000+	50%	43%	7%
PARTY ID
Democrat	83%	6%	11%
Republican	6%	91%	3%
Independent	49%	41%	10%

QUESTION: Would you say that things in the country are heading in the right direction or would you say they are on the wrong track?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
RIGHT	43%	37%	48%	76%	4%	43%
WRONG	50%	56%	45%	14%	93%	50%
NOT SURE	7%	7%	7%	10%	3%	7%

QUESTION: Based on what you saw or heard about the presidential debates, did they lead you to change or make up your mind about who to vote for?

YES	11%
NO	89%

(IF YES) QUESTION: Did you change from

20% - Leaning toward Obama to leaning toward Romney
1% - Leaning toward Romney to leaning toward Obama
12% - Undecided to leaning toward Obama
61% - Undecided to leaning toward Romney
6% – Other/Not Sure

QUESTION: Who do you think would do a better job improving the economy and creating jobs - Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
ROMNEY	48%	55%	41%	10%	93%	45%
OBAMA	44%	38%	49%	83%	2%	40%
NOT SURE	8%	7%	10%	7%	5%	15%

QUESTION: Who do you think would do a better job handling foreign policy - Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
OBAMA	55%	48%	61%	88%	15%	57%
ROMNEY	37%	42%	33%	7%	75%	34%
NOT SURE	8%	10%	6%	5%	10%	9%

QUESTION: Who do you think would do a better job protecting Social Security and Medicare - Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
OBAMA	50%	44%	55%	86%	7%	50%
ROMNEY	41%	46%	36%	8%	83%	36%
NOT SURE	9%	10%	9%	6%	10%	14%

QUESTION: Who do you think would do a better job handling taxes and the federal budget - Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
ROMNEY	52%	58%	47%	15%	96%	50%
OBAMA	41%	36%	46%	79%	2%	37%
NOT SURE	7%	6%	7%	6%	2%	13%

QUESTION: Who do you think would do a better job of handling issues affecting women – Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
OBAMA	54%	51%	57%	86%	14%	57%
ROMNEY	34%	38%	31%	6%	73%	28%
NOT SURE	12%	11%	12%	8%	13%	15%

QUESTION: How would you rate the way President Obama has responded to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya: excellent, good, fair or poor?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
EXCELLENT	10%	9%	10%	16%	-	13%
GOOD	26%	23%	30%	50%	5%	20%
FAIR	23%	24%	21%	19%	20%	29%
POOR	36%	41%	32%	7%	72%	34%
NOT SURE	5%	3%	7%	8%	3%	4%

QUESTION: How would you rate the way Mitt Romney has responded to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya: excellent, good, fair or poor?

	STATE	MEN	WOMEN	DEMS	REPS	INDS
EXCELLENT	6%	7%	5%	-	12%	6%
GOOD	21%	23%	19%	10%	37%	18%
FAIR	27%	28%	27%	23%	31%	28%
POOR	28%	26%	29%	49%	3%	30%
NOT SURE	18%	16%	20%	18%	17%	18%

DEMOGRAPHICS OF RESPONDENTS:

In terms of your political party identification, do you generally consider yourself DFL or Democrat, Republican or an independent?
DFL/Democrat	303	(38%)
Republican	264	(33%)
Independent/Other	233	(29%)

AGE:
18-34	121	(15%)
35-49	250	(31%)
50-64	222	(28%)
65+	205	(26%)
Refused	2

INCOME:
<$25,000	62	(8%)
$25,000-$49,999	173	(22%)
$50,000-$74,999	145	(18%)
$75,000-$99,999	127	(16%)
$100,000+	158	(20%)
Refused	135	(17%)

SEX:
Male	385	(48%)
Female	415	(52%)

REGION:
Hennepin/Ramsey	260	(33%)
Rest of Metro Suburbs	225	(28%)
Rochester/Southeast	90	(11%)
Southwest Minnesota	65	(8%)
Northwest Minnesota	80	(10%)
Duluth/Northeast	80	(10%)