Washington Post-ABC News Poll
This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone March 21 to 25 2012, among a random national sample of 1,016 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Media, Pa.
*= less than 0.5 percent
1. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of (INSERT)? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat?
a. Barack Obama
------- Favorable ------- ------ Unfavorable ------ No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion
3/25/12 53 31 23 43 15 28 3
2/26/12 51 26 25 45 13 32 3
1/22/12 53 27 25 43 14 29 4
12/11/11 48 23 25 49 16 33 3
9/18/11 47 22 25 46 15 31 7
4/17/11 52 33 20 45 13 32 2
4/25/10 57 37 21 41 12 29 2
1/15/10 58 38 20 40 13 27 2
11/15/09 61 39 21 38 11 27 1
9/12/09 63 40 23 35 12 24 2
4/24/09 72 46 26 26 11 15 2
1/16/09 79 50 29 18 9 9 3
11/2/08 LV 63 47 16 33 7 26 4
10/23/08 LV 63 47 16 34 7 27 3
10/11/08 RV 64 44 20 33 12 21 3
9/7/08 RV 58 35 23 36 12 24 7
8/22/08 RV 62 37 25 34 13 21 4
6/15/08 63 35 28 33 12 21 4
4/13/08 56 28 28 39 14 25 5
1/12/08 63 31 32 30 14 16 7
11/1/07 51 21 30 36 16 20 13
2/25/07 53 21 33 30 16 14 16
1/19/07 45 NA NA 29 NA NA 25
12/11/06 44 21 22 23 17 6 33
b. Mitt Romney
------- Favorable ------- ------ Unfavorable ------ No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion
3/25/12 34 8 26 50 25 25 16
3/18/12 38 10 28 42 19 23 20
3/4/12 35 9 26 45 20 25 20
2/26/12 33 6 27 46 22 24 21
2/19/12 37 10 27 44 21 23 19
2/12/12 36 9 27 43 18 24 22
1/22/12 31 6 25 49 25 23 21
1/8/12 39 10 28 34 18 16 28
11/27/11 38 9 29 38 20 17 25
10/16/11 33 8 26 36 20 15 31
9/18/11 33 5 27 31 16 14 37
1/12/08 34 7 27 46 22 24 20
11/1/07 28 6 21 41 24 17 31
2/25/07 26 5 21 34 22 12 40
12/11/06 22 5 17 24 20 4 54
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