Question:
4. If the 2012 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were - Barack Obama the Democrat and Rick Perry the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                     Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom
Obama                52%    10%    89%    45%    48%    54%
Perry                33     81      5     33     37     30
SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2      2      1      4      4      1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      3      -      1      5      3      2
DK/NA                10      6      4     14      8     12

5. If the 2012 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were - Barack Obama the Democrat and Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote?

                     Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom
Obama                49%    11%    86%    41%    46%    52%
Romney               36     81     10     37     42     31
SMONE ELSE(VOL)       2      1      2      3      4      1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL)      2      -      -      3      2      3
DK/NA                10      7      3     16      7     13

In 2012 general election matchups, Obama tops Perry 52 - 33 percent and beats Romney 49 - 36 percent. In both races, the president carries independent voters, 45 - 33 percent over Perry and 41 - 37 percent over Romney.

"President Barack Obama getting only a 48 - 48 percent approval rating in blue Connecticut shows just how far the president has fallen. But despite the president's split approval rating, he still beats the leading Republican contenders," Schwartz said.

About this Poll
From September 8 - 13, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,230 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones. The survey includes 332 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 5.4 percentage points and 447 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percentage points.