Question: If the 2012 election for President was held today and the candidates were Barack Obama on the Democratic line and Mitt Romney on the Republican line, who would you vote for? (Order of candidates was rotated.)

About this Poll
This Siena College Poll was conducted May 6-10, 2012 by telephone calls to 766 New York State registered voters. It has a margin of error of + 3.5 percentage points. There were 205 Republicans included with a margin of error of + 6.8 percent. Data was statistically adjusted by age, party and gender to ensure representativeness. Sampling was conducted via random digit dialing to landline and cell phones weighted to reflect known population patterns. The Siena College Research Institute, directed by Donald Levy, Ph.D., conducts political, economic, social and cultural research primarily in New York State. SRI, an independent, non-partisan research institute, subscribes to the American Association of Public Opinion Research Code of Professional Ethics and Practices.