Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012

This article is a list of nation-wide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2012 United States presidential election, presumed to be between incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican as well as third party and independent challengers.

The persons named in the polls have either formally declared their candidacy for president, formed exploratory committees, or have done neither.

Democratic primary

Poll source	Sample size	Date(s) administered	Barack Obama	Hillary Clinton	Howard Dean	Bernie Sanders	Others
Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies (New Hampshire)	1,002	December 14–15, 2010	59%	28%			No opinion (13%)
			78%		10%		No opinion (12%)
			79%			8%	No opinion (13%)
Gallup	859	September 25–26, 2010	52%	37%			No opinion (10%)

Republican primary

See Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries

General election

Two-way race

Poll source	Date	Democratic candidate	%	Republican candidate	%	Margin
IBOPE/Zogby International Margin of Error: ±2.2% Sample size: 2,064	November 15-17, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	44%	2
		Barack Obama	47%	Newt Gingrich	46%	1
		Barack Obama	45%	Ron Paul	38%	7
		Barack Obama	47%	Herman Cain	44%	3
		Barack Obama	48%	Rick Perry	41%	7
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	November 15-16, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Michele Bachmann	33%	12
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co. Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 914	November 13-15, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	44%	2
		Barack Obama	46%	Newt Gingrich	41%	5
		Barack Obama	47%	Herman Cain	38%	9
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	November 13-14, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Herman Cain	36%	10
Pew Research Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 2,001	November 9-14, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	47%	2
		Barack Obama	53%	Rick Perry	42%	11
		Barack Obama	54%	Newt Gingrich	42%	12
		Barack Obama	54%	Herman Cain	42%	12
CNN/Opinion Research Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 1,036	November 11-13, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	51%	4
		Barack Obama	52%	Rick Perry	45%	7
		Barack Obama	53%	Newt Gingrich	45%	8
		Barack Obama	53%	Herman Cain	43%	10
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 800	November 10-13, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	43%	3
		Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	43%	6
		Barack Obama	47%	Ron Paul	41%	6
		Barack Obama	48%	Herman Cain	41%	7
		Barack Obama	49%	Rick Perry	39%	10
		Barack Obama	50%	Michele Bachmann	39%	11
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	November 11-12, 2011	Barack Obama	50%	Newt Gingrich	38%	12
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	November 9-10, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Mitt Romney	42%	1
McClatchy/Marist College Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 872	November 8-10, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	44%	4
		Barack Obama	47%	Newt Gingrich	45%	2
		Barack Obama	49%	Ron Paul	41%	8
		Barack Obama	49%	Herman Cain	39%	10
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	40%	11
		Barack Obama	54%	Michele Bachmann	35%	19
Politico/George Washington University Margin of Error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,000	November 6-9, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	43%	6
		Barack Obama	49%	Herman Cain	40%	9
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	November 7-8, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Herman Cain	37%	11
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	November 5-6, 2011	Barack Obama	44%	Rick Perry	35%	9
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 1,000	November 2-5, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	43%	6
		Barack Obama	53%	Herman Cain	38%	15
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	November 3, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	41%	1
ABC News/Washington Post Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 1,004	October 31- November 3, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	47%	1
		Barack Obama	50%	Herman Cain	45%	5
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	43%	8
Reuters/Ipsos Margin of Error: ±3.2% Sample size: 937	October 31- November 3, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Mitt Romney	44%	1
		Barack Obama	46%	Herman Cain	41%	5
		Barack Obama	47%	Rick Perry	41%	6
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 30-31, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Herman Cain	38%	5
Quinnipac University Margin of Error: ±3.3% Sample size: 2,294	October 25-31, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	42%	5
		Barack Obama	50%	Herman Cain	40%	10
		Barack Obama	52%	Newt Gingrich	37%	15
		Barack Obama	52%	Rick Perry	36%	16
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 28-29, 2011	Barack Obama	44%	Ron Paul	35%	9
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 28, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Rick Perry	38%	7
USA/Gallup Margin of Error: ±4.0% Sample size: 1,169	October 20–27, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	47%	Tied
		Barack Obama	48%	Herman Cain	46%	2
		Barack Obama	49%	Rick Perry	45%	4
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 25, 2011	Barack Obama	39%	Jon Huntsman	32%	7
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 24–25, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	44%	2
Democracy Corps/Center for American Progress/GQR Margin of Error: ? Sample size: 1,000	October 15–18, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	45%	Tied
Associated Press/GfK/Roper Margin of Error: ±4.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 13-17, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	45%	3
		Barack Obama	49%	Herman Cain	43%	6
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	42%	9
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 14–15, 2011	Barack Obama	41%	Herman Cain	43%	2
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 12–13, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	34%	15
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 10–11, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Rick Perry	35%	14
TIME (vote for) Margin of Error: ? Sample size: ?	October 9-10, 2011	Hillary Rodham Clinton	55%	Mitt Romney	38%	17
		Hillary Rodham Clinton	58%	Rick Perry	32%	26
		Hillary Rodham Clinton	56%	Herman Cain	34%	32
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	43%	3
		Barack Obama	50%	Rick Perry	38%	12
		Barack Obama	49%	Herman Cain	37%	12
Time Magazine/ABT SRBI (lean toward) Margin of Error: ? Sample size: 838	October 9–10, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	44%	4
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	40%	9
		Barack Obama	50%	Herman Cain	38%	12
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±3.7% Sample size: 700	October 7–10, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	45%	Tied
		Barack Obama	48%	Herman Cain	42%	6
		Barack Obama	47%	Ron Paul	39%	8
		Barack Obama	49%	Rick Perry	40%	9
		Barack Obama	50%	Newt Gingrich	39%	11
		Barack Obama	50%	Michele Bachmann	38%	12
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Margin of Error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,000	October 6–10, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	44%	2
		Barack Obama	49%	Herman Cain	38%	11
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	39%	12
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 8–9, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Mitt Romney	41%	2
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 6–7, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Herman Cain	39%	3
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 4–5, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Gary Johnson	27%	15
Quinnipac University Margin of Error: ±2.4% Sample size: 2,118	September 27 – October 5, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	46%	4
		Barack Obama	45%	Rick Perry	44%	1
Quinnipiac University Margin of Error: ±2.1% Sample size: 2,118	September 27 – October 4, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	46%	4
		Barack Obama	42%	Chris Christie	45%	3
		Barack Obama	45%	Rick Perry	44%	1
Pew Research Margin of Error: ±2.5% Sample size: 2,410	Sept 22 – Oct 4, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	48%	Tied
		Barack Obama	50%	Rick Perry	46%	4
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	October 2–3, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Rick Santorum	34%	11
ABC News/Washington Post Margin of Error: ±4.0% Sample size: 1002	September 29 – October 2, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	48%	2
		Barack Obama	45%	Chris Christie	45%	Tied
		Barack Obama	49%	Rick Perry	46%	3
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	September 30 – October 1, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Rick Perry	37%	6
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	September 26–27, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Rick Perry	38%	5
Fox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co. Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 925	September 25–27, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	42%	3
		Barack Obama	47%	Rick Perry	39%	8
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	September 24–25, 2011	Barack Obama	44%	Ron Paul	34%	10
CNN/Opinion Research Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 917	September 23–25, 2011
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	48%	1
		Barack Obama	51%	Ron Paul	47%	4
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	46%	5
		Barack Obama	54%	Michele Bachmann	42%	8
		Barack Obama	58%	Sarah Palin	37%	21
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	September 20–21, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Michele Bachmann	32%	16
Harris Interactive Margin of Error: ? Sample size: 2,462	September 12–19, 2011
		Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	53%	6
		Barack Obama	49%	Ron Paul	51%	2
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	49%	2
		Barack Obama	54%	Herman Cain	46%	8
		Barack Obama	54%	Michele Bachmann	46%	8
		Barack Obama	54%	Jon Huntsman	46%	8
		Barack Obama	54%	Rick Santorum	46%	8
		Barack Obama	55%	Newt Gingrich	45%	10
		Barack Obama	57%	Sarah Palin	43%	14
USA Today/Gallup Margin of Error: ±4.0% Sample size: 889	September 15–18, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	49%	2
		Barack Obama	50%	Rick Perry	45%	5
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	September 16–17, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Jon Huntsman	35%	8
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	September 14–15, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Rick Perry	39%	7
		Barack Obama	46%	Michele Bachmann	33%	13
McClatchy/Marist College Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,042	September 13–14, 2011
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	44%	2
		Barack Obama	49%	Sarah Palin	44%	5
		Barack Obama	50%	Rick Perry	41%	9
		Barack Obama	53%	Michele Bachmann	40%	13
Bloomberg News Margin of Error: ±3.1% Sample size: 997	September 9–12, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	43%	5
		Barack Obama	49%	Rick Perry	40%	9
Ipsos Public Affairs Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 932	September 8–12, 2011
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	43%	6
		Barack Obama	49%	Ron Paul	42%	7
		Barack Obama	50%	Rick Perry	42%	8
		Barack Obama	51%	Jon Huntsman	37%	14
		Barack Obama	54%	Michele Bachmann	36%	18
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±3.8% Sample size: 665	September 8–11, 2011
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	45%	4
		Barack Obama	52%	Rick Perry	41%	11
		Barack Obama	53%	Newt Gingrich	41%	12
		Barack Obama	53%	Michele Bachmann	39%	14
Washington Post/ABC News Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 1,001	August 29 – September 1, 2011
		Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	49%	4
		Barack Obama	46%	Rick Perry	47%	1
		Barack Obama	47%	Jon Huntsman	42%	5
		Barack Obama	50%	Michele Bachmann	44%	6
		Barack Obama	53%	Sarah Palin	41%	12
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 1,000	August 23–30, 2011
		Barack Obama	41%	Rick Perry	44%	3
		Barack Obama	43%	Mitt Romney	39%	4
		Barack Obama	42%	Herman Cain	35%	7
		Barack Obama	46%	Michele Bachmann	38%	8
Quinnipiac Margin of Error: ±1.9% Sample size: 2,730	August 16–27, 2011
		Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	45%	Tied
		Barack Obama	45%	Rick Perry	42%	3
		Barack Obama	48%	Michele Bachmann	39%	9
		Barack Obama	51%	Sarah Palin	37%	14
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 1,000	August 17–22, 2011
		Barack Obama	43%	Rick Perry	40%	3
		Barack Obama	43%	Michele Bachmann	39%	4
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	38%	8
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±3.7% Sample size: 700	August 18–21, 2011
		Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	45%	Tied
		Barack Obama	49%	Rick Perry	43%	6
		Barack Obama	50%	Michele Bachmann	42%	8
		Barack Obama	49%	Herman Cain	39%	10
		Barack Obama	53%	Sarah Palin	40%	13
Gallup Margin of Error: ±4% Sample size: 1,000	August 17–18, 2011
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	48%	2
		Barack Obama	47%	Rick Perry	47%	Tied
		Barack Obama	47%	Ron Paul	45%	2
		Barack Obama	48%	Michele Bachmann	44%	4
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	August 15–16, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Ron Paul	48%	1
		Barack Obama	50%	Sarah Palin	33%	17
CNN/ORC Margin of Error: ±4.5% Sample size: 1,008	August 5–7, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Rudy Giuliani	51%	6
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	48%	1
		Barack Obama	51%	Rick Perry	46%	5
		Barack Obama	51%	Michele Bachmann	45%	6
		Barack Obama	55%	Sarah Palin	41%	14
McClatchy/Marist Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 1,000	August 2–4, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Rudy Giuliani	43%	5
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	41%	5
		Barack Obama	49%	Tim Pawlenty	36%	13
		Barack Obama	52%	Michele Bachmann	35%	17
		Barack Obama	52%	Rick Perry	33%	19
Quinnipiac University Margin of Error: ±3.6% Sample size: 1,417	August 1–2, 2011	Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	44%	Tied
		Barack Obama	44%	Rick Perry	39%	5
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±3.2% Sample size: 928	July 15–17, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	45%	Tied
		Barack Obama	48%	Michele Bachmann	41%	7
		Barack Obama	48%	Tim Pawlenty	39%	9
		Barack Obama	48%	Herman Cain	36%	12
		Barack Obama	53%	Sarah Palin	37%	16
Washington Post/ABC News Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 1,001	July 14–17, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	47%	2
		Barack Obama	52%	Ron Paul	42%	10
		Barack Obama	52%	Rick Perry	40%	13
		Barack Obama	55%	Michele Bachmann	40%	15
NBC News/WSJ Margin of Error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,000	July 14–17, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	41%	7
		Barack Obama	50%	Michele Bachmann	35%	15
Rasmussen Reports Margin of Error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1,000	June 24–July 12,2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	43%	1
Quinnipiac Margin of Error: ±2.0% Sample size: 2,311	July 5–11, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	41%	6
		Barack Obama	50%	Michele Bachmann	38%	12
		Barack Obama	50%	Rick Perry	37%	13
		Barack Obama	53%	Sarah Palin	34%	19
McClatchy-Marist Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 801	June 15–23, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	42%	4
		Barack Obama	47%	Tim Pawlenty	33%	14
		Barack Obama	49%	Michele Bachmann	37%	12
		Barack Obama	48%	Rick Perry	39%	9
		Barack Obama	48%	Rudy Giuliani	41%	7
		Barack Obama	47%	Sarah Palin	30%	17
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Margin of Error: ±4.3% Sample size: 520	June 9–13, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	43%	6
		Barack Obama	50%	Tim Pawlenty	37%	13
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±4.3% Sample size: 520	June 9–12, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	45%	2
		Barack Obama	50%	Tim Pawlenty	39%	11
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	38%	14
		Barack Obama	52%	Newt Gingrich	39%	13
		Barack Obama	48%	Herman Cain	38%	10
Fox News Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 912	June 5–7, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	41%	7
		Barack Obama	50%	Tim Pawlenty	32%	19
		Barack Obama	47%	Rudy Giuliani	43%	4
		Barack Obama	56%	Sarah Palin	35%	21
		Barack Obama	53%	Newt Gingrich	34%	19
		Barack Obama	49%	Chris Christie	34%	15
Reuters/Ipsos Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 1,132	June 3–6, 2011	Barack Obama	51%	Mitt Romney	38%	13
		Barack Obama	53%	Tim Pawlenty	34%	19
		Barack Obama	52%	Jon Huntsman	34%	18
		Barack Obama	57%	Sarah Palin	34%	23
		Barack Obama	55%	Newt Gingrich	34%	21
		Barack Obama	53%	Michele Bachmann	33%	20
		Barack Obama	54%	Ron Paul	36%	18
		Barack Obama	54%	Rick Perry	34%	20
		Barack Obama	53%	Herman Cain	34%	19
Washington Post-ABC Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 1,002	May 23–25, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	47%	Tied
		Barack Obama	50%	Newt Gingrich	44%	6
		Barack Obama	50%	Jon Huntsman	40%	10
		Barack Obama	50%	Tim Pawlenty	41%	9
		Barack Obama	51%	Michele Bachmann	40%	11
		Barack Obama	55%	Sarah Palin	40%	15
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±4% Sample size: 600	May 23–25, 2011	Barack Obama	51%	Newt Gingrich	37%	14
		Barack Obama	54%	Sarah Palin	37%	17
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	42%	7
The Economist/YouGov Margin of Error: ±3.7% Sample size: 1,000	May 14–17, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	42%	3
		Barack Obama	48%	Ron Paul	36%	12
		Barack Obama	51%	Newt Gingrich	35%	16
Suffolk University Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 1,070	May 10–17, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	43%	3
		Barack Obama	47%	Tim Pawlenty	31%	16
		Barack Obama	50%	Michele Bachmann	30%	20
		Barack Obama	52%	Newt Gingrich	38%	14
		Barack Obama	48%	Mitch Daniels	30%	18
Harris Interactive Margin of Error: ? Sample size: 2,184	May 9–16, 2011	Barack Obama	59%	Donald Trump	41%	18
		Barack Obama	59%	Jon Huntsman	41%	18
		Barack Obama	59%	Herman Cain	41%	18
		Barack Obama	58%	Sarah Palin	42%	16
		Barack Obama	58%	Tim Pawlenty	42%	16
		Barack Obama	58%	Michele Bachmann	42%	16
		Barack Obama	57%	Rick Santorum	43%	14
		Barack Obama	57%	Gary Johnson	43%	14
		Barack Obama	57%	Mitch Daniels	43%	14
		Barack Obama	56%	Newt Gingrich	44%	12
		Barack Obama	55%	Ron Paul	45%	10
		Barack Obama	52%	Mike Huckabee	48%	4
		Barack Obama	51%	Mitt Romney	49%	2
		Barack Obama	49%	Rudy Giuliani	51%	2
The Tarrance Group & Lake Research Partners Margin of Error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,000	May 8–12, 2011	Barack Obama	52%	Mitt Romney	40%	12
		Barack Obama	52%	Tim Pawlenty	38%	14
Ipsos Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 1,029	May 5–9, 2011	Barack Obama	51%	Mitt Romney	38%	13
		Barack Obama	51%	Tim Pawlenty	33%	18
		Barack Obama	51%	Jon Huntsman	30%	21
		Barack Obama	51%	Mike Huckabee	39%	12
		Barack Obama	54%	Sarah Palin	35%	19
		Barack Obama	51%	Mitch Daniels	33%	18
		Barack Obama	53%	Newt Gingrich	35%	18
		Barack Obama	54%	Michele Bachmann	33%	19
		Barack Obama	57%	Donald Trump	30%	27
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±3.4% Sample size: 814	May 5–8, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Mike Huckabee	42%	7
		Barack Obama	54%	Sarah Palin	37%	17
		Barack Obama	52%	Newt Gingrich	38%	14
		Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	42%	5
		Barack Obama	48%	Mitch Daniels	34%	14
		Barack Obama	52%	Michele Bachmann	38%	14
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±3.4% Sample size: 814	May 5–8, 2011	Dennis Kucinich	43%	Sarah Palin	36%	7
		Dennis Kucinich	40%	Donald Trump	36%	4
Washington Post Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 1,001	April 14–17, 2011	Barack Obama	56%	Sarah Palin	37%	19
		Barack Obama	54%	Newt Gingrich	39%	15
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	45%	4
		Barack Obama	50%	Mike Huckabee	44%	6
		Barack Obama	52%	Tim Pawlenty	39%	13
		Barack Obama	52%	Donald Trump	39%	13
		Barack Obama	52%	Michele Bachmann	38%	14
Newsweek/Daily Beast Margin of Error: ±3.5% Sample size: 918	February 12–15, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mike Huckabee	46%	Tied
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	47%	2
		Barack Obama	51%	Sarah Palin	40%	11
		Barack Obama	43%	Donald Trump	41%	2
Public Policy Polling Margin of Error: ±4.0% Sample size: 600	February 11–14, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Mike Huckabee	44%	3
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	40%	12
		Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	40%	9
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	41%	5
		Barack Obama	48%	Ron Paul	39%	9
		Barack Obama	48%	Donald Trump	34%	14
		Barack Obama	50%	Jeb Bush	36%	14
		Barack Obama	48%	George W. Bush[1]	44%	4
Fox News Poll Margin of Error: ±3% Sample size: 911	February 7–9, 2011	Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	41%	7
		Barack Obama	49%	Mike Huckabee	41%	8
		Barack Obama	56%	Sarah Palin	45%	11
		Barack Obama	55%	Newt Gingrich	35%	20
		Barack Obama	54%	Jeb Bush	34%	20
Rasmussen Reports Margin of error: Not reported Sample size: Not Reported	January 3–4, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	44%	2
	January 7–10, 2011	Barack Obama	49%	Sarah Palin	38%	11
	January 11–14, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Mike Huckabee	43%	Tied
	January 15–16, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Newt Gingrich	39%	8
	January 17–18, 2011	Barack Obama	44%	Ron Paul	35%	9
	January 19–20, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Tim Pawlenty	32%	15
	January 21–22, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Mitch Daniels	25%	19
	January 23–24, 2011	Barack Obama	45%	John Thune	31%	14
	January 27–28, 2011	Barack Obama	42%	Herman Cain	25%	17
	January 29–30, 2011	Barack Obama	47%	Haley Barbour	30%	17
	January 31–February 1, 2011	Barack Obama	43%	Jon Huntsman	33%	10
McClatchy-Marist Margin of error: ±3.0% Sample size: 1018	January 6−10, 2011	Barack Obama	51%	Mitt Romney	38%	13
		Barack Obama	50%	Mike Huckabee	38%	12
		Barack Obama	56%	Sarah Palin	30%	26
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Margin of error: ±3.10% Sample size: 1000	December 9−13, 2010	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	40%	7
		Barack Obama	55%	Sarah Palin	33%	22
		Barack Obama	47%	John Thune	27%	20
McClatchy-Marist Margin of error: ±3.5% Sample size: 873	December 2−8, 2010	Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	46%	2
		Barack Obama	47%	Mike Huckabee	43%	4
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	40%	12
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.7% Sample size: 707	November 19–21, 2010	Barack Obama	48%	Mike Huckabee	45%	3
		Barack Obama	51%	Sarah Palin	42%	9
		Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	43%	6
		Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	46%	1
		Barack Obama	48%	Marco Rubio	37%	11
Politico Margin of error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,000	November 8–11, 2010	Barack Obama	46%	Sarah Palin	33%	13
		Barack Obama	40%	Mitt Romney	32%	8
		Barack Obama	39%	Tim Pawlenty	21%	18
		Barack Obama	40%	Mike Huckabee	34%	6
		Barack Obama	40%	Haley Barbour	20%	20
Newsmax/SurveyUSA	November 3–4, 2010	Barack Obama	40%	Hillary Rodham Clinton[2]	60%	20
Newsmax/SurveyUSA		Barack Obama	48%	David Petraeus	52%	4
Newsmax/SurveyUSA Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1000		Barack Obama	45%	Bill Gates	55%	10
		Barack Obama	48%	Warren Buffett	52%	4
		Barack Obama	53%	Donald Trump	47%	6
		Barack Obama	53%	Alan Mulally	47%	6
		Barack Obama	56%	Michael Bloomberg	44%	12
Newsmax/SurveyUSA Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1000		Barack Obama	54%	Bill O'Reilly	46%	8
		Barack Obama	55%	Glenn Beck	45%	10
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	48%	4
		Barack Obama	56%	Lou Dobbs	44%	12
		Barack Obama	58%	Rush Limbaugh	42%	16
		Barack Obama	60%	Jay Leno	40%	20
		Barack Obama	61%	Jon Stewart	39%	22
		Barack Obama	63%	Oprah Winfrey	37%	26
CNN/Opinion Research Corp. Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 921	October 27–30, 2010	Barack Obama	44%	Mike Huckabee	52%	8
		Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	50%	5
		Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	47%	2
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	44%	8
Bloomberg Margin of error: ±3.7% Sample size: 721	October 7–10, 2010	Barack Obama	51%	Sarah Palin	35%	16
Fox News Margin of error: ±3.0% Sample size: 900	September 28–29, 2010	Barack Obama	41%	Mitt Romney	40%	1
		Barack Obama	48%	Sarah Palin	35%	13
		Barack Obama	43%	Mike Huckabee	40%	3
		Barack Obama	45%	Jeb Bush	37%	8
		Barack Obama	42%	Chris Christie	30%	12
Politico Margin of error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,000	September 19–22, 2010	Barack Obama	50%	Sarah Palin	40%	10
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitch Daniels	39%	7
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±4.0% Sample size: 590	September 10–13, 2010	Barack Obama	44%	Mike Huckabee	47%	3
		Barack Obama	49%	Sarah Palin	43%	6
		Barack Obama	47%	Newt Gingrich	43%	4
		Barack Obama	48%	Glenn Beck	39%	9
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	43%	3
Politico Margin of error: ±2.4% Sample size: 1668	August 6–11, 2010	Barack Obama	50%	Sarah Palin	33%	17
		Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	33%	9
		Barack Obama	42%	Tim Pawlenty	23%	19
		Barack Obama	43%	Mike Huckabee	35%	8
		Barack Obama	43%	Haley Barbour	21%	22
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±4.0% Sample size: 606	August 6–9, 2010	Barack Obama	47%	Mike Huckabee	44%	3
		Barack Obama	49%	Sarah Palin	43%	6
		Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	42%	7
		Barack Obama	47%	Chris Christie	31%	16
		Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	42%	3
		Barack Obama	46%	Basil Marceaux	21%	25
The Economist/YouGov Poll Sample size: 1,000	July 17–20, 2010	Barack Obama	41.2%	Sarah Palin	31.0%	10.2
Zogby Interactive Sample size: 8,487	July 16–19, 2010	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	43%	2
		Barack Obama	48%	Sarah Palin	37%	11
		Barack Obama	46%	Mike Huckabee	37%	9
		Barack Obama	47%	George W. Bush[1]	38%	9
		Barack Obama	46%	Tom Selleck	23%	23
		Barack Obama	45%	Clint Eastwood	28%	17
		Barack Obama	45%	Chuck Norris	29%	16
Politico Margin of error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,011	July 9–14, 2010	Barack Obama	48%	Sarah Palin	36%	12
		Barack Obama	39%	Tim Pawlenty	21%	18
		Barack Obama	39%	Haley Barbour	21%	18
		Barack Obama	39%	Mike Huckabee	35%	4
		Barack Obama	39%	Mitt Romney	35%	4
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.8% Sample size: 667	July 9–12, 2010	Barack Obama	45%	Mike Huckabee	47%	2
		Barack Obama	46%	Sarah Palin	46%	Tied
		Barack Obama	45%	Newt Gingrich	46%	1
		Barack Obama	44%	Jan Brewer	36%	8
		Barack Obama	43%	Mitt Romney	46%	3
TIME Sample size: 1,003	July 12–13, 2010	Barack Obama	55%	Sarah Palin	34%	21
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.8% Sample size: 650	June 4–7, 2010	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	42%	3
		Barack Obama	50%	Sarah Palin	41%	9
		Barack Obama	47%	Newt Gingrich	39%	8
		Barack Obama	46%	Mike Huckabee	44%	2
		Barack Obama	46%	Ron Paul	36%	10
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.7% Sample size: 707	May 7–9, 2010	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	44%	2
		Barack Obama	50%	Sarah Palin	43%	7
		Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	42%	7
		Barack Obama	46%	Mike Huckabee	45%	1
		Barack Obama	46%	Gary Johnson	28%	18
Rasmussen Reports Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1,000	April 14, 2010	Barack Obama	42%	Ron Paul	41%	1
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1,008 registered voters	April 9–11, 2010	Barack Obama	53%	Mitt Romney	45%	8
		Barack Obama	54%	Mike Huckabee	45%	9
		Barack Obama	55%	Sarah Palin	42%	13
		Barack Obama	55%	Newt Gingrich	43%	12
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.9% Sample size: 622	April 9–11, 2010	Barack Obama	45%	Mike Huckabee	47%	2
		Barack Obama	47%	Sarah Palin	45%	2
		Barack Obama	45%	Newt Gingrich	45%	Tied
		Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	45%	1
Clarus Research Group Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1,050	March 17–20, 2010	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	41%	4
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	34%	18
		Barack Obama	48%	Newt Gingrich	36%	12
		Barack Obama	47%	Mike Huckabee	39%	8
		Barack Obama	49%	Jeb Bush	37%	12
Harris Interactive Sample size: 2,344	March 10–12, 2010	Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	35%	17
		Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	39%	7
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±2.6% Sample size: 1,403	March 12–14, 2010	Barack Obama	46%	Mike Huckabee	44%	2
		Barack Obama	49%	Sarah Palin	41%	8
		Barack Obama	45%	Mitch Daniels	34%	11
		Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	44%	Tied
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.6% Sample size: 743	February 13–15, 2010	Barack Obama	46%	Mike Huckabee	43%	3
		Barack Obama	50%	Sarah Palin	43%	7
		Barack Obama	46%	John Thune	28%	18
		Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	43%	2
Newsmax/Zogby Margin of error: ±1.5% Sample size: 4,163	January 2010	Barack Obama	46.5%	Scott Brown	44.6%	1.9
Public Policy Polling Matgin of error: ±2.8% Sample size: 1,151	January 18–19, 2010	Barack Obama	44%	Mike Huckabee	45%	1
		Barack Obama	49%	Sarah Palin	41%	8
		Barack Obama	44%	David Petraeus	34%	10
		Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	42%	2
Fox News Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 900	January 12–13, 2010	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	35%	12
		Barack Obama	55%	Sarah Palin	31%	24
		Barack Obama	53%	Newt Gingrich	29%	24
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±2.8% Sample size: 1,253	December 4–7, 2009	Barack Obama	46%	Mike Huckabee	45%	1
		Barack Obama	50%	Sarah Palin	44%	6
		Barack Obama	48%	Tim Pawlenty	35%	13
		Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	42%	5
Rasmussen Reports Margin of error: ±3.0% Sample size:800	November 24, 2009	Barack Obama	45%	Mike Huckabee	41%	4
		Barack Obama	46%	Sarah Palin	43%	3
		Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	44%	Tied
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.0% Sample size:1,066	November 13–15, 2009	Barack Obama	49%	Mike Huckabee	44%	5
		Barack Obama	51%	Sarah Palin	43%	8
		Barack Obama	46%	Ron Paul	38%	8
		Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	43%	5
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.5% Sample size: 766	October 16–19, 2009	Barack Obama	47%	Mike Huckabee	43%	4
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	40%	12
		Barack Obama	50%	Tim Pawlenty	30%	20
		Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	40%	8
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.9% Sample size: 621	September 18–21, 2009	Barack Obama	50%	Jeb Bush	37%	13
		Barack Obama	48%	Mike Huckabee	41%	7
		Barack Obama	53%	Sarah Palin	38%	15
		Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	38%	10
Clarus Research Group Margin of error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,003	August 14–18, 2009	Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	38%	9
		Barack Obama	53%	Sarah Palin	34%	19
		Barack Obama	52%	Newt Gingrich	34%	18
		Barack Obama	48%	Mike Huckabee	38%	10
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.3% Sample size: 909	August 14–17, 2009	Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	41%	8
		Barack Obama	47%	Mike Huckabee	44%	3
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	38%	14
		Barack Obama	47%	Mitt Romney	40%	7
Marist Margin of error: ±3.5% Sample size: 854	August 3–6, 2009	Barack Obama	56%	Sarah Palin	33%	23
Rasmussen Reports Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1,000	July 30–31, 2009	Hillary Rodham Clinton	51%	Sarah Palin	39%	12
Rasmussen Reports Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1,000	July 18–19, 2009	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	45%	Tied
		Barack Obama	48%	Sarah Palin	42%	6
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±4.1% Sample size: 577	July 15–16, 2009	Barack Obama	50%	Newt Gingrich	42%	8
		Barack Obama	48%	Mike Huckabee	42%	6
		Barack Obama	51%	Sarah Palin	43%	8
		Barack Obama	49%	Mitt Romney	40%	9
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.9% Sample size: 638	June 12–16, 2009	Barack Obama	49%	Newt Gingrich	41%	8
		Barack Obama	50%	Mike Huckabee	43%	7
		Barack Obama	52%	Sarah Palin	40%	12
		Barack Obama	48%	Mitt Romney	40%	8
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1,000	May 14–18, 2009	Barack Obama	53%	Newt Gingrich	36%	17
		Barack Obama	52%	Mike Huckabee	39%	13
		Barack Obama	56%	Sarah Palin	37%	19
		Barack Obama	53%	Mitt Romney	35%	18
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.7% Sample size: 686	April 17–19, 2009	Barack Obama	52%	Newt Gingrich	39%	13
		Barack Obama	49%	Mike Huckabee	42%	7
		Barack Obama	53%	Sarah Palin	41%	12
		Barack Obama	50%	Mitt Romney	39%	11
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.7% Sample size: 691	March 13–15, 2009	Barack Obama	55%	Sarah Palin	35%	20

Three-way race

Poll source	Date	Democratic candidate	%	Republican candidate	%	Third party/independent candidate	%	Lead margin
NBC/Wall Street Journal	November 2011	Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	32%	Ron Paul	18%	12
		Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	35%	Michael Bloomberg	13%	9
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±3.4% Sample size: 814	May 5-8, 2011	Barack Obama	46%	Mitt Romney	33%	Donald Trump	16%	13
Newsweek/Daily Beast Margin of error: ±3.5% Sample size: 918	February 12–15, 2011	Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	38%	Donald Trump	8%	6
		Barack Obama	44%	Sarah Palin	21%	Donald Trump	20%	23
Clarus Margin of error: ±3.1% Sample size: 1000	December 10–16, 2010	Barack Obama	39%	Mitt Romney	36%	Michael Bloomberg	13%	3
		Barack Obama	42%	Sarah Palin	31%	Michael Bloomberg	18%	11
McClatchy-Marist Margin of error: 3.5% Sample size: 829	September 30–October 5, 2010	Barack Obama	44%	Sarah Palin	29%	Michael Bloomberg	18%	15
Fox News Margin of error: ±3.0% Sample size: 900	September 28–29, 2010	Barack Obama	40%	Sarah Palin	28%	Michael Bloomberg	18%	12
Fox News Margin of error: ±3.0% Sample size: 900	September 28–29, 2010	Barack Obama	30%	Sarah Palin	29%	Hillary Clinton	27%	1
Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ±4.0% Sample size: 606	August 6–9, 2010	Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	36%	Ron Paul	13%	6
Harris Interactive[dead link] Sample size: 2,344	March 10–12, 2010	Barack Obama	45%	Mitt Romney	24%	Sarah Palin[3]	18%	21
Marist Poll Margin of error: ±3.5% Sample size: 910	Feb 1-3, 2010	Barack Obama	44%	Sarah Palin	29%	Michael Bloomberg	15%	15
Rasmussen Reports Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 800	November 24, 2009	Barack Obama	44%	Sarah Palin	37%	Lou Dobbs	12%	7
		Barack Obama	42%	Mike Huckabee	36%	Lou Dobbs	12%	6
		Barack Obama	42%	Mitt Romney	34%	Lou Dobbs	14%	8
Rasmussen Reports Margin of error: ±3% Sample size: 1,000	July 18–19, 2009	Barack Obama	44%	Mitt Romney	33%	Sarah Palin	16%	11

See also

• Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012
• Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} George W. Bush is not eligible to run in 2012 because he has served two terms as president.
2. ^ Question was posed as a general election question.
3. ^ Palin is listed as the candidate of the Tea Party.

External links

• USA Election Polls
• Polling Report