I was skimming through pollingreport.com and decided to look at the 2012 polls, more out of amusement than anything else. This Fox News poll data near the top really caught my eye. It seems that no matter how they set it up, Obama still comes out on top:
(Only kept the 9/28-29/10 results)
FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Sept. 28-29, 2010. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.
"Thinking ahead to the next presidential election, if the 2012 presidential election were held today, would you definitely vote to reelect Barack Obama, probably vote to reelect Obama, probably vote for someone else, or definitely vote for someone else?"
DefinitelyObama | Probably Obama | Probably someone else | Definitely someone else | Too soon(vol.)/Unsure
9/28-29/10
19% | 20% | 14% | 40% | 7%
"Thinking ahead to the next presidential election, if the election were held today, how would you vote if the candidates were Democrat Barack Obama and Republican ?" Options rotated
Barack Obama (D) | Mitt Romney (R) | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote (vol.) | Unsure
9/28-29/10
41% | 40% | 7% | 2% | 11%
Barack Obama (D) | Sarah Palin (R) | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote (vol.) | Unsure
9/28-29/10
48% | 35% | 7% | 3% | 8%
Barack Obama (D) | Mike Huckabee (R) | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote (vol.) | Unsure
9/28-29/10
43% | 40% | 5% | 2% | 10%
Barack Obama (D) | Jeb Bush (R) | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote (vol.) | Unsure
9/28-29/10
45% | 37% | 6% | 3% | 9%
Barack Obama (D) | Chris Christie (R) | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote (vol.) | Unsure
9/28-29/10
42% | 30% | 7% | 2% | 19%
"How would you vote if the candidates were Democrat Barack Obama and a candidate from the Tea Party movement?" Options rotated
Barack Obama (D) | Tea Party candidate | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote (vol.) | Unsure
9/28-29/10
43% | 32% | 7% | 3% | 15%
"If the 2012 presidential election were held today, how would you vote if the choices were Barack Obama,
the Democrat, Sarah Palin, the Republican, and Mike Bloomberg, an independent?" Options rotated
Barack Obama (D) | Sarah Palin (R) | Mike Bloomberg (I) | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote (vol.)/Unsure
9/28-29/10
40% | 28% | 18% | 3% | 12%
"If the 2012 presidential election were held today, how would you vote if the choices were Barack Obama,
the Democrat, Sarah Palin, the Republican, and Hillary Clinton, as an independent candidate?"" Options rotated
Barack Obama (D) | Sarah Palin (R) | Hillary Clinton (I) | Other (vol.) | Wouldn't vote(vol.)/Unsure
9/28-29/10
30% | 29% | 27% | 4% | 10%
http://pollingreport.com/2012.htmThis is for entertainment purposes only, IMO. :)