Question:
Q. 39 If the 2012 election for President were 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.)
DATE OBAMA ROMNEY DON’T KNOW/NO OPINION
April 2012 60 35 5
March 2012 60 34 6
February 2012 63 31 6
November 2011 59 34 7
October 2011 55 37 8
September 2011 56 36 8
August 2011 55 37 8
HIGHEST EVER 63 (2/12) 37 (10/11, 8/11) 8 (10/11, 9/11, 8/11)
LOWEST EVER 55 (10/11, 8/11) 31 (2/12) 5 (4/12)

Poll Demographics

About this Poll
This Siena College Poll was conducted April 1-4, 2012 by telephone calls to 808 New York State registered voters. It has a margin of error of
+ 3.4 percentage points. There were 218 Republicans included with a margin of error of + 6.6 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. For more information, call Steve Greenberg at
(518) 469-9858. For survey cross-tabs and frequencies: www.Siena.edu/SRI/SNY.