Gravis Marketing | Telephone Surveys and Polls

Gravis Marketing and Capitol Correspondent conducted a survey of 1,381 registered voters on the afternoon and evening of September 2, 2012 in the state of Ohio. The survey covered the same questions as the one from the week prior, dealing with preference for the presidential candidates, Senate candidates Josh Mandel and Sherrod Brown, Governor Kasich’s job performance, whether America is headed in the right direction, which presidential candidate is more charitable, and opinions about the appropriateness of homosexual marriage.  Overall, with a margin of error of 2.9%, Obama’s previous lead over Romney of 45.3% to 44.4% has switched to a Romney lead of 46.8%to 43.7%. Although within the previous polls margin of error, the Republican convention appears to have given Romney a 2 point bump while taking 1 point from Obama. Switching to the Senate race, before the Republican convention, Democrat Sherrod Brown held a narrow 43.6% to 41.4% lead over Republican Josh Mandel.Again, although with

After a September 2 telephone poll of 1200 likely or somewhat likely voters in Florida, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney maintains a slight lead over current President Barack Obama. With a 2.7% margin of error, Romney earned 48.0% of the vote to Obama’s 46.7%. The Republican National Convention, held in Tampa, did not help Romney’s campaign gain ground in Florida. During the last poll, taken on August 20, voters gave him 48% to Obama’s 45%. The polls also measured voters based on gender. Overall, male voters support Romney while women voters support Obama. Slightly more than 5% of the polled voters remain undecided. In the polls, 2.3% of undecided voters expressed interest in voting for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. His name will be on the ballots in all 50 states, and the votes from Florida could swing the election results. In addition to the Presidential race, voters will choose a United States Senator. Republican Connie Mack and Democrat Bill Nelson, the current Senato

Florida- Full Results- Gravis Marketing 9/2/12 Poll Florida Obama 50.9% 4,282,367 McCain 48.1% 4,046,219 Other 1.0% 83,275 (U.S. Election Atlas, 2008 Presidential by-state results)                 Florida's swing state status in 2008 proved an important win for Barack Obama, where he eventually received a narrow lead over McCain (taking 50.9% of the vote to McCain's 48.1%).                 The latest Gravis Marketing poll illustrates that the tight race continues, but Romney has a narrow edge; the telephone survey of 1288 likely voters in Florida gives Romney 48%, compared with Obama's 46.7%.  The Republican National Convention appears to have had little to no impact on Romney's take since the Gravis August 20th poll. The convention did, however, improve the lead of Bill Nelson for the Senate race, increasing his support to 43.4% from 41.6%.