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CBS NEWS POLLFor release: Tuesday, August 28, 20127:00 am EDT*** Embargoed until Tuesday, August 28 at 7am EDT***The Race for the Presidency: It’s Still Tight
 August 22-26, 2012Heading into the political parties’ conventions, President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romneyare in a tight race among registered voters who lean towards a candidate; Mr. Obama has just aone point lead (within the survey’s margin of error).
2012 Vote for President
(Among leaned registered voters)Barack Obama46%Mitt Romney45Undecided 6Won’t vote 2The President continues to lead among women -- by 10 points in this poll -- while Romney has anine point lead among men. In 2008, Barack Obama won women voters by 13 points (Obama56%, McCain 43%), but the race was much narrower among men. Mr. Obama edged out JohnMcCain among men by just one point (Obama 49%, McCain 48%), according to CBS News ExitPolls.
Who Would You Vote for if the Candidates Were…?
(Among leaned registered voters)ObamaRomneyTotal46%45%Men40%49Women51%41 As Mitt Romney prepares for his party’s convention, voters nationwide view him a bit moreunfavorably (36%) than favorably (31%), but 32% are undecided or don’t know enough abouthim to offer an opinion at this point. Independents are more likely than partisans to not have anopinion of Romney.
Views of Mitt Romney
(Among registered voters)TotalRepsDemsIndsFavorable 31% 67% 4% 26%Not favorable 36 5 64 37Undecided/Don’t know3227313741% have a positive opinion of the President, while 44% view him negatively. Perhaps notsurprisingly, he is better known to voters than his Republican opponent.
 
Views of Barack Obama
(Among registered voters)TotalRepsDemsIndsFavorable 41% 5% 81% 35%Not favorable 44 85 7 43Undecided/don’t know14 912 19Fewer than half of voters think either candidate has a clear plan for creating jobs, but more thinkRomney has a plan (43%), than say that about President Obama (35%).The President, however, has a clear advantage on compassion. 54% of voters think heunderstands their needs and problems, compared to 41% who say that about Romney.
Obama vs. Romney: Creating Jobs and Empathy
(Among registered voters)Barack ObamaMitt RomneyHas clear plan for creating jobsYes35%43%No5845Understands problems of people like youYes54%41%No4250 ______________________________________________________________________ 
 
This poll was conducted by telephone from August 22-26, 2012 among 1,218 adults nationwide,including 1,051 registered voters. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample and thesample of registered voters could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. This poll releaseconforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
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