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Questions - 2012 Election and Voting - November 6, 2012

Plurality Believes Both Campaigns Were Negative
56% Favor Eliminating the Electoral College
12% Made Their Presidential Pick Within The Last Week
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National Survey of 2,000 Likely Voters
Conducted November 6, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

1* When did you finally make up your mind about how you would vote - Today, within the last few days, within the last week, within the last month, more than a month ago, not sure?

2* How confident are you that ballots will be properly counted and the right candidates declared the winner?

3* Has Barack Obama’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

4* Has Mitt Romney’s campaign been generally positive, generally negative, or somewhere in between?

5* Currently, the president is picked by the Electoral College rather than by the popular vote. Would you favor or oppose eliminating the Electoral College so that whoever wins a majority of the popular vote wins the election?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence