Poll: More voters say Romney would handle economy well than Obama, 61/52

If Barack Obama is re-elected president/If Mitt Romney is elected president in November, do you think he would do a very good, good, poor, or very poor job of handling the economy over the next four years? May 2012 results

Voters were asked to rate Obama and Romney separately on the economy in the May 1-2 USA Today/Gallup poll. However, when forced to choose between the two in a follow-up question, voters were split about evenly, with 47% saying Romney and 45% Obama.