Poll Watch: PPP (D) 2012 Republican Nomination

PPP (D) 2012 Republican Nomination

• Mitt Romney 22% {22%} [19%] (25%) {23%} [33%] (28%)
• Mike Huckabee 21% {23%} [21%] (22%) {25%} [27%] (24%)
• Newt Gingrich 18% {21%} [23%] (15%) {21%}
• Sarah Palin 17% {21%} [17%] (19%) {20%} [23%] (23%)
• Ron Paul 6% {4%} [7%] (6%) {8%} (11%)

Among Conservatives

• Newt Gingrich 22% {24%} [22%] (20%) {23%}
• Mike Huckabee 21% {24%} [21%] (18%) {26%} [28%] (28%)
• Sarah Palin 21% {22%} [19%] (22%) {21%} [25%] (27%)
• Mitt Romney 18% {20%} [17%] (24%) {21%} [34%] (25%)
• Ron Paul 5% {3%} [8%] (6%) {7%} (11%)

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 33% {27%} [23%] (25%) {27%} [31%] (35%)
• Mike Huckabee 22% {20%} [21%] (28%) {21%} [26%] (16%)
• Newt Gingrich 9% {14%} [26%] (12%) {16%}
• Sarah Palin 7% {19%} [11%] (14%) {15%} [19%] (17%)
• Ron Paul 6% {7%} [4%] (8%) {11%} (9%)

Among Men

• Newt Gingrich 20% {28%} [26%] (17%) {21%}
• Sarah Palin 20% {21%} [17%] (20%) {19%} [24%] (19%)
• Mitt Romney 19% {19%} [20%] (23%) {24%} [35%] (32%)
• Mike Huckabee 18% {20%} [17%] (22%) {22%} [25%] (23%)
• Ron Paul 7% {5%} [9%] (9%) {9%} (11%)

Among Women

• Mike Huckabee 26% {27%} [26%] (22%) {29%} [30%] (24%)
• Mitt Romney 25% {25%} [18%] (27%) {22%} [31%] (23%)
• Newt Gingrich 16% {14%} [19%] (14%) {20%}
• Sarah Palin 13% {21%} [17%] (19%) {20%} [23%] (28%)
• Ron Paul 4% {3%} [4%] (3%) {7%} (11%)

Among Republicans who think there's a place for Moderates in the GOP

• Mitt Romney 27%
• Mike Huckabee 22%
• Newt Gingrich 22% 
• Sarah Palin 14%
• Ron Paul 5%

Among Republicans who don't think there's a place for Moderates in the GOP

• Sarah Palin 25%
• Mike Huckabee 17%
• Newt Gingrich 13%
• Mitt Romney 12%
• Ron Paul 11%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Sarah Palin 66% {76%} [70%] (67%) {69%} [66%] (69%) / 19% {17%} [14%] (18%) {21%} [21%] (17%) {+47%}
• Mike Huckabee 60% {62%} [64%] (53%) {58%} [55%] (54%) / 14% {14%} [11%] (15%) {13%} [13%] (16%) {+46%}
• Mitt Romney 57% {57%} [59%] (57%) {54%} [54%] (58%) / 21% {21%} [14%] (14%) {19%} [24%] (17%) {+36%}
• Newt Gingrich 57% {65%} [63%] (58%) {57%} / 25% {19%} [14%] (18%) {21%} {+32%}

Among Conservatives

• Sarah Palin 77% {86%} [78%] (79%) {80%} [75%] (80%) / 10% {8%} [7%] (9%) {12%} [12%] (9%) {+67%}
• Mike Huckabee 65% {69%} [68%] (58%) {69%} [60%] (62%) / 11% {10%} [10%] (12%) {9%} [10%] (12%) {+54%}
• Newt Gingrich 65% {72%} [69%] (64%) {64%} / 18% {14%} [9%] (11%) {17%} {+47%}
• Mitt Romney 57% {58%} [62%] (62%) {57%} [58%] (63%) / 21% {19%} [12%] (10%) {18%} [21%] (13%) {+36%} 

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 62% {59%} [51%] (50%) {46%} [44%] (48%) / 21% {22%} [17%] (22%) {24%} [34%] (25%) {+41%}
• Mike Huckabee 47% {44%} [51%] (45%) {27%} [42%] (42%) / 21% {22%} [13%] (20%) {25%} [22%] (22%) {+26%}
• Sarah Palin 41% {49%} [46%] (47%) {37%} [40%] (49%) / 39% {43%} [35%] (33%) {46%} [44%] (31%) {+2%}
• Newt Gingrich 41% {47%} [46%] (47%) {37%} / 40% {31%} [24%] (28%) {31%} {+1%}

Do you think there is a place for moderate voters in the Republican Party?

• Yes 62%
• No 18%

Do you think ACORN will steal the election to keep the Democrats in control of Congress or not?

• Yes 26%
• No 37%

Survey of 419 Republican primary voters was conducted September 10-13, 2010.  The margin of error is +/-4.8 percentage points.  Political ideology: 69% {72%} [73%] (65%) {72%} [73%] (65%) Conservative; 26% {25%} [25%] (32%) {25%] [25%] (34%) Moderate; 5% {3%} [2%] (3%) {2%} [2%] (1%) Liberal. Results from the poll conducted August 6-9, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 9-12, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 4-7, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 7-9, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 9-11, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 12-14, 2010 are in parentheses.