Poll Watch: Gallup 2012 Republican Favorability Survey

Gallup 2012 Republican Favorability Survey

Name Recognition

• Sarah Palin 95% (96%) [96%] {95%}
• Rudy Giuliani 90% (89%) [87%] {86%}
• Mitt Romney 86% (84%) [85%] {86%}
• Newt Gingrich 85% (84%) [85%] {85%}
• Michele Bachmann 78% (76%) [78%] {77%}
• Ron Paul 78% (77%) [78%] {77%}
• Tim Pawlenty 56% (54%) [55%] {54%}
• Rick Perry 54% (54%) [56%] {55%}
• Rick Santorum 51% (50%) [50%] {49%}
• Herman Cain 45% (46%) [47%] {44%}
• Jon Huntsman 39% (40%) [40%] {41%}

Among Republicans Who Recognize Candidate

Herman Cain

• Strongly Favorable 24% (27%) [29%] {26%}
• Favorable 53% (49%) [48%] {46%}
• Unfavorable 12% (11%) [10%] {15%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 1% (2%) [2%] {1%}

Rudy Giuliani

• Strongly Favorable 22% (21%) [22%] {22%}
• Favorable 56% (57%) [56%] {57%}
• Unfavorable 14% (14%) [14%] {14%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 2% (2%) [3%] {2%}

Rick Perry

• Strongly Favorable 24% (26%) [26%] {23%}
• Favorable 46% (48%) [47%] {44%}
• Unfavorable 14% (13%) [12%] {14%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 1% (2%) [3%] {3%}

Mitt Romney

• Strongly Favorable 17% (18%) [21%] {19%}
• Favorable 55% (55%) [53%] {54%}
• Unfavorable 15% (15%) [13%] {14%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 3% (3%) [3%] {2%}

Michele Bachmann

• Strongly Favorable 22% (20%) [23%] {24%}
• Favorable 47% (44%) [44%] {50%}
• Unfavorable 17% (18%) [15%] {12%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 4% (6%) [5%] {3%}

Tim Pawlenty

• Strongly Favorable 9% (10%) [12%] {12%}
• Favorable 54% (56%) [54%] {54%}
• Unfavorable 17% (16%) [15%] {15%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 2% (1%) [1%] {1%}

Rick Santorum

• Strongly Favorable 9% (11%) [13%] {13%}
• Favorable 53% (51%) [54%] {56%}
• Unfavorable 16% (16%) [16%] {14%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 4% (4%) [2%] {1%}

Sarah Palin

• Strongly Favorable 26% (25%) [26%] {26%}
• Favorable 43% (43%) [47%] {47%}
• Unfavorable 20% (19%) [17%] {16%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 8% (9%) [8%] {8%}

Ron Paul

• Strongly Favorable 13% (13%) [12%] {11%}
• Favorable 52% (52%) [49%] {51%}
• Unfavorable 20% (20%) [21%] {22%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 4% (4%) [4%] {3%}

Newt Gingrich

• Strongly Favorable 9% (8%) [10%] {11%}
• Favorable 47% (49%) [46%] {44%}
• Unfavorable 27% (27%) [29%] {29%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 7% (7%) [7%] {7%}

Jon Huntsman

• Strongly Favorable 8% (8%) [6%] {7%}
• Favorable 42% (47%) [49%] {48%}
• Unfavorable 26% (22%) [20%] {21%}
• Strongly Unfavorable 2% (3%) [4%] {5%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Herman Cain 77% (76%) [77%] {72%} / 13% (13%) [12%] {16%} {+64%}
• Rudy Giuliani 78% (78%) [78%] {79%} / 16% (16%) [17%] {16%} {+62%}
• Rick Perry 70% (74%) [73%] {67%} / 15% (15%) [15%] {17%} {+55%}
• Mitt Romney 72% (73%) [74%] {73%} / 18% (18%) [16%] {16%} {+54%}
• Michele Bachmann 69% (64%) [67%] {74%} / 21% (24%) [20%] {15%} {+48%}
• Tim Pawlenty 63% (66%) [66%] {66%} / 19% (17%) [16%] {16%} {+44%}
• Rick Santorum 62% (62%) [67%] {69%} / 20% (20%) [18%] {15%} {+42%}
• Sarah Palin 69% (68%) [73%] {73%} / 28% (28%) [25%] {24%} {+41%}
• Ron Paul 65% (65%) [61%] {62%} / 24% (24%) [25%] {25%} {+41%}
• Newt Gingrich 56% (57%) [56%] {55%} / 34% (34%) [36%] {36%} {+22%}
• Jon Huntsman 50% (55%) [55%] {55%} / 28% (25%) [24%] {26%} {+22%}

Positive Intensity Score (Strongly Favorable minus Strongly Unfavorable)

• Rick Perry +23% (+24%) [+23%] {+21%}
• Herman Cain +22% (+25%) [+27%] {+25%}
• Rudy Giuliani +20% (+19%) [+20%] {+20%}
• Michele Bachmann +18% (+14%) [+18%] {+21%}
• Sarah Palin +18% (+16%) [+18%] {+18%}
• Mitt Romney +14% (+15%) [18%] {+17%}
• Ron Paul +9% (+8%) [+9%] {+8%}
• Tim Pawlenty +7% (+9%) [+11%] {+11%}
• Jon Huntsman +6% (+5%) [+3%] {+2%}
• Rick Santorum +5% (+7%) [+11%] {+12%}
• Newt Gingrich +2% (+1%) [+3%] {+4%}

Survey Methods

Results are based on telephone interviews conducted as part of Gallup Daily tracking July 25 - August 7, 2011, with random samples of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Questions asking about the 11 potential candidates measured in this research were rotated among randomly selected samples of Republicans each night; over the 14-day period, each candidate was rated by a minimum of 1,500 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. 

For the overall ratings of each potential candidate among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, including recognition scores, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted July 18-31, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 11-24, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 4-17, 2011 are in curly brackets.