Sunday, November 13, 2011

Poll Watch: NBC News/Wall Street Journal 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

  • Mitt Romney 32% {27%} 
  • Herman Cain 27% {28%}
  • Newt Gingrich 22% {17%}
  • Ron Paul 9% {10%}
  • Rick Perry 4% {8%}
  • Michele Bachmann 2% {4%}
  • Rick Santorum 2% {4%}
  • Jon Huntsman 1% {1%}
Second Choice
  • Newt Gingrich 17% {16%}
  • Mitt Romney 16% {23%}
  • Michele Bachmann 15% {12%}
  • Herman Cain 15% {13%}
  • Rick Perry 14% {12%}
  • Ron Paul 13% {11%}
  • Rick Santorum 3% {6%}
  • Jon Huntsman 2% {2%}
Now, if you were voting today in the 2012 Republican primary for president, and the candidates were Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, which one would you favor?
  • Mitt Romney 56% {47%}
  • Herman Cain 43% {51%}
Positive / Negative {Net}
  • Mitt Romney 62% {49%} / 10% {14%} {+52%}
  • Newt Gingrich 59% / 17% {+42%}
  • Herman Cain 56% {51%} / 24% {20%} {+32%}
  • Rick Perry 28% {38%} / 33% {24%} {-5%}
How confident are you that ___________________ has the right set of personal characteristics to be president of the United States––extremely confident, quite confident, only somewhat confident, or not at all confident?

Mitt Romney
  • Extremely confident 16%
  • Quite confident 34%
  • Only somewhat confident 43%
  • Not at all confident 6%
Newt Gingrich
  • Extremely confident 23%
  • Quite confident 21%
  • Only somewhat confident 36%
  • Not at all confident 19%
Herman Cain
  • Extremely confident 19%
  • Quite confident 21%
  • Only somewhat confident 33%
  • Not at all confident 27%
Rick Perry
  • Extremely confident 6%
  • Quite confident 17%
  • Only somewhat confident 50%
  • Not at all confident 25%
Survey of 102 registered Republican primary voters who were re-contacted after participating in the 11/2-5 poll was conducted November 10-12, 2011.  Results from the poll conducted November 2-5, 2011 are in curly brackets.

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