Poll Watch: PPP (D) Maine 2012 Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) Maine 2012 GOP Primary Survey

• Herman Cain 29%
• Mitt Romney 24% [15%] (18%)
• Newt Gingrich 18% [19%] (14%)
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Ron Paul 5% [8%]
• Rick Perry 4%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Undecided 11% [13%] (23%)

Would you say you are strongly committed to that candidate, or might you end up supporting someone else?

• Strongly committed to that candidate 33%
• Might end up supporting someone else 67%

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 19%
• Herman Cain 13%
• Mitt Romney 11%
• Rick Perry 10%
• Michele Bachmann 6%
• Ron Paul 4%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Undecided 33%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Herman Cain 58% / 26% {+32%}
• Mitt Romney 51% [47%] / 37% [31%] {+14%}
• Newt Gingrich 51% [54%] / 38% [24%] {+13%}
• Michele Bachmann 42% / 35% {+7%}
• Rick Perry 34% / 47% {-13%}
• Ron Paul 34% / 51% {-17%}

Do you consider yourself to be a member of the Tea Party?

• Yes 21%
• No 61%

Survey of 250 usual Maine Republican primary voters was conducted October 28-31, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 6.2  percentage points.  Political ideology: 33% [38%] Very conservative; 33% [38%] Somewhat conservative; 24% [19%] Moderate; 7% [4%] Somewhat liberal; 3% [1%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted March 3-6, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 26-28, 2010 are in parentheses.