Poll Watch: Quinnipiac 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

Quinnipiac 2012 GOP Nomination Survey

• Newt Gingrich 26% (10%) {9%} [4%] (6%)  
• Mitt Romney 22% (23%) {24%} [20%] (28%)
• Herman Cain 14% (30%) {18%} [5%] (6%) 
• Rick Perry 6% (8%) {15%} [26%] (10%)
• Ron Paul 6% (7%) {6%} [10%] (6%) 
• Michele Bachmann 4% (4%) {5%} [12%] (17%)
• Rick Santorum 2% (1%) {3%} [2%] (1%)
• Jon Huntsman 2% (2%) {1%} [1%] (1%) 
• Don't know 19% (16%) {19%} [19%] (22%) 

Suppose the primary came down to a choice between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, for whom would you vote? 

• Newt Gingrich 49%
  
• Mitt Romney 39%
• Don't know 12%

Suppose the primary came down to a choice between Herman Cain and Mitt Romney, for whom would you vote? 

• Mitt Romney 50% (39%)
• Herman Cain 37% (47%)
• Don't know (14%)

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as having the knowledge and experience necessary to be a good president?

• Newt Gingrich 48%
• Mitt Romney 22%
• Herman Cain 7%
• Rick Perry 5%
• Ron Paul 4%
• Michele Bachmann 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Don't know 11%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling foreign policy? 

• Newt Gingrich 46%
• Mitt Romney 16%
• Rick Perry 5%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Herman Cain 4% 
• Jon Huntsman 3%
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Don't know 16%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as being a strong leader?

• Newt Gingrich 34%
• Mitt Romney 24%
• Herman Cain 14%
• Rick Perry 9%
• Ron Paul 4% 
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Michele Bachmann 1%
• Don't know 11%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling the economy?

• Mitt Romney 27%
• Newt Gingrich 25%
• Herman Cain 18%
• Rick Perry 7%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Don't know 12%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling the issue of illegal immigration?

• Newt Gingrich 21% (14%)
• Rick Perry 16% (15%)
• Mitt Romney 11% (12%)
• Herman Cain 9% (17%)
• Michele Bachmann 7% (8%)
• Ron Paul 6% (7%)
• Rick Santorum 3% (1%)
• Jon Huntsman 1% (1%)
• Don't know 24% (24%)

Survey of 1,039 registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents was conducted November 14-20, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 25-31, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 27 - October 3, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 16-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 5-11, 2011 are in parentheses.