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

PPP (D) Colorado 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 37% [9%]
• Mitt Romney 18% [22%]
• Michele Bachmann 9% [15%]
• Ron Paul 6% [7%]
• Rick Santorum 4%
• Rick Perry 4% [21%]
• Jon Huntsman 3% [2%]
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 16% [13%]

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 34%
• Might end up supporting someone else 66%

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 18%
• Mitt Romney 16%
• Rick Perry 6%
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 44%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 64% (54%) / 23% (27%) {+41%}
• Mitt Romney 52% [52%] (60%) / 35% [34%] (22%) {+17%}
• Ron Paul 34% / 48% {-14%}
• Rick Perry 31% [44%] / 51% [18%] {-20%}

Among Tea Party Members

• Newt Gingrich 81% / 13% {+68%}
• Rick Perry 47% / 41% {+6%}
• Mitt Romney 46% / 43% {+3%}
• Ron Paul 40% / 49% {-9%} 

Among Non-Tea Party Republicans

• Mitt Romney 55% / 31% {+24%} 
• Newt Gingrich 53% / 31% {+22%}
• Ron Paul 31% / 49% {-18%}
• Rick Perry 21% / 60% {-39%}

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

• Yes 32%
• No 57%

Survey of 500 usual Colorado Republican primary voters was conducted December 1-4, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points.  Political ideology: 41% [37%] Somewhat conservative; 35% [35%] Very conservative; 15% [21%] Moderate; 5% [5%] Somewhat liberal; 5% [2%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 4-6, 2011 are in parentheses.