Poll Watch: PPP (D) North Carolina 2012 Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) North Carolina 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 51% [22%] (17%) {8%} [11%] (9%) {14%}
• Mitt Romney 14% [19%] (17%) {12%} [16%] (23%) {25%}
• Michele Bachmann 8% [4%] (6%) {8%} [17%] (22%) {10%}
• Ron Paul 7% [4%] (6%) {10%} [11%] (6%) {9%}
• Rick Perry 4% [10%] (15%) {35%} [17%] (14%)
• Rick Santorum 3% [2%] (2%) {4%}
• Jon Huntsman 1% [2%] (2%) {2%} [2%] (2%) {1%}
• Gary Johnson 0% [0%]
• Someone else/Not sure 11% [8%] (8%) {12%} [13%] (10%) {10%}

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 37% [34%]
• Might end up supporting someone else 63% [66%]

Second Choice

• Mitt Romney 18% [12%]
• Newt Gingrich 15% [19%]
• Michele Bachmann 8% [7%]
• Rick Perry 6% [10%]
• Ron Paul 3% [4%]
• Rick Santorum 2% [2%]
• Jon Huntsman 1% [1%]
• Gary Johnson 0% [0%]
• Someone else/Not sure 46% [26%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 73% [65%] (58%) {42%} {38%} [55%] (62%) {61%} [63%] / 17% [25%] (31%) {43%} {47%} [25%] (18%) {21%} [21%] {+56%}
• Mitt Romney 50% [53%] (50%) {45%} [46%] (56%) {53%} [56%] (50%) {57%} [49%] / 34% [30%] (31%) {38%} [35%] (28%) {30%} [24%] (26%) {22%} [23%] {+16%}
• Rick Perry 31% [39%] (44%) {61%} [40%] / 49% [41%] (37%) {17%} [16%] {-18%}
• Ron Paul 29% [27%] (34%) / 51% [48%] (45%) {-22%}

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

• Yes 29% [31%]
• No 53% [54%]

Survey of 568 usual North Carolina Republican primary voters was conducted December 1-4, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points.  Political ideology: 40% [36%] (42%) {43%} [42%] (43%) {39%} Very conservative; 38% [40%] (37%) {36%} [37%] (39%) {37%} Somewhat conservative; 18% [17%] (16%) {14%} [15%] (15%) {17%} Moderate; 2% [4%] (4%) {4%} [2%] (2%) {4%} Somewhat liberal; 2% [3%] (2%) {2%} [3%] (1%) {3%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted October 27-31, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 30 - October 3, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 1-4, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 7-10, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 8-11, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 16-21, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 20-23, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted December 17-19, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted November 19-21, 2010 are in square brackets.