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

PPP (D) Virginia 2012 GOP Primary Survey

• Newt Gingrich 41% {8%}
• Mitt Romney 15% {18%}
• Michele Bachmann 8% {21%}
• Rick Perry 8% {18%}
• Rick Santorum 6%
• Ron Paul 6% {7%}
• Jon Huntsman 3% {2%}
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 12% {13%}

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 43%
• Might end up supporting someone else 57%

Second Choice

• Mitt Romney 15%
• Newt Gingrich 13%
• Michele Bachmann 10%
• Ron Paul 9%
• Rick Santorum 8%
• Rick Perry 8%
• Jon Huntsman 3%
• Gary Johnson 2%
• Someone else/Not sure 31%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 64% [54%] (64%) / 24% [29%] (20%) {+40%}
• Mitt Romney 46% {50%} [58%] (63%) / 40% {32%} [23%] (22%) {+6%}
• Michele Bachmann 41% {46%} / 37% {34%} {+4%}
• Rick Perry 37% {44%} / 43% {18%} {-6%}
• Ron Paul 32% / 49% {-17%}

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

• Yes 33%
• No 52%

Survey of 350 Republican primary voters was conducted December 11-13, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 5.2 percentage points.  Party ID: 72% Republican; 25% Independent/Other; 3% Democrat.  Political ideology: 43% {43%} [38%] Very conservative; 35% {33%} [38%] Somewhat conservative; 17% {19%} [18%] Moderate; 3% {1%} [2%] Very liberal; 2% {4%} [3%] Somewhat liberal.  Results from the poll conducted July 21-24, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.