Poll Watch: Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

FDU PublicMind 2012 GOP Nomination Poll

• Mitt Romney 32% [23%] (28%) 
• Rick Santorum 31% [3%] (2%)
• Newt Gingrich 15% [36%] (12%)
• Ron Paul 10% [4%] (6%)
• Unsure 12% [14%] (27%)

Second Choice

• Rick Santorum 31% [5%] 
• Newt Gingrich 26% [21%]
  
• Mitt Romney 23% [24%]
• Ron Paul 10% [6%]
• Unsure 11% [16%]

Which candidate for president is your least favorite?

• Ron Paul 45% [17%]
• Newt Gingrich 24% [6%] 
• Mitt Romney 14% [6%]
• Rick Santorum 6% [4%]
• Unsure 10% [14%]

National survey of 578 registered Republican and Republican-leaning Independents was conducted February 6-12, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted November 29 - December 5, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 1-7, 2011 are in parentheses.