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

PPP (D) Colorado 2012 GOP Caucus Poll

• Mitt Romney 37% (40%) {18%} [22%]
• Rick Santorum 27% (26%) {4%} 
• Newt Gingrich 21% (18%) {37%} [9%]
• Ron Paul 13% (12%) {6%} [7%]
• Someone else/Not sure 2% (3%) {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 69% (67%) {34%}
• Might end up supporting someone else 31% (33%) {66%}

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 25% (24%) {18%}
• Rick Santorum 23% (23%) {3%} 
• Mitt Romney 17% (15%) {16%}
• Ron Paul 10% (10%) {5%}
• Someone else/Not sure 25% (28%) {44%}

Which of the Republican candidates do you think has the best chance of defeating Barack Obama?

• Mitt Romney 49% (51%)
• Newt Gingrich 19% (19%)
• Rick Santorum 12% (11%)
• Ron Paul 9% (7%)
• Someone else/Not sure 11% (13%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Santorum 71% (68%) / 19% (21%) {+52%}
• Mitt Romney 60% (60%) {52%} [52%] (60%) / 32% (31%) {35%} [34%] (22%) {+28%} 
• Newt Gingrich 48% (49%) {64%} (54%) / 40% (41%) {23%} (27%) {+8%}
• Ron Paul 41% (38%) {34%} / 49% (52%) {48%} {-8%}

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

• Yes 35% (34%) {32%}
• No 53% (53%) {57%}

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 45% (46%)
• Are not 55% (54%)

Survey of 938 likely Colorado Republican caucus voters was conducted February 4 and 6, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points.  Political ideology: 47% (47%) {35%} [35%] Very conservative; 34% (35%) {41%} [37%] Somewhat conservative; 14% (12%) {15%} [21%] Moderate; 4% (5%) {5%} [5%] Somewhat liberal; 2% (1%) {5%} [2%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted February 4, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted December 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 February 4-6, 2011 are in parentheses.