Poll Watch: Newsweek/Daily Beast 2012 Presidential Survey

Newsweek/Daily Beast 2012 Presidential Survey

Republican Nomination

• Mitt Romney 19%
• Mike Huckabee 18%
• Sarah Palin 10%
• Donald Trump 8%
• Newt Gingrich 7%
• Tim Pawlenty 5%
• Haley Barbour 1%
• Mitch Daniels 1%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Not sure 31%

General Election

• Mike Huckabee (R) 46%
• Barack Obama (D) 46%

• Barack Obama (D) 49%
• Mitt Romney (R) 47%

• Barack Obama (D) 43%
• Donald Trump (R) 41%

• Barack Obama (D) 51%
• Sarah Palin (R) 40%

Three-Way Race

• Barack Obama (D) 44%
• Mitt Romney (R) 38%
• Donald Trump (I) 8%

• Barack Obama (D) 44%
• Sarah Palin (R) 21%
• Donald Trump (I) 20%

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 50%
• Disapprove 44%

National survey of 918 likely voters was conducted February 12-15, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points.