Poll Watch: Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

Republican Nomination

• Mitt Romney 19% (14%)
• Mike Huckabee 17% (15%)
• Sarah Palin 9% (12%)
• Donald Trump 8% (11%)
• Newt Gingrich 7% (7%)
• Ron Paul 7% (3%)
• Herman Cain 4% (2%)
• Tim Pawlenty 3% (4%)
• Michele Bachmann 3% (2%)
• Rick Santorum 3% (2%)
• Mitch Daniels 2% (3%)
• Jon Huntsman 1% (1%)
• Gary Johnson 1% (1%)
• Fred Karger 1%
• Roy Moore 1%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Someone else 1% (1%)
• Too soon to say 9% (5%)
• Don't know 4% (8%)

Note: Rudy Giuliani was included in the April 3-5 poll, and received 9 percent of the vote.

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 53% / 44% {+9%}
• Donald Trump 33% / 57% {-24%}

How proud are you to have Barack Obama as president?

• Extremely 22%
• Very 19%
• Somewhat 24%
• Not at all 33%

How proud would you be to have Mike Huckabee as president?

• Extremely 5%
• Very 13%
• Somewhat 29%
• Not at all 38%

Among Republicans

• Extremely 8%
• Very 26%
• Somewhat 42%
• Not at all 15%

How proud would you be to have Mitt Romney as president?

• Extremely 4%
• Very 11%
• Somewhat 31%
• Not at all 39%

Among Republicans

• Extremely 9%
• Very 20%
• Somewhat 42%
• Not at all 16%

How proud would you be to have Donald Trump as president?

• Extremely 3%
• Very 7%
• Somewhat 23%
• Not at all 62%

Among Republicans

• Extremely 5%
• Very 10%
• Somewhat 35%
• Not at all 46%

Regardless of whether you would vote for Donald Trump or not, do you like his straight talk and the message he sends to the world, or not?

• Yes 47%
• No 47%

Regardless of how you feel about whether Barack Obama was born in the United States, do you think he has been trying to hide something about his upbringing and his past before he got into politics, or not?

• Yes, trying to hide something 33%
• No, not trying to hide something 61%

Among Democrats

• Yes, trying to hide something 12%
• No, not trying to hide something 85%

Among Republicans

• Yes, trying to hide something 58%
• No, not trying to hide something 35%

Among Independents

• Yes, trying to hide something 36%
• No, not trying to hide something 56%

Among Moderates

• Yes, trying to hide something 17%
• No, not trying to hide something 70%

Among Tea Party Supporters

• Yes, trying to hide something 66%
• No, not trying to hide something 26%

Survey of 911 registered voters, including a subsample of 322 Republicans, was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) April 25-27, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points; +/- 6 percentage points among Republican voters.  Results from the poll conducted April 3-5, 2011 are in parentheses.