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

PPP (D) West Virginia 2012 GOP Primary Survey

• Donald Trump 24%
• Mike Huckabee 24% (28%) {22%} [27%]
• Sarah Palin 13% (23%) {25%} [24%]
• Mitt Romney 11% (10%) {15%} [13%]
• Newt Gingrich 9% (17%) {15%} [16%]
• Tim Pawlenty 4% (5%) {2%}
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Ron Paul 3% (6%)
• Someone else/Undecided 9% (8%) {17%}

Among Men

• Donald Trump 23%
• Mike Huckabee 21% (27%) {17%} [25%]
• Sarah Palin 17% (20%) {28%} [22%]
• Newt Gingrich 12% (25%) {20%} [20%]
• Mitt Romney 9% (10%) {15%} [17%]
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Ron Paul 4% (5%)
• Tim Pawlenty 4% (6%) {2%}
• Someone else/Undecided 6% (3%) {13%}

Among Women

• Mike Huckabee 26% (30%) {27%} [29%]
• Donald Trump 25%
• Mitt Romney 14% (11%) {16%} [10%]
• Sarah Palin 9% (26%) {23%} [25%]
• Newt Gingrich 7% (8%) {11%} [13%]
• Ron Paul 3% (7%)
• Tim Pawlenty 3% (3%) {2%}
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Someone else/Undecided 11% (14%) {20%}

Among Birthers

• Donald Trump 30%
• Mike Huckabee 22%
• Sarah Palin 17%
• Mitt Romney 8%
• Newt Gingrich 8%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Michele Bachmann 1% 
• Someone else/Undecided 5%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mike Huckabee 73% (76%) / 10% (9%) {+63%}
• Sarah Palin 67% (69%) / 18% (18%) {+49%}
• Newt Gingrich 57% (60%) / 20% (19%) {+37%}
• Mitt Romney 51% (56%) / 23% (18%) {+28%}
• Donald Trump 47% / 33% {+14%}

Among Men

• Mike Huckabee 70% (79%) / 13% (12%) {+57%}
• Sarah Palin 70% (72%) / 17% (18%) {+53%}
• Newt Gingrich 60% (69%) / 21% (15%) {+39%}
• Mitt Romney 48% (61%) / 29% (20%) {+19%}
• Donald Trump 46% / 37% {+9%}

Among Women

• Mike Huckabee 76% (73%) / 7% (6%) {+69%}
• Sarah Palin 65% (66%) / 18% (19%) {+47%}
• Mitt Romney 55% (52%) / 16% (17%) {+39%}
• Newt Gingrich 54% (51%) / 20% (22%) {+34%}
• Donald Trump 48% / 30% {+18%}

Do you think Barack Obama was born in the United States?

• Yes 22%
• No 53%
• Not sure 26%

Survey of 274 likely Republican primary voters was conducted April 21-24, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 5.9 percentage points.  Political ideology: 41% Very conservative; 34% Somewhat conservative; 18% Moderate; 6% Somewhat liberal; 2% Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted January 20-23, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 30-31, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 18-19, 2010 are in square brackets.