Poll Watch: Washington Post/ABC News 2012 Presidential Survey

Washington Post/ABC News 2012 Presidential Survey

Republican Nomination

• Mitt Romney 16%
• Donald Trump 8%
• Mike Huckabee 6%
• Sarah Palin 5%
• Ron Paul 2%
• Newt Gingrich 2%
• Tim Pawlenty 1%
• Mitch Daniels 1%
• Mike Pence 1%
• Michele Bachmann 1%
• Haley Barbour 1%
• Chris Christie 1%
• Rick Santorum 0%
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Jim DeMint 0%
• Other 5%
• No one/None of them 12%
• Anyone/Any of them 4%
• No opinion 33%

General Election

• Barack Obama (D) 49%
• Mitt Romney (R) 45%

• Barack Obama (D) 50%
• Mike Huckabee (R) 44%

• Barack Obama (D) 52%
• Donald Trump (R) 39%

• Barack Obama (D) 52%
• Tim Pawlenty (R) 39%

• Barack Obama (D) 52%
• Michele Bachmann (R) 38%

• Barack Obama (D) 54%
• Newt Gingrich (R) 39%

• Barack Obama (D) 56% (53%)
• Sarah Palin (R) 37% (40%)

Survey of registered voters, including a subsample of 432 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, was conducted April 14-17, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points among all respondents; +/- 4.7 percentage points among Republicans and GOP-leaning independents. Results from the poll conducted December 9-12, 2010 are in parentheses.