Poll Watch: PPP (D) 2012 Ohio Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) 2012 Ohio GOP Primary Survey

• Mitt Romney 21% {18%} [15%] (14%)
• Sarah Palin 16% {15%} [21%] (20%)
• Herman Cain 12%
• Newt Gingrich 12% {16%} [18%] (19%)
• Michele Bachmann 10%
• Ron Paul 9% {7%} [6%]
• Tim Pawlenty 5% {5%} [3%] (6%)
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Someone else/Undecided 15% {13%} [11%] (18%)

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 21% {19%} [19%] (16%)
• Sarah Palin 18% {14%} [19%] (19%)
• Herman Cain 16%
• Ron Paul 12% {7%} [7%]
• Newt Gingrich 10% {16%} [18%] (22%)
• Michele Bachmann 8%
• Tim Pawlenty 4% {6%} [3%] (6%)
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Someone else/Undecided 15% {10%} [9%] (14%)

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 20% {17%} [11%] (13%)
• Newt Gingrich 15% {17%} [19%] (16%)
• Sarah Palin 14% {17%} [22%] (21%)
• Michele Bachmann 11%
• Herman Cain 8%
• Ron Paul 6% {6%} [5%]
• Tim Pawlenty 5% {5%} [4%] (7%)
• Someone else/Undecided 19% {18%} [14%] (21%)

If Sarah Palin didn’t run and the choices were just Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, and Mitt Romney who would you most like to see as the nominee?

• Mitt Romney 23%
• Newt Gingrich 16%
• Herman Cain 13%
• Ron Paul 13%
• Michele Bachmann 11%
• Tim Pawlenty 6%
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Someone else/Not sure 18%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Sarah Palin 66% {61%} [68%] / 24% {28%} [20%] {+42%}
• Mitt Romney 55% {53%} [53%] / 25% {26%} [25%] {+30%}
• Newt Gingrich 42% {46%} [53%] / 34% {29%} [27%] {+8%}

Among Men

• Sarah Palin 66% {65%} [64%] / 27% {26%} [25%] {+39%}
• Mitt Romney 58% {58%} [55%] / 28% {26%} [27%] {+30%}
• Newt Gingrich 48% {49%} [57%] / 35% {35%} [31%] {+13%}

Among Women

• Sarah Palin 65% {57%} [73%] / 21% {30%} [14%] {+44%}
• Mitt Romney 51% {48%} [50%] / 23% {26%} [23%] {+28%}
• Newt Gingrich 35% {43%} [48%] / 34% {23%} [21%] {+1%}

Survey of 400 usual Republican primary voters was conducted May 19-22, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.9 percentage points. Political ideology: 39% {46%} Somewhat conservative; 38% {34%} Very conservative; 17% {16%} Moderate; 4% {3%} Somewhat liberal; 2% {1%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted March 10-13, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 10-12, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 28-30, 2010 are in parentheses.