Poll Watch: UNH/CNN/WMUR New Hampshire 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

UNH/CNN/WMUR New Hampshire 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

• Mitt Romney 33% [36%] (40%)
• Ron Paul 9% [6%] (5%)
• Newt Gingrich 7% [4%] (6%)
• Rudy Giuliani 6% [7%] (10%)
• Tim Pawlenty 6% [2%] (7%)
• Sarah Palin 5% [4%] (6%)
• Michele Bachmann 4% [4%]
• Herman Cain 4%
• Jon Huntsman 4% [0%]
• Rick Santorum 2% [0%] (1%)
• Gary Johnson 0% [0%] (0%)
• Fred Karger 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Someone else 7% [1%] (4%)
• Don't know yet 13% [14%] (10%)

Which Republican candidate do you think is the strongest leader?

• Mitt Romney 40%
• Rudy Giuliani 12%
• Newt Gingrich 11%
• Sarah Palin 3%
• Ron Paul 3%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Herman Cain 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Someone else 2%
• No opinion 20%

Which Republican candidate do you think is the most likable?

• Mitt Romney 29%
• Sarah Palin 10%
• Rudy Giuliani 8%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Michele Bachmann 6%
• Tim Pawlenty 6%
• Newt Gingrich 4%
• Herman Cain 3%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Someone else 3%
• No opinion 17%

Which Republican candidate do you think is most believable?

• Mitt Romney 20%
• Ron Paul 12%
• Newt Gingrich 7%
• Sarah Palin 6%
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Herman Cain 5%
• Rudy Giuliani 5%
• Tim Pawlenty 5%
• Jon Huntsman 4%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Someone else 2%
• No opinion 23%

Which Republican candidate do you think has the best chance of beating Barack Obama in the general election next November?

• Mitt Romney 42%
• Rudy Giuliani 4%
• Tim Pawlenty 4%
• Newt Gingrich 3%
• Sarah Palin 3%
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Herman Cain 2%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Ron Paul 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Someone else 2%
• No opinion 31%

Which Republican candidate do you think represents the values of Republicans like yourself?

• Mitt Romney 24%
• Ron Paul 9%
• Newt Gingrich 8%
• Michele Bachmann 7%
• Sarah Palin 7%
• Rudy Giuliani 5%
• Tim Pawlenty 5%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Herman Cain 2%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Someone else 3%
• No opinion 23%

Which Republican candidate do you think has the right experience to be president?

• Mitt Romney 37%
• Newt Gingrich 13%
• Rudy Giuliani 6%
• Ron Paul 6%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Herman Cain 2%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Sarah Palin 2%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Michele Bachmann 1%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Someone else 1%
• No opinion 24%

Which Republican candidate do you think can best handle the economy?

• Mitt Romney 44%
• Newt Gingrich 7%
• Ron Paul 6%
• Herman Cain 4%
• Rudy Giuliani 3%
• Sarah Palin 3%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Michele Bachmann 1%
• Tim Pawlenty 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Someone else 3%
• No opinion 23%

Which Republican candidate do you think can best handle the budget deficit?

• Mitt Romney 37%
• Newt Gingrich 7%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Sarah Palin 4%
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Herman Cain 3%
• Rudy Giuliani 3%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Someone else 4%
• No opinion 22%

Which Republican candidate do you think is best able to handle health care issues?

• Mitt Romney 31%
• Ron Paul 8%
• Newt Gingrich 7%
• Sarah Palin 5%
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Rudy Giuliani 3%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Herman Cain 2%
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Someone else 2%
• No opinion 32%

Which Republican candidate do you think can best handle terrorism?

• Rudy Giuliani 19%
• Mitt Romney 16%
• Newt Gingrich 13%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Jon Huntsman 3%
• Sarah Palin 3%
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Tim Pawlenty 2%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Herman Cain 1%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Andy Martin 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Someone else 3%
• No opinion 32%

Survey of 347 likely Republican primary voters was conducted May 18-22, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted April 15- May 2, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 28 - February 7, 2011 are in parentheses.

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