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

PPP (D) Montana 2012 Republican Primary Survey

• Sarah Palin 20% (23%)
• Michele Bachmann 18%
• Mitt Romney 17% (12%)
• Newt Gingrich 9% (16%)
• Ron Paul 9% (9%)
• Herman Cain 8%
• Tim Pawlenty 7% (3%)
• Jon Huntsman 4%
• Someone else/Not sure 9% (10%)

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?

• Michele Bachmann 25%
• Mitt Romney 22%
• Newt Gingrich 11%
• Ron Paul 10%
• Tim Pawlenty 9%
• Herman Cain 8%
• Jon Huntsman 4%
• Someone else/Not sure 10%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Sarah Palin 72% (76%) / 21% (18%) {+51%}
• Herman Cain 44% / 15% {+29%}
• Michele Bachmann 50% / 25% {+25%}
• Tim Pawlenty 38% / 20% {+18%}
• Mitt Romney 47% (58%) / 36% (24%) {+11%}

Survey of 382 usual Montana Republican primary voters was conducted June 16-19, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 5 percentage points. Political ideology: 39% Very conservative; 39% Somewhat conservative; 15% Moderate; 3% Somewhat liberal; 3% Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.