Poll Watch: Reuters/Ipsos 2012 Presidential Survey

Reuters/Ipsos 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Sarah Palin 19%
• Mitt Romney 18%
• Ron Paul 8%
• Herman Cain 6%
• Rick Perry 5%
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Newt Gingrich 4%
• Tim Pawlenty 2%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Wouldn't vote 1%
• None/Other 11%
• Don't know/Not sure 18%

If your first choice in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries dropped out of the race, who would your second choice be?

• Mitt Romney 13%
• Newt Gingrich 10%
• Michele Bachmann 10%
• Tim Pawlenty 10%
• Ron Paul 9%
• Sarah Palin 8%
• Herman Cain 8%
• Rick Perry 5%
• Jon Huntsman 4%
• Wouldn’t vote 0%
• None/Other 9%
• Don't know/Not sure 13%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 51% (51%)
• Mitt Romney 38% (38%)

• Barack Obama 52% (51%)
• Jon Huntsman 34% (30%)

• Barack Obama 54%
• Ron Paul 36%

• Barack Obama 53%
• Herman Cain 34%

• Barack Obama 53% (51%)
• Tim Pawlenty 34% (33%)

• Barack Obama 54%
• Rick Perry 34%

• Barack Obama 53% (54%)
• Michele Bachmann 33% (33%)

• Barack Obama 55% (53%)
• Newt Gingrich 34% (35%)

• Barack Obama 57% (54%)
• Sarah Palin 34% (35%)

Survey of 1,132 adults, including 948 registered voters, was conducted June 3-6, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 45% (44%) Democrat; 37% (40%) Republican.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-9, 2011 are in parentheses.