Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Mitt Romney 16%
• Sarah Palin 15%
• Michele Bachmann 11%
• Rick Perry 8%
• Herman Cain 6%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Newt Gingrich 4%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Thaddeus McCotter 0%
• Don't know 28%

If Sarah Palin doesn't run

• Mitt Romney 19%
• Michele Bachmann 16%
• Rick Perry 8%
• Herman Cain 7%
• Ron Paul 6%
• Newt Gingrich 6%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Thaddeus McCotter 0%
• Don't know 31%

If Rick Perry doesn't run

• Mitt Romney 19%
• Sarah Palin 15%
• Michele Bachmann 14%
• Herman Cain 7%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Newt Gingrich 5%
• Tim Pawlenty 3%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Thaddeus McCotter 0%
• Don't know 29%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 41%

• Barack Obama 47%
• Rick Perry 35%

• Barack Obama 49%
• Michele Bachmann 36%

• Barack Obama 51%
• Sarah Palin 35%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

• Approve 46% (49%)
• Disapprove 50% (45%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?

• Approve 37% (39%)
• Disapprove 58% (55%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling foreign policy?

• Approve 47% (50%)
• Disapprove 47% (44%)

Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President, do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

• Yes/Deserves 46% (47%)
• No/Does not 47% (47%)

Survey of 1,659 registered voters, including a subsample of 563 Republicans, was conducted July 12-18, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.4 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.1 percent among Republican voters. Results from the poll conducted May 2011 are in parentheses.