Poll Watch: EPIC-MRA Michigan 2012 Republican Primary Survey

EPIC-MRA Michigan 2012 GOP Primary Survey

• Mitt Romney 32%
• Rick Perry 17%
• Michele Bachmann 12%
• Newt Gingrich 5%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Sarah Palin 5%
• Thaddeus McCotter 1%
• Undecided 16%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 70% / 20% {+50%}
• Sarah Palin 51% / 40% {+11%}

Survey of 210 likely primary voters was conducted August 13-16, 2011. The margin of error is +/-6.7 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Despite Romney's Michigan connections, support for the former Massachusetts governor remains relatively soft. Overall, 70 percent of likely Republican primary voters have a favorable impression of Romney, higher than the candidates he leads, like Perry (48 percent) and Bachmann (58 percent). But only 22 percent of Republican voters have a "very favorable" opinion of Romney, equal to the percentage that view Bachmann "very favorably" and narrowly more than have a "very favorable" impression of Perry (17 percent).