Poll Watch: PPP (D) 2012 Presidential Survey (Third-Party Edition)

PPP (D) 2012 Presidential Poll (3rd-Party Edition)

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 47%
• Mitt Romney 26%
• Sarah Palin 21%
• Undecided 6%

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Donald Trump running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 46%
• Mitt Romney 30%
• Donald Trump 18%
• Undecided 5%

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 33%
• Ron Paul 15%
• Undecided 8%

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Michael Bloomberg running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 42%
• Mitt Romney 42%
• Michael Bloomberg 10%
• Undecided 7%

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Jon Huntsman running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 46%
• Mitt Romney 40%
• Jon Huntsman 7%
• Undecided 7%

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Ralph Nader running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 41%
• Ralph Nader 7%
• Undecided 7%

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Bernie Sanders running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 45%
• Mitt Romney 41%
• Bernie Sanders 5%
• Undecided 9%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 35% / 48% {-13%}
• Ron Paul 31% / 44% {-13%}
• Michael Bloomberg 22% / 38% {-16%}
• Jon Huntsman 14% / 33% {-19%}
• Bernie Sanders 10% / 34% {-24%}
• Donald Trump 32% / 59% {-27%}
• Ralph Nader 24% / 51% {-27%}

Survey of 700 American voters was conducted August 18-21, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 41% Democrat; 37% Republican; 21% Independent/Other. Political ideology: 31% Moderate; 25% Somewhat conservative; 18% Somewhat liberal; 17% Very conservative; 9% Very liberal.