Poll Watch: PPP (D) 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

PPP (D) 2012 GOP Nomination Survey

If the candidates for President next year were Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum, who would you vote for?

• Rick Perry 27% (11%)
• Mitt Romney 17% (20%) {22%} [16%] (24%) {22%} [20%]
• Sarah Palin 13% (12%) {15%} [16%] (17%) {15%} [19%]
• Michele Bachmann 10% (16%) {8%} [9%] (8%) {5%}
• Herman Cain 7% (10%) {17%} [12%]
• Newt Gingrich 7% (6%) {9%} [9%] (20%) {20%} [18%]
• Ron Paul 6% (9%) {7%} [9%] (12%) {12%} [12%]
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Jon Huntsman 2% (2%) {1%} [4%]

If Sarah Palin didn’t end up running for President, and the candidates were Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum, who would you vote for?

• Rick Perry 33% (12%)
• Mitt Romney 20% (20%) {27%} [20%] (28%) {25%} [24%]
• Michele Bachmann 16% (21%) {13%} [13%] (11%) {8%}
• Newt Gingrich 8% (7%) {12%} [13%] (26%) {23%} [24%]
• Herman Cain 6% (11%) {20%} [12%]
• Ron Paul 6% (9%) {6%} [11%] (12%) {13%} [12%]
• Rick Santorum 4%
• Jon Huntsman 3% (3%) {3%} [4%]

If the Republican Presidential race came down to just Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney, who would you vote for?

• Rick Perry 41%
• Mitt Romney 29%
• Michele Bachmann 19%

If the Republican Presidential race came down to just Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, who would you vote for?

• Rick Perry 52%
• Mitt Romney 36%

If the Republican Presidential race came down to just Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, who would you vote for?

• Rick Perry 56%
• Michele Bachmann 26%

If the Republican Presidential race came down to just Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney, who would you vote for?

• Mitt Romney 49% (41%)
• Michele Bachmann 40% (44%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Perry 64% / 17% {+47%}
• Sarah Palin 62% (57%) {62%} [61%] (61%) {61%} [61%] (65%) {65%} [68%] (66%) {76%} [70%] (67%) {69%} [66%] (69%) / 30% (32%) {27%} [30%] (31%) {31%} [26%] (25%) {26%} [22%] (19%) {17%} [14%] (18%) {21%} [21%] (17%) {+32%}
• Michele Bachmann 51% (48%) / 32% (26%) {+19%}
• Mitt Romney 51% (50%) {55%} [54%] (52%) {50%} [51%] (55%) {52%} [56%] (57%) {57%} [59%] (57%) {54%} [54%] (58%) / 33% (31%) {27%} [30%] (29%) {29%} [29%] (25%) {28%} [24%] (21%) {21%} [14%] (14%) {19%} [24%] (17%) {+18%}
• Herman Cain 39% (40%) {40%} / 24% (19%) {26%} {+15%}
• Ron Paul 44% / 30% {+14%}
• Paul Ryan 38% / 27% {+11%}
• Jon Huntsman 19% / 27% {-8%}

Survey of 663 usual Republican primary voters was conducted August 18-21, 2011.  The margin of error is +/-3.8 percentage points.  Political ideology: 42% (38%) {41%} [40%] (38%) {44%} [40%] (41%) Somewhat conservative; 35% (37%) {35%} [38%] (39%) {31%} [38%] (39%) Very conservative;  17% (20%) {18%} [16%] (17%) {17%} [19%] (15%) Moderate; 3% (4%) {3%} [5%] (5%) {5%} [3%] (5%) Somewhat liberal; 2% (2%) {3%} [2%] (2%) {2%} [1%] (1%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted July 15-17, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 9-12, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 23-25, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted April 7-10, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 10-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 11-13, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 14-16, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 19-21, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 6-9, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 9-12, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 4-7, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 7-9, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 9-11, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 12-14, 2010 are in parentheses.