Poll Watch: Capital Survey Research Center Alabama 2012 Presidential Survey

Capital Survey Research Center Alabama 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Rick Perry 22.5%
• Mitt Romney 19.9%
• Sarah Palin 11.6%
• Herman Cain 10%
• Ron Paul 8%
• Michele Bachmann 8%
• Newt Gingrich 6%
• Rick Santorum 0%
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Don't know 14%

If Sarah Palin doesn't run

• Rick Perry 29.4%
• Mitt Romney 24.2%
• Michele Bachmann 11%
• Herman Cain 7%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Newt Gingrich 5%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Don't know 14%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Mitt Romney 55.8%
• Barack Obama 33.9%

• Rick Perry 52.1%
• Barack Obama 34.6%

• Sarah Palin 44.6%
• Barack Obama 42.8%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 37.6% / 59.1% {-21.5%}

Note: Sarah Palin had an unfavorable or very unfavorable rating of 56 percent among all poll respondents.

Survey of 841 likely voters, including a subsample of 488 likely GOP primary voters, was conducted from mid-July to late August, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.3 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 51% Republican; 32% Democrat.