Poll Watch: Economist/YouGov 2012 Presidential Survey

Economist/YouGov 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Rick Perry 29%
• Mitt Romney 13%
• Rudy Giuliani 9%
• Sarah Palin 8%
• Ron Paul 8%
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Jon Huntsman 5%
• Herman Cain 5%
• Newt Gingrich 3%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Other 6%
• No preference 8%

Second Choice

• Mitt Romney 21%
• Rick Perry 13%
• Michele Bachmann 10%
• Rudy Giuliani 9%
• Sarah Palin 9%
• Herman Cain 7%
• Newt Gingrich 6%
• Rick Santorum 5%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Other 2%
• No preference 11%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 48%
• Mitt Romney 41%

• Barack Obama 51%
• Rick Perry 38%

• Barack Obama 53%
• Michele Bachmann 37%

• Barack Obama 54%
• Sarah Palin 35%

 Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Colin Powell 60% / 21% {+39%}
• Hillary Clinton 58% / 31% {+27%}
• Condoleezza Rice 46% / 32% {+14%}
• Rudy Giuliani 44% / 34% {+10%}
• Barack Obama 46% / 46% {0%}
• Joe Biden 39% / 41% {-2%}
• Michael Bloomberg 28% / 35% {-7%}
• George W. Bush 37% / 55% {-18%}
• Karl Rove 20% / 41% {-21%}
• Dick Cheney 26% / 57% {-31%}

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

• Strongly Approve 12%
• Somewhat Approve 27%
• Somewhat Disapprove 17%
• Strongly Disapprove 36%

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

• Strongly Approve 9%
• Somewhat Approve 19%
• Somewhat Disapprove 18%
• Strongly Disapprove 44%

As a President, how do you think Barack Obama will go down in history?

• Outstanding 6%
• Above Average 18%
• Average 23%
• Below Average 18%
• Poor 25%

Generally speaking, do you support or oppose the goals of the Tea Party movement?

• Strongly support 15%
• Somewhat support 16%
• Neither support, nor oppose 17%
• Somewhat oppose 8%
• Strongly oppose 32%

Survey of registered voters, including a subsample of likely Republican primary voters, was conducted September 3-6, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points among all respondents.