Poll Watch: Field Research California 2012 Presidential Survey

Field Research California 2012 Presidential Survey

Republican Nomination

• Mitt Romney 28% [30%]
• Rick Perry 20% [6%]
• Sarah Palin 8% [12%]
• Ron Paul 7% [8%]
• Newt Gingrich 7% [8%]
• Michele Bachmann 6% [5%]
• Herman Cain 4% [7%]
• Jon Huntsman 2% [1%]
• Rick Santorum 1% [2%]
• Other/undecided 17% [18%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Perry 50% [36%] / 19% [10%] {+31%}
• Mitt Romney 54% [56%] / 27% [25%] {+27%}
• Herman Cain 25% [23%] / 15% [12%] {+10%}
• Michele Bachmann 35% [39%] / 35% [19%] {0%}
• Rick Santorum 17% [29%] / 19% [15%] {-2%}
• Jon Huntsman 15% [16%] / 22% [17%] {-7%}
• Newt Gingrich 34% [36%] / 45% [44%] {-11%}
• Ron Paul 26% [34%] / 42% [34%] {-16%}
• Sarah Palin 35% [48%] / 55% [41%] {-20%}

General Election

• Barack Obama 51%
• Mitt Romney 38%

• Barack Obama 54%
• Rick Perry 35%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 34% [38%] / 40% [34%] {-6%}
• Herman Cain 14% [14%] / 28% [17%] {-14%}
• Jon Huntsman 14% [13%] / 28% [19%] {-14%}
• Rick Perry 25% [18%] / 46% [25%] {-21%}
• Rick Santorum 10% [15%] / 32% [26%] {-22%}
• Ron Paul 22% [24%] / 47% [39%] {-25%}
• Michele Bachmann 19% [21%] / 53% [33%] {-34%}
• Newt Gingrich 19% [21%] / 58% [57%] {-39%}
• Sarah Palin 18% [24%] / 74% [67%] {-56%}

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

• Approve 46% [54%] (54%)
• Disapprove 44% [37%] (37%)

Survey of 1,001 registered voters in California, including a subsample of 333 registered Republicans, was conducted September 1-12, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points; +/- 5.6 percentage points among registered Republicans. Results from the poll conducted June 3-13, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 28 – March 14, 2011 are in parentheses.