Poll Watch: PPP (D) Florida 2012 Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) Florida 2012 GOP Primary Survey

• Mitt Romney 30% {29%} [28%]
• Rick Perry 24%
• Newt Gingrich 10% {10%} [30%]
• Ron Paul 8% {8%} [9%]
• Herman Cain 7% {14%}
• Michele Bachmann 6% {22%} [11%]
• Jon Huntsman 3% {2%}
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Undecided 9% {9%} [11%]

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

• Mitt Romney 45%
• Rick Perry 36%
• Not sure 19%

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: “Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme.”

• Agree 37%
• Disagree 49%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 65% {56%} [61%] (61%) / 22% {30%} [24%] (22%) {+43%}
• Newt Gingrich 57% {46%} [58%] (59%) / 29% {37%} [26%] (24%) {+28%}
• Rick Perry 54% {38%} / 31% {12%} {+23%}
• Michele Bachmann 39% {58%} [44%] / 37% {22%} [9%] {+2%}
• Ron Paul 33% {44%} [53%] / 45% {31%} [16%] {-12%}

Survey of 472 usual Florida Republican primary voters was conducted September 22-25, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Political ideology: 43% {35%} [38%] Somewhat conservative; 33% {40%} [40%] Very conservative; 19% {21%} [17%] Moderate; 4% {4%} [3%] Somewhat liberal; 1% {1%} [1%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 17-20, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 30-31, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 16-18, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 5-8, 2010 are in parentheses.