Poll Watch: PPP (D) South Carolina 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) South Carolina 2012 Presidential Survey

• Mitt Romney 53% [50%] (49%)
• Barack Obama 38% [41%] (42%)

• Rick Perry 49% 
• Barack Obama 41%

• Newt Gingrich 45% [44%] (43%)
• Barack Obama 44% [46%] (44%)

• Barack Obama 44%
• Michele Bachmann 44%

• Barack Obama 45% [48%] (47%)
• Sarah Palin 45% [43%] (41%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 54% of the vote in South Carolina. In 2004, George W. Bush received 58% of the vote in SC.

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 44% [46%] (46%)
• Barack Obama 28% [38%] (38%)

• Rick Perry 37% 
• Barack Obama 34%

• Barack Obama 40%
• Michele Bachmann 30%

• Barack Obama 42% [44%] (40%)
• Newt Gingrich 31% [39%] (36%)

• Barack Obama 45% [49%] (50%)
• Sarah Palin 27% [39%] (32%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 57% of the Independent vote in South Carolina (20% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 56% of the Independent vote in SC (23% of the electorate).

Among Moderates

• Barack Obama 47% [55%] (53%)
• Mitt Romney 36% [37%] (37%)

• Barack Obama 56%
• Rick Perry 25%

• Barack Obama 62%
• Michele Bachmann 22%

• Barack Obama 64% [66%] (56%)
• Newt Gingrich 21% [24%] (31%)

• Barack Obama 64% [69%] (62%)
• Sarah Palin 21% [22%] (26%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 42% of the Moderate vote in South Carolina (43% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 49% of the Moderate vote in SC (46% of the electorate).

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 54% [55%] (56%)
• Barack Obama 38% [36%] (33%)

• Rick Perry 51% 
• Barack Obama 43%

• Michele Bachmann 47%
• Barack Obama 43%

• Newt Gingrich 46% [48%] (47%)
• Barack Obama 43% [40%] (37%)

• Sarah Palin 47% [49%] (49%)
• Barack Obama 44% [41%] (41%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 58% of the Male vote in South Carolina (46% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 63% of the Male vote in SC (43% of the electorate).

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 52% [46%] (42%)
• Barack Obama 38% [46%] (51%)

• Rick Perry 48% 
• Barack Obama 39%

• Newt Gingrich 45% [41%] (40%)
• Barack Obama 44% [50%] (51%)

• Barack Obama 46% [53%] (53%)
• Sarah Palin 44% [38%] (35%)

• Barack Obama 45%
• Michele Bachmann 41%

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 51% of the Female vote in South Carolina (54% of the electorate). In 2004, George W. Bush received 55% of the Female vote in SC (57% of the electorate).

 Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Perry 36% / 39% {-3%}
• Mitt Romney 37% [40%] (42%) / 45% [42%] (34%) {-8%}
• Michele Bachmann 34% / 43% {-9%}
• Sarah Palin 36% [37%] (34%) / 56% [56%] (58%) {-20%}
• Newt Gingrich 27% [26%] (32%) / 53% [53%] (46%) {-26%}

Among Independents

• Rick Perry 31% / 38% {-7%}
• Mitt Romney 34% [37%] (31%) / 44% [41%] (35%) {-10%}
• Michele Bachmann 26% / 45% {-19%}
• Sarah Palin 28% [33%] (28%) / 65% [59%] (62%) {-37%}
• Newt Gingrich 20% [16%] (17%) / 61% [60%] (60%) {-41%}

Among Republicans

• Rick Perry 61% / 14% {+47%}
• Sarah Palin 62% [62%] (62%) / 27% [29%] (27%) {+35%}
• Mitt Romney 56% [61%] (64%) / 26% [23%] (16%) {+30%}
• Michele Bachmann 45% / 29% {+16%}
• Newt Gingrich 42% [43%] (59%) / 34% [38%] (22%) {+8%}

Among Moderates

• Mitt Romney 35% [35%] (37%) / 46% [44%] (39%) {-11%}
• Rick Perry 21% / 43% {-22%}
• Michele Bachmann 19% / 51% {-32%}
• Newt Gingrich 15% [17%] (16%) / 62% [61%] (62%) {-47%}
• Sarah Palin 15% [23%] (21%) / 74% [73%] (74%) {-59%}

Among Men

• Michele Bachmann 36% / 39% {-3%}
• Rick Perry 37% / 43% {-6%}
• Mitt Romney 37% [46%] (48%) / 48% [43%] (36%) {-11%}
• Sarah Palin 38% [40%] (37%) / 52% [54%] (57%) {-14%}
• Newt Gingrich 29% [29%] (38%) / 55% [54%] (50%) {-26%}

Among Women

• Rick Perry 35% / 36% {-1%}
• Mitt Romney 37% [35%] (37%) / 43% [41%] (33%) {-6%}
• Michele Bachmann 33% / 45% {-12%}
• Sarah Palin 34% [34%] (32%) / 59% [57%] (59%) {-25%}
• Newt Gingrich 25% [23%] (27%) / 50% [52%] (43%) {-25%}

Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 41% [43%] (44%)
• Disapprove 56% [53%] (52%)

Survey of 587 South Carolina voters voters was conducted August 25-28, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 44% [43%] (42%) Republican; 36% [35%] (37%) Democrat; 20% [22%] (22%) Independent/Other. Political views: 27% [27%] Moderate; 26% [25%] Very conservative; 26% [22%] Somewhat conservative; 14% [16%] Somewhat liberal; 7% [9%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted June 2-5, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 28-30, 2011 are in parentheses.

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