Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Mitt Romney 18% (21%) [21%]
• Rick Perry 16% (8%)
• Rick Santorum 12% (14%) [16%]
• Sarah Palin 8% (12%) [11%]
• Michele Bachmann 6% (11%) [5%]
• Herman Cain 5% (4%) [8%]
• Ron Paul 5% (5%) [6%]
• Newt Gingrich 4% (4%) [5%]
• Jon Huntsman 2% (1%) [1%]
• Someone else (vol.) 2% (3%) [2%]
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 2% (2%) [3%]
• Don't know 19% (14%) [17%]

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 45% (42%) [47%]
• Mitt Romney 43% (44%) [40%]

• Barack Obama 45% (45%) [49%]
• Rick Santorum 42% (43%) [38%]

• Barack Obama 46% (45%)
• Rick Perry 40% (39%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 32% / 28% {+4%}
• Barack Obama 45% / 49% {-4%}
• Rick Santorum 33% / 37% {-4%}
• Rick Perry 20% / 33% {-13%}

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

• Approve 43% (43%) [48%] {42%} (51%) [44%]
• Disapprove 54% (54%) [48%] {53%} (44%) [43%]

Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President, do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

• Yes/Deserves 44% (42%) [48%] {42%} (48%) [44%]
• No/Does not 51% (52%) [46%] {52%} (45%) [45%]

Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party movement or not?

• Yes 13%
• No 83%

Survey of 1,370 registered voters, including a subsample of 541 Republicans, was conducted September 21-26, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.7 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.2 percentage points among Republicans. Party ID breakdown: 37% Democrat; 30% Republican; 27% Independent; 4% Other.  Results from the poll conducted July 25-31, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 7-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 19-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 8-14, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted December 6-13, 2010 are in square brackets.