Poll Watch: USC/LA Times California 2012 Presidential Survey

USC/LA Times California 2012 Presidential Poll

Republican Primary

• Mitt Romney 22%
• Rick Perry 22%
• Ron Paul 11%
• Michele Bachmann 10%
• Newt Gingrich 6%
• Herman Cain 4%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Thaddeus McCotter 0%
• Fred Karger 0%
• Buddy Roemer 0%
• Other 1%
• Will not vote 6%
• Undecided 15%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 57% / 19% {+38%}
• Rick Perry 41% / 8% {+33%}
• Michele Bachmann 46% / 21% {+25%}
• Herman Cain 30% / 6% {+24%}
• Sarah Palin 58% / 35% {+23%}
• Ron Paul 43% / 20% {+23%}
• Newt Gingrich 49% / 27% {+22%}
• Rick Santorum 24%  / 9% {+15%}
• Jon Huntsman 14% / 11% {+3%}
• Fred Karger 3% / 3% {0%}

General Election

• Barack Obama 54%
• Mitt Romney 35%

• Barack Obama 56%
• Rick Perry 32%

• Barack Obama 57%
• Michele Bachmann 31%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job being done by Barack Obama as president?

• Strongly approve 23%
• Somewhat approve 27%
• Somewhat disapprove 13%
• Strongly disapprove 30%

Survey of 1,408 registered voters, including a subsample of 453 registered Republicans, was conducted August 17-28, 2011 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D). The margin of error is +/- 2.52 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.5 percentage points among registered Republican voters. Click here to view crosstabs.