Poll Watch: Paul Simon Public Policy Institute-SIU Illinois 2012 Presidential Survey

Paul Simon Public Policy Institute-SIU Illinois 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Herman Cain 23.4%
• Mitt Romney 20.6%
• Newt Gingrich 7.5%
• Rick Perry 7.2%
• Ron Paul 6.6%
• Michele Bachmann 3.8%
• Jon Huntsman 2.5%
• Rick Santorum 2.2%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 46.1%
• Mitt Romney 38.5%

• Barack Obama 46.3%
• Herman Cain 34.0%

• Barack Obama 50.8%
• Rick Perry 32.8%

• Barack Obama 49.3%
• Ron Paul 30.3%

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

• Approve 51.8%
• Disapprove 46.4%

Survey of 1,000 registered voters, including a subsample of GOP primary voters, was conducted October 11-16, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.