Poll Watch: Pew Research 2012 Presidential Survey

Pew Research 2012 Presidential Survey

Republican Nomination

• Mitt Romney 22% [21%] (21%)
• Rick Perry 17% [12%]
• Herman Cain 13% [8%]
• Ron Paul 12% [9%] (8%)
• Newt Gingrich 8% [3%] (11%)
• Michele Bachmann 6% [11%]
• Rick Santorum 2% [1%] (2%)
• Jon Huntsman 1% [2%]
• Other 1% [1%] (1%)
• None/Don't know/Too early 17% [20%] (15%)

General Election

• Barack Obama 48%
• Mitt Romney 48%

• Barack Obama 50%
• Rick Perry 46%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handing his job as president? 

• Approve 43% 
• Disapprove 51%

Survey of 1,901 registered voters, including a subsample of 876 registered Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents was conducted September 22 - October 4, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4 percentage points among registered Republicans and GOP-leaning Independents. Results from the poll conducted July 20-24, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 8-14, 2011 are in parentheses.