Poll Watch: Pew Research 2012 Presidential Survey

Pew Research 2012 Presidential Survey

 
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Mitt Romney 23% {22%} [21%] (21%)
• Herman Cain 22% {13%} [8%]
• Newt Gingrich 16% {8%} [3%] (11%)
• Ron Paul 8% {12%} [9%] (8%)
• Rick Perry 8% {17%} [12%]
• Michele Bachmann 5% {6%} [11%]
• Rick Santorum 2% {2%} [1%] (2%)
• Jon Huntsman 1% {1%} [2%]
• Other 0% {1%} [1%] (1%)
• None/Don't know/Too early 14% {17%} [20%] (15%)

November 9-11

• Herman Cain 25%
• Mitt Romney 22%
• Newt Gingrich 15%
• Rick Perry 9%
• Ron Paul 8%
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• None/Don't know/Too early 13%

November 12-14

• Mitt Romney 23%
• Newt Gingrich 18%
• Herman Cain 18% 
• Ron Paul 9% 
• Rick Perry 7%
  
• Michele Bachmann 6%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• None/Don't know/Too early 15%

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 19%
• Mitt Romney 19%
• Herman Cain 14%
• Rick Perry 8%
• Michele Bachmann 6%
• Ron Paul 3%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Other 3%
• None/Don't know/Too early 24%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 49% {48%}
• Mitt Romney 47% {48%}

• Barack Obama 53% {50%}
• Rick Perry 42% {46%}

• Barack Obama 54%
• Newt Gingrich 42%

• Barack Obama 54%
• Herman Cain 42%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 52% / 45% {+7%}
• Mitt Romney 36% / 42% {-6%}
• Newt Gingrich 31% / 48% {-17%}
• Herman Cain 29% / 50% {-21%}
• Rick Perry 25% / 50% {-25%}

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

• Approve 44% {43%}
• Disapprove 50% {51%}

Survey of 1,576 registered voters, including a subsample of 738 registered Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents was conducted November 9-14, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.5 percentage points among registered Republicans and GOP-leaning Independents.  Results from the poll conducted September 22 - October 4, 2011 are in curly brackets.  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.