Poll Watch: PPP (D) California 2012 Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) California 2012 GOP Primary Survey

• Newt Gingrich 33% (18%) {15%} [21%] (28%)
• Mitt Romney 23% (22%) {25%} [24%] (25%)
• Herman Cain 22%
• Rick Perry 6%
• Ron Paul 5% (10%)
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Gary Johnson 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 5% (12%) {19%}

Would you say you are strongly committed to that candidate, or might you end up supporting someone else?

• Strongly committed to that candidate 45%
• Might end up supporting someone else 55%

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 19%
  
• Herman Cain 15% 
• Mitt Romney 15%
• Michele Bachmann 11%
• Rick Perry 9%
  
• Ron Paul 4%
• Jon Huntsman 3%
• Gary Johnson 2%
• Rick Santorum 2%
  
• Someone else/Not sure 19%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 68% (56%) / 26% (23%) {+42%}
• Herman Cain 64% / 25% {+39%}
• Mitt Romney 55% (59%) / 33% (22%) {+22%}
• Michele Bachmann 51% / 31% {+20%}
• Rick Perry 34% / 48% {-14%}
• Ron Paul 30% / 58% {-28%}

Survey of 316 usual California Republican primary voters was conducted November 10-13, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 5.5 percentage points.  Political ideology: 44% Very conservative; 39% Somewhat conservative; 14% Moderate; 3% Somewhat liberal.  Results from the poll conducted January 28-30, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 29-31, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 14-16, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 21-23, 2010 are in parentheses.