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

PPP (D) Florida 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 47% (10%) {10%} [30%]
• Mitt Romney 17% (30%) {29%} [28%]
• Herman Cain 15% (7%) {14%}
• Ron Paul 5% (8%) {8%} [9%]
• Michele Bachmann 4% (6%) {22%} [11%]
• Jon Huntsman 3% (3%) {2%}
• Rick Perry 2% (24%)
• Rick Santorum 1% (2%)
• Gary Johnson 0% (1%)
• Someone else/Undecided 7% (9%) {9%} [11%]

Tea Party Members

• Newt Gingrich 53%
• Herman Cain 24%
• Michele Bachmann 7%
• Mitt Romney 7%
• Rick Perry 4%
• Ron Paul 2%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Someone else/Undecided 2%

Non-Tea Party Republicans

• Newt Gingrich 42%
• Mitt Romney 23%
• Herman Cain 11%
  
• Ron Paul 6%
• Jon Huntsman 5%
• Michele Bachmann 3%
  
• Rick Santorum 1% 
• Rick Perry 1%
  
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Someone else/Undecided 8% 

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 44%
• Might end up supporting someone else 56%

Second Choice

• Mitt Romney 21%
• Newt Gingrich 20% 
• Herman Cain 11%
• Rick Perry 8%
• Michele Bachmann 6%
• Jon Huntsman 3%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Ron Paul 3%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Undecided 25%

Do you consider yourself to be a member of the Tea Party?

• Yes 32%
• No 58%

Do you agree or disagree with Newt Gingrich’s opinions about illegal immigration?

• Agree 57%
• Disagree 20%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 72% (57%) {46%} [58%] (59%) / 21% (29%) {37%} [26%] (24%) {+51%}
• Herman Cain 51% {48%} / 35% {19%} {+16%}
• Mitt Romney 51% (65%) {56%} [61%] (61%) / 36% (22%) {30%} [24%] (22%) {+15%}
• Rick Perry 27% (54%) {38%} / 55% (31%) {12%} {-28%}
• Ron Paul 25% (33%) {44%} [53%] / 57% (45%) {31%} [16%] {-32%}

Tea Party Members

• Newt Gingrich 77% / 19% {+58%}
• Herman Cain 66% / 20% {+46%}
• Mitt Romney 42% / 47% {-5%}
• Rick Perry 30% / 53% {-23%}
• Ron Paul 27% / 56% {-29%}

Non-Tea Party Republicans

• Newt Gingrich 67% / 25% {+42%}
• Mitt Romney 56% / 31% {+25%}
• Herman Cain 41% / 46% {-5%}
• Rick Perry 25% / 59% {-34%}
• Ron Paul 25% / 59% {-34%}

Survey of 470 Florida Republican primary voters was conducted November 28-30, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Political ideology: 37% (43%) {35%} [38%] Somewhat conservative; 35% (33%) {40%} [40%] Very conservative; 23% (19%) {21%} [17%] Moderate; 5% (4%) {4%} [3%] Somewhat liberal; 1% (1%) {1%} [1%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 22-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 24-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 17-20, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 30-31, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 16-18, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 5-8, 2010 are in parentheses.