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

PPP (D) Montana 2012 Republican Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 37% [11%]
• Ron Paul 12% [10%]
• Mitt Romney 11% [22%]
• Michele Bachmann 10% [25%]
• Herman Cain 10% [8%]
• Rick Perry 5%
• Jon Huntsman 3% [4%]
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 10% [10%]

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 33%
• Might end up supporting someone else 67%

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 18%
• Herman Cain 15%
• Mitt Romney 15%
• Michele Bachmann 8%
• Rick Perry 6%
• Ron Paul 4%
• Jon Huntsman 3%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Someone else/Not sure 27%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 65% / 23% {+42%}
• Herman Cain 46% [44%] / 33% [15%] {+13%}
• Mitt Romney 44% [47%] (58%) / 39% [36%] (24%) {+5%}
• Ron Paul 37% / 44% {-7%}
• Rick Perry 33% / 45% {-12%}

Survey of 700 Montana Republican primary voters was conducted November 28-30, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points. Political ideology: 40% [39%] Somewhat conservative; 39% [39%] Very conservative; 15% [15%] Moderate; 3% [3%] Somewhat liberal; 3% [3%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted June 16-19, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2010 are in parentheses.