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

PPP (D) Pennsylvania 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 32% {6%} [16%]
• Herman Cain 15% {10%}
• Rick Santorum 12% {14%} [11%]
• Mitt Romney 12% {17%} [14%]
• Ron Paul 9% {9%} [4%]
• Michele Bachmann 5% {24%}
• Jon Huntsman 3% {3%}
• Rick Perry 3% {8%}
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Someone else/Not sure 9% {8%} [8%]

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 38%
• Might end up supporting someone else 62%

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 18%
• Herman Cain 14%
• Mitt Romney 14%
• Michele Bachmann 7%
• Rick Perry 7%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Rick Santorum 6%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Gary Johnson 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 25%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 63% [54%] / 24% [25%] {+39%}
• Rick Santorum 56% {56%} [54%] / 30% {29%} [27%] {+26%}
• Herman Cain 50% {38%} / 30% {22%} {+20%}
• Mitt Romney 46% {46%} [52%] / 39% {35%} [25%] {+7%}
• Ron Paul 35% / 44% {-9%}
• Rick Perry 30% / 49% {-19%}

Tea Party Members

• Newt Gingrich 81% / 12% {+69%}
• Herman Cain 74% / 14% {+60%}
• Rick Santorum 68% / 24% {+44%}
• Mitt Romney 42% / 45% {-3%}
• Rick Perry 38% / 41% {-3%}
• Ron Paul 37% / 48% {-11%}

Non-Tea Party Republicans

• Newt Gingrich 55% / 32% {+23%}
• Rick Santorum 51% / 36% {+15%}
• Mitt Romney 51% / 39% {+12%}
• Herman Cain 41% / 40% {+1%}
• Ron Paul 34% / 47% {-13%}
• Rick Perry 28% / 56% {-28%}

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

• Yes 31%
• No 57%

Survey of 400 Republican primary voters was conducted November 17-20, 2011.  The margin of error is +/- 4.9 percentage points.  Political ideology: 41% {40%} Very conservative; 39% {36%} Somewhat conservative; 15% {16%} Moderate; 4% {5%} Somewhat liberal; 2% {3%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted June 30 - July 5, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 3-5, 2011 are in square brackets.