Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Pennsylvania 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Herman Cain 17% {5%} (4%) [8%]
• Mitt Romney 17% {18%} (21%) [21%]
• Newt Gingrich 13% {4%} (4%) [5%]
• Rick Santorum 13% {12%} (14%) [16%]
• Rick Perry 5% {16%} (8%)
• Ron Paul 5% {5%} (5%) [6%]
• Michele Bachmann 2% {6%} (11%) [5%]
• Jon Huntsman 2% {2%} (1%) [1%]
• Someone else (vol.) 2% {2%} (3%) [2%]
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 2% {2%} (2%) [3%]
• Don't know 21% {19%} (14%) [17%]

Among Men

• Herman Cain 21%
• Newt Gingrich 17%
• Mitt Romney 16%
• Rick Santorum 14%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Rick Perry 3%
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Someone else (vol.) 2%
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 2%
• Don't know 15%

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 18%
• Rick Santorum 12% 
• Herman Cain 12%
• Newt Gingrich 10%
  
• Rick Perry 7%
• Ron Paul 4%
  
• Michele Bachmann 2%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Someone else (vol.) 2%
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 2%
• Don't know 28%

Suppose the primary came down to a choice between Herman Cain and Mitt Romney, for whom would you vote?

• Mitt Romney 42%
• Herman Cain 41%

Among Men

• Mitt Romney 44%
• Herman Cain 42%

Among Women

• Herman Cain 40%
• Mitt Romney 40%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 44% {45%} (42%) [47%]
• Mitt Romney 43% {43%} (44%) [40%]

• Barack Obama 47% {46%} (45%)
• Rick Perry 38% {40%} (39%)

• Barack Obama 48%
• Newt Gingrich 38%

• Barack Obama 48%
• Herman Cain 38%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 36% {32%} / 30% {28%} {+6%}
• Barack Obama 47% {45%} / 49% {49%} {-2%}
• Herman Cain 28% / 35% {-7%}
• Newt Gingrich 28% / 42% {-14%}
• Rick Perry 17% {20%} / 39% {33%} {-22%}

 Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

• Mitt Romney 45%
• Barack Obama 41%

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Newt Gingrich?

• Barack Obama 47%
  
• Newt Gingrich 41%

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Herman Cain?

• Barack Obama 47%
• Herman Cain 39%

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Rick Perry?

• Barack Obama 47%
• Rick Perry 39%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

• Approve 44% {43%} (43%) [48%] {42%} (51%) [44%]
• Disapprove 52% {54%} (54%) [48%] {53%} (44%) [43%]

Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President, do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

• Yes/Deserves 46% {44%} (42%) [48%] {42%} (48%) [44%]
• No/Does not 50% {51%} (52%) [46%] {52%} (45%) [45%]

Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party movement or not?

• Yes 10% {13%}
• No 86% {83%}

Survey of 1,436 registered voters, including a subsample of 579 Republicans, was conducted October 31 - November 7, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.1 percentage points among Republicans. Party ID breakdown: 37% {37%} Democrat; 30% {30%} Republican; 27% {27%} Independent; 5% {4%} Other.  Click here to view crosstabs.  Results from the poll conducted September 21-26, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 25-31, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 7-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 19-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 8-14, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted December 6-13, 2010 are in square brackets.