Poll Watch: NBC News-Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

NBC News-Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Newt Gingrich 44% (6%)
• Mitt Romney 29% (31%)
• Ron Paul 8% (6%)
• Rick Perry 4% (8%)
• Michele Bachmann 3% (2%)
• Jon Huntsman 3% (2%)
• Rick Santorum 2% (1%)
• Undecided 8% (11%)

Who is your second choice for the Republican presidential primary in Florida?

• Mitt Romney 31%
• Newt Gingrich 24%
• Michele Bachmann 10%
• Rick Perry 9%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Rick Santorum 6%
• Jon Huntsman 4%
• Undecided 9%

If the 2012 Republican presidential primary in Florida were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:

• Newt Gingrich 51%
• Mitt Romney 31%
• Ron Paul 10%
• Undecided 9%

If the 2012 Republican presidential primary in Florida were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:

• Newt Gingrich 54%
• Mitt Romney 36%
• Undecided 10%

Please tell me if you would find each of the following candidates acceptable, acceptable but with reservations, or not acceptable as the Republican nominee for president:

Newt Gingrich

• Acceptable 65%
• Acceptable but with reservations 20%
• Not acceptable 11%

Mitt Romney

• Acceptable 58%
• Acceptable but with reservations 28%
• Not acceptable 10%

Rick Perry

• Acceptable 27%
• Acceptable but with reservations 31%
• Not acceptable 35%

Ron Paul

• Acceptable 27%
• Acceptable but with reservations 30%
• Not acceptable 37%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 48% (45%)
• Mitt Romney 41% (43%)

• Barack Obama 51%
• Newt Gingrich 39%

• Barack Obama 49%
• Ron Paul 36%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 46% (41%)
• Disapprove 45% (49%)

Survey of 2,119 registered voters, including a subsample of 469 likely GOP primary voters was conducted December 4-7, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.1 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.5 percentage points among likely GOP primary voters. Party registration: 44% Democrat; 33% Republican; 22% Independent. Note: Party ID from 2008 presidential election: 37% Democrat; 34% Republican; 29% Independent.  Results from the poll conducted October 10-12, 2011 are in parentheses.