Poll Watch: PPP (D) New Mexico 2012 Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) New Mexico 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 39% (6%)
• Mitt Romney 14% (18%)
• Gary Johnson 11% (13%) 
• Rick Perry 8%
• Ron Paul 8% (5%)
• Michele Bachmann 6% (21%)
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Jon Huntsman 2% (4%)
• Someone else/Not sure 9% (13%)

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 48%
• Might end up supporting someone else 52%

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 16%
• Michele Bachmann 13%
• Mitt Romney 12%
• Rick Perry 9%
• Gary Johnson 6%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Rick Santorum 3%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Someone else/Not sure 33%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 65% [53%] / 25% [30%] {+40%}
• Michele Bachmann 48% (50%) / 33% (24%) {+15%}
• Gary Johnson 49% (47%) [46%] / 37% (40%) [33%] {+12%}
• Rick Perry 46% / 38% {+8%}
• Mitt Romney 47% (50%) [56%] / 41% (31%) [29%] {+6%}
• Ron Paul 33% / 49% {-16%}

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

• Yes 34%
• No 53%

Survey of 300 usual New Mexico Republican primary voters was conducted December 10-12, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 5.7 percentage points. Political ideology: 43% (43%) Very conservative; 36% (36%) Somewhat conservative; 17% (14%) Moderate; 3% (6%) Somewhat liberal; 1% (1%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted June 23-26, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 4-6, 2011 are in square brackets.