Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Newt Gingrich 36% [11%] (7%) {6%} [6%]
• Mitt Romney 18% [20%] (23%) {25%} [19%]
• Ron Paul 7% [9%] (8%) {6%} [6%]
• Michele Bachmann 5% [4%] (4%) {4%} [16%]
• Rick Perry 4% [4%] (4%) {21%} [8%]
• Rick Santorum 2% [1%] (1%) {4%} [3%]
• Jon Huntsman 1% [2%] (2%) {2%} [1%]
• Don't know 15% [20%] (18%) {22%} [31%]

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

• Newt Gingrich 55%
• Mitt Romney 28%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as having the knowledge and experience necessary to be a good president?

• Newt Gingrich 54%
• Mitt Romney 20%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Rick Perry 3%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Jon Huntsman 0%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as being a strong leader?

• Newt Gingrich 44%
• Mitt Romney 20%
• Rick Perry 6%
• Michele Bachmann 4%
• Ron Paul 4% 
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Jon Huntsman 0%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling the economy?

• Newt Gingrich 31%
• Mitt Romney 24%
• Ron Paul 9%
  
• Rick Perry 5% 
• Michele Bachmann 4%
• Rick Santorum 2% 
• Jon Huntsman 1%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling foreign policy?

• Newt Gingrich 51%
• Mitt Romney 11%
• Ron Paul 4%
  
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Jon Huntsman 3% 
• Rick Santorum 2% 
• Rick Perry 2%

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling immigration issues?

• Newt Gingrich 27%
• Rick Perry 13% 
• Mitt Romney 11%
• Michele Bachmann 9%
• Ron Paul 8% 
• Rick Santorum 4%
  
• Jon Huntsman 1% 
  

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as being able to defeat Barack Obama in the general election?

• Newt Gingrich 39%
• Mitt Romney 30% 
• Ron Paul 4% 
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Rick Perry 3%
• Rick Santorum 1% 
• Jon Huntsman 0% 

When the Republican Party nominates its Presidential candidate, which quality do you think should be more important, the candidate's ability to defeat Barack Obama or the candidate's views on the issues?

• Defeat Obama 27%
• Views 72%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Newt Gingrich 43% [37%]
  
• Barack Obama 42% [49%]

• Mitt Romney 43% [42%] (41%) {42%} [41%]
• Barack Obama 42% [45%] (45%) {44%} [45%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 32% [36%] / 28% [31%] {+4%}
• Newt Gingrich 32% [28%] / 38% [44%] {-6%} 
• Barack Obama 42% [47%] / 52% [46%] {-10%} 

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 47% [45%]
• Barack Obama 39% [43%]

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

• Newt Gingrich 48% [39%]
• Barack Obama 41% [49%]
  

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

• Approve 41% [44%] (43%) {42%} [46%] (49%)
• Disapprove 55% [50%] (51%) {53%} [50%] (45%)

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 42% [46%] (44%) {43%} [46%] (47%)
• No/Does not 53% [48%] (49%) {51%} [47%] (47%)

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

• Yes 13%
• No 83%

Survey of 1,437 registered voters, including a subsample of 500 Republicans, was conducted November 28 - December 5, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.4 percent among Republican voters. Party ID breakdown: 30%  [34%] (33%) {34%} Democrat; 27% [25%] (26%) {26%} Republican; 36% [34%] (33%) {34%} Independent; 7% (4%) {4%} Other.  Click here to view crosstabs.  Results from the poll conducted October 31 - November 7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 17-23, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 20-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 12-18, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 10-16, 2011 are in parentheses.