Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Virginia 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Virginia 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Newt Gingrich 30% {7%} [4%]
• Mitt Romney 25% {21%} [19%]
• Ron Paul 9% {9%} [8%]
• Michele Bachmann 6% {7%} [5%]
• Rick Perry 6% {11%} [25%]
• Jon Huntsman 4% {1%} [1%]
• Rick Santorum 3% {2%} [2%]
• Someone else (vol.) 1%
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 1% {1%} [2%]
• Don't know 15% {20%} [20%]

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

• Newt Gingrich 47%
• Mitt Romney 39%
• Someone else (vol.) 2%
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 3%
• Don't know 9%

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 48%
• Mitt Romney 25%
• Rick Perry 5% 
• Ron Paul 5%
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Don't know 10%

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 38%
• Mitt Romney 29%
• Rick Perry 9% 
• Ron Paul 6%
• Michele Bachmann 4%
• Jon Huntsman 2%
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Don't know 10%

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

• Mitt Romney 35%
• Newt Gingrich 26%
• Ron Paul 12%
• Rick Perry 6%
• Michele Bachmann 5%
• Jon Huntsman 3%
• Rick Santorum 2%
• Don't know 11%

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 49%
• Mitt Romney 18%
• Ron Paul 6%
• Jon Huntsman 5%
• Rick Santorum 4%
• Rick Perry 4%
• Michele Bachmann 3%
• Don't know 12%

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%
• Mitt Romney 18%
• Rick Perry 15%
• Michele Bachmann 10%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Rick Santorum 4% 
• Jon Huntsman 3% 
• Don't know 18%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Mitt Romney 44% {45%} [44%]
• Barack Obama 42% {44%} [42%]

• Barack Obama 46%
• 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 Mitt Romney?

• Mitt Romney 46%
• 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?

• Newt Gingrich 45%
• Barack Obama 43%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 37% {38%} / 27% {29%} {+10%}
• Barack Obama 45% {45%} / 47% {49%} {-2%}
• Newt Gingrich 29% / 45% {-16%}

Among Republicans

• Newt Gingrich 62% / 14% {+48%}
• Mitt Romney 59% {62%} / 15% {14%} {+44%}
• Barack Obama 7% {4%} / 88% {94%} {-81%}

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

• Approve 42% {45%} [40%] (48%)
• Disapprove 51% {52%} [54%] (48%)

Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?

• Yes/Deserves 41% {44%} [41%] (47%)
• No/Does not 53% {51%} [51%] (47%)

Survey of 1,135 registered voters, including a subsample of 489 GOP primary voters, was conducted December 13-19, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.4 percentage points among GOP primary voters. Party ID: 30% Democrat; 29% Republican; 28% Independent.  Results from the poll conducted October 3-9, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 7-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 21-27, 2011 are in parentheses.