Poll Watch: Winthrop University South Carolina 2012 Republican Primary Survey

Winthrop University South Carolina 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 38.4% [4.6%] (8.1%)
• Mitt Romney 21.5% [26.5%] (16.1%)
• Rick Perry 9.0% [29.8%]
• Michele Bachmann 5.4% [4.2%] (3.8%)
• Ron Paul 4.1% [4.2%] (2.5%)
• Rick Santorum 3.1% [2.6%] (1.4%)
• Jon Huntsman 1.4% [1.3%] (0.8%)
• Other 0.7% [0.8%] (1.0%)
• Not Sure 9.1% [12.1%] (16.9%)

Survey of likely Republican primary voters was conducted November 27 - December 4, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 5.38 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted September 11-18, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 17-23, 2011 are in parentheses.