Poll Watch: PPP (D) Texas 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) Texas 2012 Presidential Poll

• Rick Santorum 49%
• Barack Obama 42%
  

• Mitt Romney 49% {47%} [50%] (49%)
• Barack Obama 42% {41%} [42%] (42%)

• Ron Paul 46% {43%} [45%]
• Barack Obama 40% {42%} [40%]

• Rick Perry 48% {51%} [45%] (45%)
• Barack Obama 47% {44%} [47%] (45%)

• Barack Obama 47% {46%} (43%)
• Newt Gingrich 45% {45%} (48%)

Note: In 2008, John McCain received 55% of the vote in Texas. In 2004, George W. Bush received 61% of the vote in TX.

If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul running as an independent, who would you vote for?

• Mitt Romney 40%
• Barack Obama 38%
• Ron Paul 17%

If the candidates for President this year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who would you vote for?

• Mitt Romney 47%
• Barack Obama 39%
• Gary Johnson 7%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net} 

• Rick Santorum 35% / 45% {-10%}
• Newt Gingrich 33% {29%} (38%) / 53% {56%} (44%) {-20%}
• Ron Paul 33% {29%} [30%] / 53% {54%} [46%] {-20%}
• Mitt Romney 31% {32%} [37%] (40%) / 54% {49%} [43%] (37%) {-23%}

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

• Approve 44% {40%} [42%] (42%)
• Disapprove 54% {55%} [55%] (55%)

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Rick Perry’s job performance?

• Approve 42% {45%} [43%]
• Disapprove 51% {48%} [52%]

Survey of 700 Texas voters was conducted January 12-15, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 40% {44%} [44%] (42%) Republican; 34% {36%} [35%] (31%) Democrat; 27% {20%} [21%] (27%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 26% {26%} [29%] Moderate; 25% {26%} [26%] Somewhat conservative; 24% {23%} [26%] Very conservative; 16% {14%} [13%] Somewhat liberal; 9% {10%} [6%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 15-18, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 25-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 14-16, 2011 are in parentheses.