Poll Watch: PPP (D) Colorado 2012 Republican Caucus Survey

PPP (D) Colorado 2012 GOP Caucus Poll

• Mitt Romney 40% {18%} [22%]
• Rick Santorum 26% {4%} 
• Newt Gingrich 18% {37%} [9%]
• Ron Paul 12% {6%} [7%]
• Someone else/Not sure 3% {16%} [13%]

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 67% {34%}
• Might end up supporting someone else 33% {66%}

Second Choice

• Newt Gingrich 24% {18%}
• Rick Santorum 23% {3%} 
• Mitt Romney 15% {16%}
• Ron Paul 10% {5%}
• Someone else/Not sure 28% {44%}

Which of the Republican candidates do you think has the best chance of defeating Barack Obama?

• Mitt Romney 51%
• Newt Gingrich 19%
• Rick Santorum 11%
• Ron Paul 7%
• Someone else/Not sure 13%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Santorum 68% / 21% {+47%}
• Mitt Romney 60% {52%} [52%] (60%) / 31% {35%} [34%] (22%) {+29%} 
• Newt Gingrich 49% {64%} (54%) / 41% {23%} (27%) {+8%}
• Ron Paul 38% {34%} / 52% {48%} {-14%}

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

• Yes 34% {32%}
• No 53% {57%}

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 46%
• Are not 54%

Survey of 527 likely Colorado Republican caucus voters was conducted February 4, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 4.3 percentage points.  Political ideology: 47% {35%} [35%] Very conservative; 35% {41%} [37%] Somewhat conservative; 12% {15%} [21%] Moderate; 5% {5%} [5%] Somewhat liberal; 1% {5%} [2%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted December 1-4, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 4-6, 2011 are in parentheses.