Poll Watch: PPP (D) Missouri 2012 Republican Primary Survey

PPP (D) Missouri 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Rick Santorum 45% (45%)
• Mitt Romney 32% (34%)
• Ron Paul 19% (13%)
• Someone else/Not sure 4% (8%)

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 62% (45%)
• Might end up supporting someone else 38% (55%)

Who is your second choice for President?

• Mitt Romney 23% (17%)
• Rick Santorum 22% (20%)
• Ron Paul 11% (11%)
• Someone else/Not sure 44% (34%)

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

• Mitt Romney 36%
• Newt Gingrich 21%
• Rick Santorum 17%
• Ron Paul 9%
• Someone else/Not sure 17%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Santorum 72% (63%) / 17% (21%) {+55%}
• Newt Gingrich 48% (52%) [46%] (49%) {53%} [57%] / 39% (32%) [39%] (25%) {24%} [25%] {+9%}
• Mitt Romney 47% (46%) [45%] (45%) {47%} [47%] / 40% (36%) [36%] (33%) {32%} [27%] {+7%}
• Ron Paul 41% (28%) / 47% (57%) {-6%}

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

• Yes 27% (36%)
• No 59% (45%)

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 54%
• Are not 46%

Survey of 958 likely Missouri Republican primary voters was conducted February 6, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points. Political ideology: 43% (40%) [46%] (40%) {41%} Very conservative; 35% (38%) [36%] (37%) {39%} Somewhat conservative; 15% (15%) [15%] (18%) {15%} Moderate; 5% (4%) [2%] (4%) {4%} Somewhat liberal; 2% (3%) [1%] (1%) {1%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted January 27-29, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 9-12, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 28 - May 1, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 3-6, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conductedNovember 29 - December 1, 2010 are in square brackets.