Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac New Jersey 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Mitt Romney 38% {41%} [29%] (28%)
• Rick Santorum 24% {15%} [1%] (1%) 
• Ron Paul 12% {12%} [6%] (11%)
• Newt Gingrich 9% {14%} [22%] (5%) 
• Someone else (vol.) 2% {0%} [2%] (3%)
• Wouldn't vote (vol.) 4% {3%} [2%] (2%)
• Don't know 11% {13%} [16%] (18%)

Does Governor Christie's endorsement of Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination make you more likely to vote for Romney in the primary, less likely to vote for Romney in the primary, or doesn't it make a difference?

• More likely 18%
• Less likely 8%
• Doesn't make a difference 74%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 49% {48%} [49%] (47%)
• Mitt Romney 39% {38%} [40%] (41%)

• Barack Obama 52%
• Rick Santorum 34%

• Barack Obama 55% [53%]
• Newt Gingrich 30% [34%]

Let's say the Democratic ticket is Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president and the Republican ticket is Mitt Romney for president and Chris Christie for vice president. If you were voting today, how would you vote?

• Obama-Biden 49%
• Romney-Christie 43%

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

• Approve 51% {49%} [48%] (43%)
• Disapprove 45% {48%} [48%] (52%)

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

• Yes/Deserves 51% {49%} [50%] (47%)
• No/Does not 44% {46%} [45%] (48%)

Survey of 1,396 registered voters, including a subsample of 446 registered Republicans, was conducted February 21-27, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.6 percentage points among registered Republicans.  Results from the poll conducted January 10-16, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 9-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 5-10, 2011 are in parentheses.