Poll Watch: SurveyUSA 2012 Presidential Survey

SurveyUSA 2012 Presidential Poll

Whose view of the world is closer to your own? Barack Obama's, or Mitt Romney's?

• Barack Obama 49%
• Mitt Romney 35%

Whose view of the world is closer to your own? Barack Obama's, or Rick Santorum's?

• Barack Obama 52%
• Rick Santorum 37%

Whose view of the world is closer to your own? Mitt Romney's, or Rick Santorum's?

Among Voters Who Picked Romney And Santorum in Previous Questions

• Rick Santorum 51%
• Mitt Romney 43%

Among Republicans (64%)

• Rick Santorum 53%
• Mitt Romney 42%

Among Independents (34%)

• Rick Santorum 48%
• Mitt Romney 44%

If you could only invite one of the leading presidential candidates to a barbecue, who would you invite? Barack Obama? Mitt Romney? Rick Santorum? Ron Paul? Or Newt Gingrich?

• Barack Obama 47%
• Ron Paul 14%
• Rick Santorum 14%
• Mitt Romney 12%
• Newt Gingrich 8%
• Not sure 5%

Among Republicans

• Rick Santorum 30%
• Mitt Romney 26%
• Newt Gingrich 17%
• Ron Paul 13%
• Barack Obama 9%
• Not sure 5%

National survey of 1,300 registered voters, including a subsample of 386 registered voters who picked Romney and Santorum in the first two questions, was conducted February 22, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 5.1 percentage points among respondents to Romney vs. Santorum question.