Poll Watch: McClatchy-Marist 2012 Presidential Survey

McClatchy-Marist 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Mitt Romney 39%
• Rick Santorum 31%
• Newt Gingrich 13%
• Ron Paul 13%
• Undecided 4%

How about if the candidates are:

• Mitt Romney 50%
• Rick Santorum 44%
• Undecided 6%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 46% {48%} (46%) [46%] {46%} (46%) [51%] (44%)
• Mitt Romney 44% {44%} (44%) [41%] {42%} (45%) [38%] (46%)

• Barack Obama 48%
• Rick Santorum 43%

• Barack Obama 50% {49%}
• Ron Paul 40% {41%}

• Barack Obama 53% {47%}
• Newt Gingrich 38% {45%}

If November’s presidential election were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 47%
• Mitt Romney-Jeb Bush 47%

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 49%
• Mitt Romney-Marco Rubio 44%

• Barack Obama-Joe Biden 51%
• Rick Santorum-Newt Gingrich 42%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Barack Obama 50% / 46% {+4%}
• Mitt Romney 45% / 45% {0%}
• Rick Santorum 39% / 48% {-9%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 48% {43%} (39%) [44%] {45%} (44%) [48%] (42%)
• Disapprove 47% {50%} (52%) [46%] {47%} (49%) [43%] (50%)

Do you think President Obama is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 40%
• Too conservative 7%
• About right 47%

Do you think Mitt Romney is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 16%
• Too conservative 31%
• About right 40%

Do you think Rick Santorum is too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

• Too liberal 10%
• Too conservative 40%
• About right 37%

Survey of 846 registered voters, including a subsample of 377 Republicans and GOP-leaning Independents, was conducted March 20-22, 2012. The margin of error is ± 3.5 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 5 percentage points among Republicans and GOP-leaning Independents.  Party ID: 33% Democrat; 31% Republican; 35% Independent.  Results from the poll conducted November 8-10, 2011 are in curly brackets.   Results from the poll conducted September 13-14, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 2-4, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 15-23, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 10-14, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 6-10, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 2-8, 2010 are in parentheses.