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

PPP (D) Georgia 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Newt Gingrich 47% (22%)
• Mitt Romney 24% (8%)
• Rick Santorum 19%
• Ron Paul 8% (3%)
• Someone else/Undecided 2% (11%)

Already Voted (16%)

• Newt Gingrich 53%
• Mitt Romney 25%
• Rick Santorum 19%
• Ron Paul 3%

Plan to Vote on Election Day (84%)

• Newt Gingrich 46% 
• Mitt Romney 24%
• Rick Santorum 19%
• Ron Paul 9%
• Someone else/Not sure 3%

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

• Strongly committed to that candidate 71%
• Might end up supporting someone else 29%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Newt Gingrich 66% (62%) / 27% (23%) {+39%}
• Rick Santorum 54% / 38% {+16%}
• Mitt Romney 45% (50%) / 47% (32%) {-2%}
• Ron Paul 38% / 53% {-15%}

Do you consider Newt Gingrich to be a Georgian, or not?

• Yes 71%
• No 22%

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

• Yes 29%
• No 56%

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 55%
• Are not 45%

Which best describes when you decided who to vote for: in the last few days, the last week, the last month, or earlier than that?

• In the last few days 9%
• In the last week 9%
• In the last month 30%
• Earlier than that 39%

Do you think Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?

• He was 40%
• He was not 38%
• Not sure 22%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Rush Limbaugh?

• Favorable 44%
• Unfavorable 30%

Survey of 728 likely Georgia Republican primary voters was conducted March 3-4, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 3.6 percentage points. Party ID: 75% Republican; 21% Independent; 4% Democrat.  Political ideology: 41% (33%) Very conservative; 35% (41%) Somewhat conservative; 17% (19%) Moderate; 4% (4%) Somewhat liberal; 3% (3%) Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted March 31 - April 3, 2011 are in parentheses.