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

PPP (D) Nebraska 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Rick Santorum 39% [4%]
• Mitt Romney 25% [13%] (15%)
• Newt Gingrich 16% [16%] (18%)
• Ron Paul 10% [5%] (8%)
• Someone else/Not sure 10% [10%] (12%)

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

• Strongly committed to the candidate 50%
• Might end up supporting someone else 50%

Second Choice

• Rick Santorum 23%
• Newt Gingrich 20%
• Mitt Romney 17%
• Ron Paul 10%
• Someone else/Not sure 30%

If the Republican candidates for President were just Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum, who would you vote for?

• Rick Santorum 51%
• Mitt Romney 30%
• Ron Paul 10%
• Not sure 9%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Santorum 64% / 22% {+42%}
• Mitt Romney 46% [45%] (51%) / 39% [34%] (23%) {+7%}
• Newt Gingrich 38% [49%] (50%) / 42% [32%] (24%) {-4%}
• Ron Paul 30% [25%] / 52% [46%] {-22%}

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

• Yes 29%
• No 57%

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 52%
• Are not 48%

Among Evangelical Christians

• Rick Santorum 50%
• Mitt Romney 22%
• Newt Gingrich 15%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Someone else/Not sure 8%

Among Non-Evangelicals

• Mitt Romney 29%
• Rick Santorum 28%
• Newt Gingrich 16%
• Ron Paul 15%
• Someone else/Not sure 12%

Survey of 440 usual Nebraska Republican primary voters was conducted March 22-25, 2012 . The margin of error is +/- 4.7 percentage points.  Political ideology: 40% [34%] Somewhat conservative; 37% [40%] Very conservative; 18% [18%] Moderate; 4% [6%] Somewhat liberal; 2% [3%] Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 30 - October 2, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 26-27, 2011 are in parentheses.