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

PPP (D) Texas 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Mitt Romney 45% {24%} [10%] (15%) {10%} [14%]
• Newt Gingrich 35% {23%} [8%] (8%) {17%} [23%]
• Ron Paul 14% {12%} [7%] (9%) {10%} [8%]
• Someone else/Not sure 6% {9%} [7%] (9%) [5%]

Very Conservative

• Newt Gingrich 42%
• Mitt Romney 40%
• Ron Paul 12%
• Someone else/Not sure 6%

Somewhat Conservative

• Mitt Romney 52%
• Newt Gingrich 33%
• Ron Paul 12%
• Someone else/Not sure 2%

Among Men

• Newt Gingrich 39% {25%}
• Mitt Romney 39% {21%}
• Ron Paul 17% {15%}
• Someone else/Not sure 5% {9%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 51% {26%}
• Newt Gingrich 32% {20%}
• Ron Paul 11% {10%}
• Someone else/Not sure 6% {9%}

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 66% {44%} [37%] (49%) {52%} / 23% {44%} [44%] (34%) {27%} {+43%}
• Newt Gingrich 55% {48%} [50%] / 32% {39%} [36%] {+23%}
• Ron Paul 37% {32%} [35%] (37%) / 48% {59%} [49%] (45%) {-11%}

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

• Yes 34% {36%}
• No 48% {53%}

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 59%
• Are not 41%

Among Evangelical Christians

• Newt Gingrich 45%
• Mitt Romney 40%
• Ron Paul 9%
• Someone else/Not sure 6%

Among Non-Evangelicals

• Mitt Romney 53%
• Newt Gingrich 21%
• Ron Paul 21%
• Someone else/Not sure 4%

Survey of 400 Texas Republican primary voters was conducted April 19-22, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.9 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 79% {72%} [82%] Republican; 18% {23%} [17%] Independent/Other; 3% {5%} [2%] Democrat.  Political ideology: 47% {41%} [38%] (43%) Very conservative; 33% {34%} [41%] (34%) Somewhat conservative; 12% {18%} [14%] (15%) Moderate; 6% {5%} [4%] (5%) Somewhat liberal; 2% {2%} [3%] (3%) Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted January 12-15, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 15-18, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 25-27, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted January 14-16, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 19-20, 2010 are in square brackets.