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

PPP (D) Texas 2012 GOP Senate Primary Poll

• David Dewhurst 38% {36%} [41%]
• Ted Cruz 26% {18%} [12%]
• Tom Leppert 8% {7%} [6%]
• Craig James 7% {4%}
• Someone else 4%
• Undecided 18%

Very Conservative

• David Dewhurst 35% {39%} [45%]
• Ted Cruz 32% {22%} [14%]
• Tom Leppert 5% {6%} [3%]
• Craig James 4% {4%}
• Someone else 3%
• Undecided 21%

Somewhat Conservative

• David Dewhurst 45% {38%} [38%]
• Ted Cruz 23% {14%} [10%]
• Tom Leppert 7% {7%} [9%]
• Craig James 6% {3%}
• Someone else 2%
• Undecided 17%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• David Dewhurst 47% {41%} [42%] / 22% {19%} [16%] {+25%}
• Ted Cruz 31% {15%} [8%] / 17% {14%} [14%] {+14%}
• Tom Leppert 20% {20%} [13%] / 15% {16%} [13%] {+5%}
• Craig James 14% {11%} / 21% {19%} {-7%}

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

• Yes 34% {36%}
• No 48% {53%}

Tea Party Members 

• David Dewhurst 35% {39%}
  
• Ted Cruz 35% {23%}
  
• Tom Leppert 5% {4%}
• Craig James 5% {4%}
• Someone else 3%
• Undecided 18%

Non-Tea Party GOP Primary Voters

• David Dewhurst 41% {34%}
• Ted Cruz 20% {14%}
• Tom Leppert 11% {8%}
• Craig James 8% {5%}
• Someone else 4%
• Undecided 15%

Survey of 400 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%] Very conservative; 33% {34%} [41%] Somewhat conservative; 12% {18%} [14%] Moderate; 6% {5%} [4%] Somewhat liberal; 2% {2%} [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.