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

PPP (D) Wisconsin 2012 GOP Primary Poll

• Mitt Romney 43% (27%) {18%} [17%] (19%)
• Rick Santorum 36% (43%) {2%}
• Ron Paul 11% (8%) {8%} [6%] (11%)
• Newt Gingrich 8% (10%) {12%} [10%] (14%)
• Someone else/Not sure 2% (12%) {12%} [11%] (14%)

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

• Mitt Romney 43% (28%)
• Rick Santorum 37% (51%)
• Ron Paul 16% (8%)
• Not sure 4% (13%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Rick Santorum 57% (67%) / 35% (18%) {+22%}
• Mitt Romney 56% (49%) {47%} [53%] (46%) {49%} [57%] / 35% (34%) {37%} [28%] (32%) {25%} [23%] {+21%}
• Ron Paul 42% (29%) {34%} / 46% (53%) {42%} {-4%}
• Newt Gingrich 37% (35%) {50%} (28%) {54%} [56%] / 53% (48%) {38%} (49%) {23%} [24%] {-16%}

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

• Yes 25% (26%) {27%}
• No 62% (54%) {61%}

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 41% (49%)
• Are not 59% (51%)

Do you think that Newt Gingrich should drop out of the Presidential race, or not? 

• He should 63% 
• He should not 27% 
• Not sure 10%  

Survey of 609 likely Wisconsin Republican primary voters was conducted March 31 - April 1, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.0 percentage points. Party ID: 60% Republican; 37% Independent; 3% Democrat.  Political ideology: 39% (36%) {38%} [39%] (37%) {34%} Very conservative; 36% (43%) {41%} [38%] (42%) {43%} Somewhat conservative; 21% (17%) {17%} [14%] (17%) {19%} Moderate; 3% (2%) {2%} [7%] (3%) {3%} Somewhat liberal; 2% (2%) {2%} [2%] (1%) {1%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted February 23-26, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 20-23, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 12-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 19-22, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted February 24-27, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 10-12, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 26-28, 2010 are in parentheses.