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

PPP (D) Wisconsin 2012 GOP Senate Primary Poll

• Eric Hovde 28% {31%}
• Tommy Thompson 25% {29%} [39%]
• Mark Neumann 25% {15%} [22%]
• Jeff Fitzgerald 13% {9%} [22%]
• Undecided 9% {16%} [17%]

If the Republican candidates for Senate were just Eric Hovde, Mark Neumann, and Tommy Thompson, who would you vote for?

• Eric Hovde 33% {35%}
• Tommy Thompson 30% {34%}
• Mark Neumann 27% {18%}
• Not sure 10% {14%}

If the Republican candidates for Senate were just Eric Hovde and Tommy Thompson, who would you vote for?

• Eric Hovde 48% {46%}
• Tommy Thompson 41% {39%}
• Not sure 12% {15%}

If the Republican candidates for Senate were just Mark Neumann and Tommy Thompson, who would you vote for?

• Mark Neumann 47% {38%} [36%]
• Tommy Thompson 42% {46%} [46%]
• Not sure 11% {16%} [18%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Jeff Fitzgerald 43% {42%} [42%] / 21% {12%} [12%] {+22%}
• Eric Hovde 50% {50%} / 30% {9%} {+20%}
• Mark Neumann 49% {43%} [47%] / 35% {21%} [14%] {+14%}
• Tommy Thompson 47% {56%} [66%] / 41% {28%} [17%] {+6%} 

Generally speaking, would you prefer that the Republican Senate nominee next year was Tommy Thompson or someone more conservative?

• Tommy Thompson 29% {34%} [37%]
• Someone more conservative 58% {50%} [47%]
• Not sure 13% {17%} [17%]

Would you say you are very excited, somewhat excited, or not that excited about voting in the primary election?

• Very excited 42%
• Somewhat excited 34%
• Not that excited 24%

Very Excited

• Tommy Thompson 27%
  
• Mark Neumann 26%
• Eric Hovde 24%
• Jeff Fitzgerald 18%
• Undecided 5%

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

• Yes 26% {25%} [26%]
• No 64% {58%} [54%]
• Not sure 10% {17%} [19%]

Are you an Evangelical Christian, or not?

• Are an Evangelical 51%
• Are not 49%

Survey of 400 likely Republican primary voters was conducted July 30-31, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.9 percentage points. Political ideology: 38% Somewhat conservative; 37% Very conservative; 19% Moderate; 4% Somewhat liberal; 3% Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted July 6-8, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 23-26, 2012 are in square brackets.