Poll Watch: Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

Fox News 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

• Mitt Romney 21% [17%] (18%) {23%} [19%] (14%)
• Rick Perry 13% [14%] (13%)
• Sarah Palin 8% [9%] (8%) {12%} [9%] (12%)
• Michele Bachmann 7% [10%] (11%) {4%} [3%] (2%)
• Rudy Giuliani 7% [9%] (10%) {13%} (9%)
• Ron Paul 6% [9%] (7%) {5%} [7%] (3%)
• Newt Gingrich 6% [4%] (3%) {7%} [7%] (7%)
• Herman Cain 5% [5%] (5%) {7%} [4%] (2%)
• Tim Pawlenty 2% [2%] (3%) {5%} [3%] (4%)
• Rick Santorum 2% [2%] (2%) {4%} [3%] (2%)
• Jon Huntsman 2% [1%] (3%) {2%} [1%] (1%)
• George Pataki 1%
• Gary Johnson 0% [0%] (1%) {0%} [1%] (1%)
• Fred Karger 0% [0%] (0%) {0%} [1%]
• Thaddeus McCotter 0% [0%] (0%)
• Roy Moore 0% [0%] (0%) {0%} [1%]
• Buddy Roemer 0% [0%] (0%) {1%} [0%]
• Too soon to say 7% [6%] (6%) {5%} [9%] (5%)
• Don't know 7% [9%] (4%) {7%} [4%] (8%)

If you had to pick from just the ANNOUNCED candidates, which one would you like to see as the Republican presidential nominee?

• Mitt Romney 26% [26%]
• Michele Bachmann 13% [15%]
• Ron Paul 10% [10%]
• Newt Gingrich 9% [9%]
• Herman Cain 9% [9%]
• Rick Santorum 4% [4%]
• Tim Pawlenty 4% [3%]
• Jon Huntsman 2% [2%]
• Gary Johnson 1% [1%]
• Thaddeus McCotter 1% [0%]
• Fred Karger 0% [0%]
• Too soon to say 8% [7%]
• Don't know 9% [13%]

I’m going to read you a list of names -- for each one please tell me if you think that person would make a good president or not.

Mitt Romney

• Yes 34% {33%}
• No 45% {45%}

Rick Perry

• Yes 19%
• No 37%

Herman Cain

• Yes 13%
• No 33%

Jon Huntsman

• Yes 10% {6%}
• No 31% {27%}

Tim Pawlenty

• Yes 14% {13%}
• No 38% {30%}

Rick Santorum

• Yes 10% {9%}
• No 35% {32%}

Ron Paul

• Yes 22%
• No 48%

Michele Bachmann

• Yes 22% {10%}
• No 50% {39%}

Newt Gingrich

• Yes 15% {23%}
• No 69% {60%}

Sarah Palin

• Yes 19% {23%}
• No 75% {72%}

AMONG REPUBLICANS

Mitt Romney

• Yes 50%
• No 32%

Rick Perry

• Yes 33%
• No 26%

Michele Bachmann

• Yes 40%
• No 35%

Herman Cain

• Yes 25%
• No 25%

Tim Pawlenty

• Yes 24%
• No 30%

Ron Paul

• Yes 34%
• No 40%

Rick Santorum

• Yes 17%
• No 29%

Jon Huntsman

• Yes 12%
• No 29%

Newt Gingrich

• Yes 30%
• No 55%

Sarah Palin

• Yes 34
• No 58%

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?

• Approve 42%
• Disapprove 48%

Do you think Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader?

• Yes 45%
• No 51%

Survey of 904 registered voters, including a subsample of 319 Republican primary voters, was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) August 7-9, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 5.5 percentage points among Republican primary voters. Results from the poll conducted July 17-19, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 26-28, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 5-7, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 25-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 3-5, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 7-9, 2011 are in curly brackets.

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