Poll Watch: Sachs/Mason-Dixon Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

Sachs/Mason-Dixon Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

Republican Nomination

• Mitt Romney 28% (23%)
• Rick Perry 21%
• Michele Bachmann 13% (1%)
• Herman Cain 7%
• Newt Gingrich 5% (11%)
• Ron Paul 4% (3%)
• Rick Santorum 2% (1%)
• Jon Huntsman 0%
• Someone else 3%
• Undecided 17%

General Election

• Mitt Romney 51% (48%)
• Barack Obama 43% (43%)

• Rick Perry 46%
• Barack Obama 45%

• Barack Obama 46%
• Michele Bachmann 44%

President Obama Job Approval

• Approve 41% (43%)
• Disapprove 56% (56%)

Among Independents

• Approve 36% (34%)
• Disapprove 55% (56%)

Survey of 625 registered voters, including a subsample of 300 likely Republican primary voters, was conducted August 18-22, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 5.8 percentage points among likely Republican primary voters.  Results from the poll conducted April -7, 2011 are in parentheses.