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

PPP (D) Ohio 2012 GOP Primary Survey

• Herman Cain 34% [10%] (13%)
• Mitt Romney 19% [20%] (23%)
• Newt Gingrich 14% [8%] (16%)
• Ron Paul 7% [8%] (13%)
• Michele Bachmann 6% [14%] (11%)
• Rick Perry 5% [21%]
• Jon Huntsman 1% [1%] (0%)
• Rick Santorum 1%
• Gary Johnson 0%
• Someone else/Not sure 12% [16%] (18%)

Would you say you are strongly committed to that candidate, or might you end up supporting someone else?

• Strongly committed to that candidate 29%
• Might end up supporting someone else 71%

Second Choice

• Herman Cain 17%
• Newt Gingrich 14%
• Mitt Romney 13%
• Michele Bachmann 11%
• Rick Perry 10%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Jon Huntsman 1%
• Rick Santorum 1%
  
• Gary Johnson 1%
  
• Someone else/Not sure 27%

If the Republican race for President came down to Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, who would you vote for?

• Herman Cain 50%
• Mitt Romney 36%

If the Republican race for President came down to Herman Cain and Rick Perry, who would you vote for?

• Herman Cain 58%
• Rick Perry 24%

If the Republican race for President came down to Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, who would you vote for?

• Mitt Romney 50%
• Rick Perry 35%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Herman Cain 68% [41%] / 13% [20%] {+55%}
• Newt Gingrich 56% (42%) {46%} [53%] / 32% (34%) {29%} [27%] {+24%}
• Mitt Romney 55% [52%] (55%) {53%} [53%] / 33% [30%] (25%) {26%} [25%] {+22%}
• Michele Bachmann 46% [52%] / 32% [26%] {+14%}
• Rick Perry 40% [50%] / 42% [15%] {-2%}
• Ron Paul 32% / 49% {-17%}

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

• Yes 33%
• No 54%

Survey of 500 usual Republican primary voters was conducted October 13-16, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points. Political ideology: 37% [41%] (38%) {34%} Very conservative; 36% [38%] (39%) {46%} Somewhat conservative; 18% [16%] (17%) {16%} Moderate; 7% [4%] (4%) {3%} Somewhat liberal; 2% [1%] (2%) {1%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted August 11-14, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 19-22, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 10-13, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 10-12, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 28-30, 2010 are in parentheses.