Thursday, December 08, 2011

Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION

  • Newt Gingrich 35% [17%] {8%} (5%) 
  • Mitt Romney 22% [21%] {22%} (24%)
  • Ron Paul 8% [3%] {6%} (10%)
  • Michele Bachmann 4% [4%] {7%} (7%)
  • Rick Perry 4% [5%] {31%} (14%)
  • Rick Santorum 2% [1%] {2%} (1%)
  • Jon Huntsman 2% [1%] {2%} (1%)
  • Someone else (Vol) 1% [2%] {1%} (3%)
  • Wouldn't vote (Vol) 3% [3%] {1%} (3%)
  • Don't know 12% [16%] {13%} (19%)
Suppose the primary came down to a choice between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, for whom would you vote?
  • Newt Gingrich 52%
  • Mitt Romney 34%
Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as having the knowledge and experience necessary to be a good president?
  • Newt Gingrich 55%
  • Mitt Romney 22%
  • Ron Paul 6%
  • Michele Bachmann 2%
  • Jon Huntsman 2%
  • Rick Santorum 1%
  • Rick Perry 1%
Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as being a strong leader?
  • Newt Gingrich 42%
  • Mitt Romney 28%
  • Ron Paul 6%
  • Michele Bachmann 3%
  • Rick Perry 3%
  • Rick Santorum 1%
  • Jon Huntsman 1%
Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling the economy?
  • Newt Gingrich 31%
  • Mitt Romney 29%
  • Ron Paul 8%
  • Rick Perry 4% 
  • Michele Bachmann 3%
  • Jon Huntsman 2%
  • Rick Santorum 1% 
Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling foreign policy?
  • Newt Gingrich 58%
  • Mitt Romney 15%
  • Ron Paul 7%
  • Michele Bachmann 4%
  • Jon Huntsman 4%  
  • Rick Santorum 1%
  • Rick Perry 1%
Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling immigration issues?
  • Newt Gingrich 34%
  • Mitt Romney 13%
  • Rick Perry 10%
  • Ron Paul 8% 
  • Michele Bachmann 7%
  • Rick Santorum 2% 
  • Jon Huntsman 2% 
Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as being able to defeat Barack Obama in the general election?
  • Newt Gingrich 40%
  • Mitt Romney 37% 
  • Ron Paul 3% 
  • Rick Perry 1%
  • Michele Bachmann 0%
  • Jon Huntsman 0%  
  • Rick Santorum 0%
When the Republican Party nominates its Presidential candidate, which quality do you think should be more important, the candidate's ability to defeat Barack Obama or the candidate's views on the issues?
  • Defeat Obama 31%
  • Views 66%
GENERAL ELECTION
  • Mitt Romney 45% [45%] {47%} (44%) [41%]
  • Barack Obama 42% [42%] {40%} (44%) [46%]
  • Barack Obama 46% [45%]
  • Newt Gingrich 44% [42%]
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
  • Mitt Romney 39% [40%] / 28% [28%] {+11%}
  • Barack Obama 47% [47%] / 48% [48%] {-1%}
  • Newt Gingrich 34% [34%] / 38% [39%] {-4%}
Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
  • Mitt Romney 49% [49%]
  • Barack Obama 41% [39%]
Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Newt Gingrich?
  • Newt Gingrich 47% [45%]
  • Barack Obama 44% [44%]
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?
  • Approve 41% [41%] {39%} (44%) [44%]
  • Disapprove 54% [52%] {57%} (51%) [50%]
Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President... Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be reelected?
  • Yes/Deserves 44% [43%] {41%} (42%) [47%]
  • No/Does not 51% [51%] {53%} (50%) [46%]
Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party movement or not?
  • Yes 15% [13%] {14%}
  • No 81% [82%] {81%}
Survey of 1,226 registered voters, including a subsample of 509 Republicans, was conducted November 28 - December 5, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points among registered voters; +/- 4.3 percentage points among registered Republicans. Party ID breakdown: 33% [33%] Democrat; 30% [31%] Republican; 31% [29%] Independent; 6% [5%] Other. Click here to view crosstabs.  Results from the poll conducted October 31 - November 7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 14-19, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 27 - August 2, 2011 are in parentheses. General election results from the poll conducted August 1-2, 2011 are in parentheses.  General election results from the poll conducted July 27-31, 2011 are in square brackets.

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