Poll Watch: NBC News-Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Survey

NBC News-Marist Florida 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Mitt Romney 42% [29%] (31%)
• Newt Gingrich 27% [44%] (6%)
• Rick Santorum 16% [2%] (1%)
• Ron Paul 11% [8%] (6%)
• Undecided 4% [8%] (11%)

Pre-Debate

• Mitt Romney 43%
• Newt Gingrich 29%
• Rick Santorum 13%
  
• Ron Paul 11%
• Undecided 3%

Post-Debate

• Mitt Romney 40%
• Newt Gingrich 25%
• Rick Santorum 18%
  
• Ron Paul 11%
• Undecided 5%

Voted Early or Absentee

• Mitt Romney 49%
• Newt Gingrich 27%
• Rick Santorum 17%
  
• Ron Paul 6%

Who is your second choice for the Republican presidential primary in Florida?

• Rick Santorum 28% [6%]
• Mitt Romney 27% [31%]
• Newt Gingrich 25% [24%]
• Ron Paul 9% [7%]
• Undecided 11% [9%]

Please tell me if you would find each of the following candidates acceptable, acceptable but with reservations, or not acceptable as the Republican nominee for president:

Mitt Romney

• Acceptable 62% [58%]
• Acceptable but with reservations 26% [28%]
• Not acceptable 11% [10%]

Rick Santorum

• Acceptable 53%
• Acceptable but with reservations 25%
• Not acceptable 18%

Newt Gingrich

• Acceptable 48% [65%]
• Acceptable but with reservations 26% [20%]
• Not acceptable 25% [11%]

Ron Paul

• Acceptable 25% [27%]
• Acceptable but with reservations 27% [30%]
• Not acceptable 45% [37%]

Which one of the following candidates can best debate Barack Obama?

• Newt Gingrich 52%
• Mitt Romney 31%
• Ron Paul 5%
• Rick Santorum 4%
• None 2%
• Undecided 6%

Are you currently satisfied with the Republican candidates who are running for President of the United States or would you like to see someone else run?

• Satisfied with current candidates 54%
• Like to see someone else run 43%

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 49% [48%] (45%)
• Mitt Romney 41% [41%] (43%)

• Barack Obama 50% [49%]
• Ron Paul 36% [36%]

• Barack Obama 50%
• Rick Santorum 35%

•  Barack Obama 52% [51%]
• Newt Gingrich 35% [39%]

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

• Approve 46% [46%] (41%)
• Disapprove 46% [45%] (49%)

Survey of 2,795 registered voters, including a subsample of 682 likely GOP primary voters was conducted January 25-27, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 1.9 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 3.8 percentage points among likely GOP primary voters. Results from the poll conducted December 4-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 10-12, 2011 are in parentheses.