Poll Watch: PPP (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

PPP (D) 2012 Presidential Poll

• Barack Obama 47% [46%] (47%) {47%} {48%} {46%}
• Ron Paul 42% [41%] (41%) {39%} {39%} {36%}

• Barack Obama 49% [45%] (46%) {45%} [49%] (45%) {45%} [47%] (49%) {47%} [47%] (47%) {46%} [48%] (47%) {46%} [45%] (43%) {45%} [46%] (44%) {44%} [45%] (44%) {47%} [48%] (48%) {48%} [47%] (49%) {48%} [53%] (50%)
• Mitt Romney 44% [47%] (43%) {45%} [45%] (45%) {45%} [45%] (42%) {42%} [41%] (42%) {41%} [43%] (46%) {43%} [42%] (46%) {42%} [44%] (45%) {44%} [43%] (42%) {42%} [43%] (40%) {39%} [40%] (40%) {40%} [35%] (39%)

• Barack Obama 49% [49%] (49%) {50%} [53%] [52%] (51%) {52%} [52%] (50%) {49%} [51%] (49%) {47%} [49%] (45%) {47%} [49%] (45%) [49%] (50%) {49%} [53%] (52%)
• Newt Gingrich 42% [44%] (43%) {39%} [41%] [39%] (37%) {38%} [38%] (39%) {40%} [39%] (43%) {43%} [42%] (46%) {39%} [42%] (45%) [41%] (42%) {41%} [36%] (39%)

• Barack Obama 50%
• Rick Santorum 42%

• Barack Obama 51% [50%] (49%) {49%} [52%] (49%)
• Rick Perry 40% [40%] (39%) {40%} [41%] (43%) 

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 47% [43%]
• Mitt Romney 40% [41%]
• Gary Johnson 7% [9%]
• Undecided 6% [7%]

If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and independent Stephen Colbert, who would you vote for?

• Barack Obama 41%
• Mitt Romney 38% 
• Stephen Colbert 13%
• Undecided 7%

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 35% [35%] (36%) {37%} [37%] (35%) {36%} [37%] (35%) {32%} [32%] (32%) {33%} [36%] (36%) {33%} [35%] (32%) {31%} [33%] (33%) {32%} [37%] (36%) {32%} [30%] (34%) {33%} [37%] (37%) {41%} [40%] (40%) / 53% [50%] (50%) {43%} [44%] (48%) {42%} [47%] (48%) {41%} [43%] (44%) {42%} [40%] (42%) {35%} [37%] (33%) {36%} [36%] (42%) {39%} [28%] (32%) {36%} [39%] (34%) {38%} [34%] (37%){36%} [36%] (35%) {-18%}
• Rick Santorum 30% / 51% {-21%}
• Ron Paul 27% [31%] (26%) {21%} {24%} {22%} / 57% [52%] (56%) {55%} {45%} {36%} {-30%}
• Newt Gingrich 26% [34%] (39%) {30%} [28%] [16%] (19%) {29%} [28%] (26%) {27%} [31%] (33%) {30%} [31%] (32%) {28%} [29%] (34%) [33%] (36%) {35%} [30%] (36%) / 60% [55%] (50%) {56%} [57%] [68%] (64%) {53%} [55%] (57%) {52%} [52%] (53%) {50%} [48%] (42%) {46%} [48%] (47%) [42%] (42%) {46%} [47%] (44%) {-34%}
• Rick Perry 21% [21%] (18%) {23%} [30%] (33%) / 63% [66%] (67%) {57%} [50%] (47%) {-42%}

Among Independents

• Mitt Romney 38% [38%] (41%) {48%} [44%] (35%) {45%} [37%] (39%) {29%} [27%] (33%) {28%} [43%] (33%) {31%} [34%] (30%) {34%} [32%] (30%) {37%} [44%] (41%) {28%} [31%] (38%) {38%} [40%] (45%) {40%} [37%] (36%) / 54% [46%] (40%) {34%} [39%] (47%) {39%} [49%] (45%) {40%} [44%] (45%) {42%} [31%] (46%) {36%} [40%] (34%) {32%} [35%] (41%) {34%} [22%] (32%) {39%} [37%] (28%) {33%} [31%] (28%) {33%} [42%] (39%) {-16%}
• Ron Paul 28% [39%] (36%) {19%} {29%} {35%} / 58% [41%] (43%) {56%} {41%} {25%} {-30%}
• Rick Santorum 25% / 58% {-33%}
• Newt Gingrich 24% [30%] (37%) {29%} [22%] [10%] (12%) {24%} [29%] (20%) {20%} [28%] (31%) {21%} [24%] (32%) {27%} [27%] (29%) [34%] (31%) / 65% [57%] (50%) {57%} [60%] [76%] (68%) {58%} [56%] (65%) {60%} [51%] (54%) {56%} [51%] (40%) {43%} [51%] (51%) [45%] (44%) {-41%}
• Rick Perry 19% [11%] (14%) {16%} [23%] (29%) / 74% [70%] (71%) {62%} [51%] (55%) {-55%}

Among Moderates

• Ron Paul 31% [39%] (24%) {20%} {19%} {20%} / 51% [42%] (53%) {49%} {41%} {38%} {-20%}
• Mitt Romney 28% [37%] (38%) {34%} [30%] (32%) {36%} [35%] (34%) {27%} [31%] (30%) {23%} [31%] (33%) {30%} [29%] (26%) {26%} [29%] (25%) {22%} [37%] (30%) {23%} [26%] (29%) {32%} [34%] (33%) {35%} [35%] (34%) / 57% [49%] (46%) {43%} [46%] (51%) {39%} [47%] (45%) {45%} [44%] (45%) {41%} [42%] (45%) {39%} [42%] (34%) {42%} [36%] (49%) {48%} [29%] (38%) {44%} [37%] (37%) {41%} [36%] (39%) {40%} [42%] (44%) {-29%}
• Rick Santorum 18% / 60% {-42%}
• Newt Gingrich 11% [24%] (22%) {18%} [14%] [7%] (11%) {15%} [23%] (15%) {10%} [18%] (18%) {17%} [19%] (19%) {19%} [18%] (18%) [24%] (24%) {23%} [21%] (23%) / 72% [64%] (62%) {65%} [66%] [81%] (76%) {65%} [63%] (69%) {63%} [65%] (67%) {63%} [59%] (53%) {55%} [59%] (64%) [49%] (52%) {53%} [58%] (60%) {-61%}
• Rick Perry 8% [14%] (12%) {13%} [19%] (17%) / 74% [74%] (75%) {60%} [58%] (60%) {-66%}  

 Among Men

• Ron Paul 37% [40%] (36%) {25%} {25%} {26%} / 51% [49%] (52%) {60%} {50%} {36%} {-14%}
• Rick Santorum 35% / 51% {-16%}
• Mitt Romney 37% [44%] (42%) {40%} [40%] (38%) {40%} [41%] (40%) {32%} [29%] (34%) {39%} [40%] (39%) {37%} [40%] (31%) {33%} [34%] (34%) {37%} [40%] (42%) {37%} [32%] (39%) {34%} [42%] (42%) {44%} [45%] (45%) / 55% [46%] (49%) {47%} [46%] (48%) {43%} [48%] (46%) {42%} [46%] (47%) {43%} [42%] (43%) {40%} [37%] (36%) {39%} [41%] (49%) {38%} [29%] (35%) {37%} [41%] (35%) {43%} [37%] (38%) {38%} [34%] (39%) {-18%}
• Newt Gingrich 29% [41%] (47%) {34%} [31%] [18%] (20%) {31%} [32%] (32%) {34%} [36%] (40%) {36%} [37%] (32%) {32%} [30%] (37%) [38%] (44%) / 61% [51%] (45%) {57%} [55%] [70%] (65%) {52%} [56%] (55%) {51%} [50%] (47%) {46%} [47%] (45%) {46%} [50%] (51%) [41%] (37%) {-32%}
• Rick Perry 26% [25%] (24%) {23%} [36%] (38%) / 63% [65%] (68%) {63%} [51%] (47%) {-37%}

Among Women

• Mitt Romney 33% [27%] (31%) {35%} [35%] (32%) {32%} [34%] (30%) {32%} [34%] (30%) {27%} [32%] (34%) {31%} [30%] (34%) {30%} [33%] (31%) {27%} [35%] (31%) {27%} [28%] (29%) {31%} [33%] (34%) {39%} [36%] (36%) / 50% [55%] (50%) {40%} [43%] (48%) {41%} [47%] (49%) {40%} [40%] (41%) {40%} [38%] (42%) {32%} [38%] (29%) {34%} [31%] (35%) {40%} [27%] (30%) {35%} [35%] (32%) {33%} [32%] (36%) {34%} [38%] (32%) {-17%}
• Rick Santorum 26% / 51% {-25%}
• Newt Gingrich 24% [28%] (32%) {26%} [24%] [15%] (19%) {26%} [24%] (20%) {21%} [26%] (26%) {25%} [26%] (32%) {23%} [28%] (31%) [28%] (28%) / 59% [59%] (54%) {55%} [58%] [65%] (64%) {54%} [54%] (60%) {54%} [53%] (57%) {53%} [49%] (39%) {46%} [47%] (43%) [42%] (46%) {-35%}
• Ron Paul 17% [22%] (16%) {19%} {23%} {18%} / 63% [54%] (59%) {51%} {40%} {37%} {-46%}
• Rick Perry 17% [16%] (13%) {23%} [25%] (29%) / 64% [67%] (66%) {52%} [49%] (48%) {-47%}

Survey of 700 registered voters was conducted January 13-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 41% [40%] (41%) {41%} [41%] (41%) {42%} [40%] (39%) {40%} [38%] (40%) {42%} [40%] (42%) {41%} [39%] (39%) {43%} [41%] (38%) {43%} [40%] {38%} (36%) [39%] Democrat; 35% [35%] (36%) {35%} [34%] (37%) {33%} [35%] (35%) {34%} [34%] (36%) {38%} [37%] (35%) {36%} [35%] (34%) {34%} [35%] (38%) {33%} [34%] {34%} (35%) [34%] Republican; 24% [24%] (23%) {24%} [25%] (21%) {25%} [25%] (25%) {27%} [28%] (24%) {20%} [23%] (23%) {23%} [25%] (27%) {24%} [24%] (24%) {24%} [26%] {28%} (29%) [27%] Independent/Other. Political views: 27% [27%] (31%) {30%} [31%] (31%) {36%} [31%] (31%) {33%} [34%] (33%) {30%} Moderate; 25% [24%] (24%) {26%} [24%] (25%) {21%} [23%] (24%) {22%} [27%] (25%) {25%} Somewhat conservative; 21% [18%] (15%) {19%} [17%] (18%) {15%} [19%] (17%) {18%} [18%] (17%) {18%} Somewhat liberal; 19% [19%] (19%) {15%} [16%] (17%) {17%} [18%] (18%) {18%} [14%] (17%) {19%} Very conservative; 8% [12%] (12%) {10%} [12%] (9%) {10%} [9%] (9%) {9%} [8%] (8%) {8%} Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted December 16-18, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 10-13, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 7-10, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 8-11, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 18-21, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 15-17, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 9-12, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 23-25, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted May 5-8, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 7-10, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 31 - April 3, 2011 are in angle brackets.  Results from the poll conducted March 10-13, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted February 11-14, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conductedJanuary 14-16, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 19-21, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 10-13, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 6-9, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 9-12, 2010 are in parentheses.Results from the poll conducted June 4-7, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 7-9, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted April 9-11, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted March 12-14, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted February 13-15, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted January 18-19, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted December 4-7,2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted November 13-15, 2009 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted October 16-19, 2009 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted September 18-21, 2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 14-17, 2009 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 15-16, 2009 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted June 12-16,2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 14-18, 2009 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted April 17-19, 2009 are in parentheses.