Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Survey

Quinnipiac Ohio 2012 Presidential Poll

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

• Mitt Romney 28% {18%} [20%] (23%) {25%} [19%]
• Rick Santorum 19% {2%} [1%] (1%) {4%} [3%]
• Newt Gingrich 17% {36%} [11%] (7%) {6%} [6%]
• Ron Paul 10% {7%} [9%] (8%) {6%} [6%]
• Rick Perry 4% {4%} [4%] (4%) {21%} [8%]
• Don't know 20% {15%} [20%] (18%) {22%} [31%]

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 38% {54%}
• Mitt Romney 25% {20%}
• Rick Santorum 14% {1%}
• Ron Paul 7% {5%}
• Rick Perry 2% {3%}

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think is best described as being a strong leader?

• Mitt Romney 32% {20%}
• Newt Gingrich 31% {44%}
• Rick Santorum 12% {2%}
• Ron Paul 8% {4%} 
• Rick Perry 4% {6%}

Regardless of how you intend to vote for President, which Republican candidate do you think would do the best job handling the economy?

• Mitt Romney 36% {24%}
• Newt Gingrich 19% {31%}
• Ron Paul 16% {9%} 
• Rick Santorum 11% {2%} 
• Rick Perry 4% {5%} 

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 43% {51%}
• Mitt Romney 16% {11%}
• Rick Santorum 11% {2%} 
• Ron Paul 7% {4%} 
• Rick Perry 3% {2%}

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 23% {27%}
• Mitt Romney 18% {11%}
• Rick Santorum 17% {4%}  
• Rick Perry 12% {13%} 
• Ron Paul 10% {8%}

GENERAL ELECTION

• Barack Obama 44% {42%} [45%] (45%) {44%} [45%]
• Mitt Romney 42% {43%} [42%] (41%) {42%} [41%]

• Barack Obama 48%
• Ron Paul 39%

• Barack Obama 48%
• Rick Santorum 37%

• Barack Obama 52% {42%} [49%]
• Newt Gingrich 38% {43%} [37%] 

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Mitt Romney 36% {32%} [36%] / 34% {28%} [31%] {+2%}
• Barack Obama 48% {42%} [47%] / 47% {52%} [46%] {+1%}
• Rick Santorum 25% / 25% {0%}
• Ron Paul 28% / 33% {-5%}
• Newt Gingrich 26% {32%} [28%] / 51% {38%} [44%] {-25%}

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 48% {47%} [45%]
• Barack Obama 42% {39%} [43%]

Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on the economy - Barack Obama or Rick Santorum? 

• Barack Obama 46% 
• Rick Santorum 39%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

• Approve 44% {41%} [44%] (43%) {42%} [46%] (49%)
• Disapprove 51% {55%} [50%] (51%) {53%} [50%] (45%)

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 45% {42%} [46%] (44%) {43%} [46%] (47%)
• No/Does not 51% {53%} [48%] (49%) {51%} [47%] (47%)

Survey of 1,610 registered voters, including a subsample of 542 Republican primary voters, was conducted January, 9-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 2.4 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 4.2 percent among Republican voters.  Results from the poll conducted November 28 - December 5, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 31 - November 7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 17-23, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 20-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 12-18, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 10-16, 2011 are in parentheses.