Poll Watch: Fox News 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

Fox News 2012 GOP Nomination Poll

• Mitt Romney 33% {40%} [23%] (22%) {20%} [23%] (22%) {26%} [26%]
• Rick Santorum 23% {15%} [4%] (2%) {3%} [3%] (4%) {4%} [4%] 
• Newt Gingrich 22% {14%} [36%] (23%) {12%} [11%] (3%) {9%} [9%]
• Ron Paul 15% {13%} [12%] (8%) {9%} [6%] (8%) {10%} [10%]
• Too soon to say 3% {4%} [6%] (7%) {11%} [5%] (6%) {8%} [7%]
• Don't know 4% {2%} [2%] (5%) {5%} [7%] (10%) {9%} [13%]

February 8-9 (N=165)

• Rick Santorum 30%
• Mitt Romney 30%
• Newt Gingrich 16%
• Ron Paul 15%
• Too soon to say 5%
• Don't know 3%

Second Choice

• Rick Santorum 25%
  
• Mitt Romney 25%
• Newt Gingrich 23%
• Ron Paul 17%
• Too soon to say 2%
  
• Don't know 6%

Which Republican presidential candidate makes the best case against Barack Obama?

• Mitt Romney 32%
• Newt Gingrich 25%
• Rick Santorum 13%
• Ron Paul 11%

How do you feel about the field of Republican candidates running for president this year -- would you like to see someone else run for the Republican nomination or are you satisfied with the choices?

• Would like to see someone else run 49%
• Satisfied with Republican field of candidates 48%

Which best describes your view of the race for the Republican presidential nomination?

• It’s over -- Mitt Romney’s definitely going to win 17%
• It’s not over -- someone other than Romney could still win 80%

Survey of 407 Republican primary voters was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D)/Shaw & Company Research (R) February 6-9, 2012.  The margin of error is +/- 5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted January 12-14, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted December 5-7, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted November 13-15, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 23-25, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 25-27, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted August 29-31, 2011 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 7-9, 2011 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 17-19, 2011 are in square brackets.