Questions - Arizona GOP Presidential Primary - February 1, 2012
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Arizona Survey of
750 Likely GOP Primary Voters
Conducted February
1, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
For ballot questions, the order of
candidate names is rotated so that different survey
respondents hear the candidate names in a different order.
1*
If the 2012 Republican Primary for president were held today, would you vote
for Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Ron Paul?
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Some other candidate
Not
sure
2* Now I’m going to read you a short list of people in
the news. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression.
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
3* Which Republican presidential candidate would be the
strongest opponent against Barack Obama in the general election… Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Ron Paul?
4* Which Republican presidential candidate would be the
weakest opponent against Barack Obama in the general election…. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Ron Paul?
5* Regardless of who you want to win, who do you think
will win the Republican presidential nomination?
6* Suppose your
favorite candidate does not win the nomination. When the general election is held, would you be most likely to vote for the Republican
candidate, President Barack Obama, or a third party candidate?
7*
In terms of how you will vote in the next national election, are you primarily
interested in National Security issues such as the War in Afghanistan and the
War on Terror, Economic issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic
Issues like Social Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-se
marriage and abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?
8* Which Republican
candidate would do the best job managing the economy?
9* Which Republican
candidate would do the best job on the issue of national security and defense?
10* Which Republican
candidate would do the best job on social issues?
11* Which Republican
candidate has the best personal character?
12* How would you rate your own personal finances
these days?
13* Are your personal
finances getting better these days, or worse?
14* Are you certain you will vote for that
candidate or is it possible that something come up that causes you to change
your mind?
15* Many times, things
come up that make it impossible for someone to vote in the primaries. Are you
certain that you will vote in the Arizona primary or is it possible that
something might come up to prevent you from voting?
16* How would you rate the job Barack Obama
has been doing as president…do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat
disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
17*
How would you rate the job Jan Brewer has been doing as governor…do you
strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove
of the job he’s been doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence