Questions - Michigan GOP Primary - February 13, 2012
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Conducted February
13, 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?
32% Romney
11% Gingrich
35% Santorum
13%
Paul
1% Some other candidate
8% Not sure
2* If the 2012 Republican Primary for president
were held today and you had a choice between only Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich,
for whom would you vote?
51% Romney
32% Gingrich
10% Some other
candidate
7% Not sure
3* Suppose the 2012 Republican Primary
for president were held today and you only had a choice between Mitt Romney and
Rick Santorum. For whom would you vote?
37% Romney
49% Santorum
6% Some other candidate
8% Not sure
4* Suppose the 2012 Republican Primary
for president were held today and you only had a choice between Mitt Romney and
Ron Paul. For whom would you vote?
63% Romney
25% Paul
7% Some other candidate
6% Not sure
5* 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.
|
Candidate |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not
Sure |
|
Mitt
Romney |
22% |
47% |
20% |
9% |
3% |
|
Newt
Gingrich |
12% |
39% |
29% |
18% |
2% |
|
Ron
Paul |
14% |
30% |
30% |
21% |
5% |
|
Rick
Santorum |
35% |
41% |
10% |
9% |
5% |
6* 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?
42% Romney
16% Gingrich
25% Santorum
9% Paul
9% Not sure
7* 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?
11% Romney
17% Gingrich
8% Santorum
57%
Paul
6% Not sure
8* Regardless of who you want to win, who do you think
will win the Republican presidential nomination?
61% Romney
5% Gingrich
16% Santorum
3% Paul
5% Some other
candidate
10%
Not sure
9* 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?
76% Republican candidate
10% Barack Obama
6% Third party
candidate
8% Not sure
10* Generally speaking, how would you rate the
1% Excellent
5% Good
28% Fair
66% Poor
0% Not sure
11* Are economic conditions in the country
getting better or worse?
20% Better
50% Worse
26%
About the same
5% Not sure
12*
Are you certain you will vote for that candidate or is it possible that
something come up that causes you to change your mind?
52%
Certain
40%
Might change your mind
8% No initial preference
13* 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 Michigan primary or is it possible that
something might come up to prevent you from voting?
85%
Certain
15%
Something might come up
14* 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?
6% Strongly approve
8% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat
disapprove
72% Strongly
disapprove
1% Not
sure
15* How would you rate the job Rick Snyder
has been doing as governor…do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat
disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
32% Strongly
approve
42% Somewhat
approve
14% Somewhat
disapprove
10% Strongly
disapprove
2% Not
sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
