Questions - Obama-GOP Matchups - August 23-30, 2011

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 23-30, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports

 Please note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidate names, so while half will hear the Republican candidate first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.

 1* What if the Republicans nominate Mitt Romney? If the 2012 Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mitt Romney or Democrat Barack Obama?

Romney
Obama
Some other candidate
 Not sure

2* What if the Republicans nominate Michele Bachmann? If the 2012 Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican Michele Bachmann or Democrat Barack Obama?

Bachmann
Obama
Some other candidate
 Not sure

3* What if the Republicans nominate Rick Perry? If the 2012 Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican Rick Perry or Democrat Barack Obama?

Perry
Obama
Some other candidate
Not sure

4* What if the Republicans nominate Herman Cain? If the 2012 Presidential Election were held today, would you vote for Republican Herman Cain or Democrat Barack Obama?

Cain
Obama
Some other candidate
Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence