Questions - National GOP Poll: Romney 30%, Gingrich 27% - January 17, 2012
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely GOP
Primary Voters
Conducted January 18, 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, Ron Paul or Rick Perry?
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.
3* Which
Republican presidential candidate would be the strongest opponent against
Barack Obama in the general election… Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum,
Ron Paul or Rick Perry?
Mitt
Romney
Newt
Gingrich
Rick Perry
Ron Paul
Rick
Santorum
4* Which
Republican presidential candidate would be the weakest opponent against Barack
Obama in the general election…. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron
Paul or Rick Perry?
5* Regardless
of who you want to win, who do you think will win the Republican presidential
nomination?
6* Generally speaking, is Mitt Romney’s track record in
business primarily a reason to vote for him or vote against him?
7* Which Republican
candidate would do the best job managing the economy?
8* Which Republican candidate would do the best job on the
issue of national security and defense?
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?
10* How
likely is it that the Republican nominee for president will win the general
election in 2012?
11* Are
you certain you will vote for that candidate or is it possible that something
come up that causes you to change your mind?
12* Generally
speaking, do you feel things in this country are going in the right direction
or have they gotten off on the wrong track?
13* 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?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence