Questions - National GOP Primary - September 19, 2011

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Republican Voters

Conducted September 19, 2011

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* If the 2012 Republican Primary for President were held today would you vote for Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman or Thad McCotter?

 

Perry

Romney

Bachmann

Cain

Paul

Santorum
Gingrich

Huntsman

McCotter

Not sure

 

                                   

2* If the 2012 Republican Primary for President were held today and you had a choice between only Mitt Romney, Rick Perry or Michele Bachmann for whom would you vote

 

3* Suppose the 2012 Republican Primary for president were held today and you only had a choice between Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann.  For whom would you vote?

 

4* Suppose the 2012 Republican Primary for president were held today and you only had a choice between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.  For whom would you vote?

 

5* Suppose the 2012 Republican Primary for president were held today and you only had a choice between Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry.  For whom would you vote?

 

6* 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.

 

Perry

Romney

Bachmann

Paul

 

7* 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?

 

8* Suppose [candidate’s name] wins the Republican presidential nomination. How likely is it that [ candidate’s name] would beat President Barack Obama in the 2012 general election?

 

Perry

Romney

Bachmann

Paul

9* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?

 

2* Generally speaking, do you feel things in this country are going in the right direction or have they gotten off on the wrong track?

 

3* 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