Questions - GOP Primary - August 15, 2011
GOP Voters Put A Bit More Faith in Candidate’s Private Sector Experience
58% of GOP Primary Voters See Tea Party As A Plus for Republicans in 2012
GOP Primary: Perry 29%, Romney 18%, Bachmann 13%
Platinum Page
National Survey of
1,000 Likely GOP Primary Voters
Conducted August 15, 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*
Would every one of the Republican candidates make a
better President than Barack Obama?
3* 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?
4* 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.
Rick
Perry
Mitt Romney
Michele Bachmann
Herman Cain
Ron Paul
Rick Santorum
Newt Gingrich
Jon Huntsman
Thad McCotter
Not sure
5* In terms
of how you vote in the Republican Primary for President which is more
important, a candidate who shares your views or a candidate who has a better
chance of winning?
6* In terms of
deciding how you will vote in the Republican Primary for President, how
important is a candidate's experience in government?
7* In terms of
deciding how you will vote in the Republican Primary for President, how
important is a candidate's experience in the private sector?
8* Generally
speaking, when thinking about election 2012, will the Tea Party help or hurt
the Republican Party?
9* Do you consider
yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?
10* Generally speaking,
do you feel things in this country are going in the right direction or have
they gotten off on the wrong track?
11*
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