Questions - Alabama GOP Primary - March 8, 2012
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Conducted March 8,
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, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul?
2*
If 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?
3* 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.
Mitt
Romney
Newt
Gingrich
Ron
Paul
Rick
Santorum
4* Which Republican presidential candidate would be the
strongest opponent against Barack Obama in the general election… Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul?
5* Regardless of who you want to win, who do you think
will win the Republican presidential nomination?
Romney
Santorum
Gingrich
Paul
Some other candidate
6* 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?
7* Now I’m going to read you a short list of names.
In political terms please tell me whether that person
is very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal or very
liberal.
Mitt
Romney
Rick
Santorum
Ron
Paul
Newt
Gingrich
8*
What’s more
important - choosing a Republican nominee who does the best job representing
Republican values or choosing a nominee that has the best chance to beat Barack
Obama?
9*
Are you certain you will vote for that candidate or is it possible that
something come up that causes you to change your mind?
10* 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 Alabama primary or is it possible that
something might come up to prevent you from voting?
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?
12* How would you rate the job Robert
Bentley has been doing as governor…do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s
been doing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence