Questions - Maryland GOP Primary - March 28, 2012
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Maryland Survey of 750 Likely GOP
Primary Voters
Conducted March 28, 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?
Romney
Santorum
Gingrich
Paul
Some other candidate
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?
Romney
Santorum
Some other candidate
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* I’m now
going to read you a list of Republican presidential candidates. For each,
if he was to win the nomination, please tell me how likely it is that candidate
will beat Barack Obama in the general election this November?
Mitt
Romney
Rick
Santorum
Newt
Gingrich
Ron Paul
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 Maryland 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 Martin O’Malley 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