Questions - South Carolina GOP Primary - January 12, 2012
South Carolina Survey of 750 Likely
GOP Primary Voters
Conducted January 12, 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, Jon Huntsman or Rick Perry?
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Huntsman
Perry
Some other candidate
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.
Mitt
Romney
Newt
Gingrich
Rick Perry
Ron Paul
Jon
Huntsman
Rick
Santorum
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, Jon Huntsman or Rick Perry?
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, Jon Huntsman or Rick Perry?
5* Regardless
of who you want to win, who do you think will win the Republican presidential
nomination?
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Huntsman
Perry
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* How
likely is it that the Republican nominee for president will win the general
election in 2012?
8* Are you
certain you will vote for that candidate or is it possible that something come
up that causes you to change your mind?
9* 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 South Carolina primary or is it
possible that something might come up to prevent you from voting?
10* 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, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
