Questions - National GOP Primary - February 14, 2012
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely GOP
Primary Voters
Conducted February 14, 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 or Ron Paul?
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Some other
candidate
Not sure
2* If the 2012 Republican Primary for president were held
today and you only had a choice between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, for whom
would you vote?
Romney
Gingrich
Some Other
Candidate
Not Sure
3* 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
Not Sure
4* If the 2012 Republican Primary for president were held
today and you only had a choice between Mitt Romney
and Ron Paul, for whom would you vote?
Romney
Paul
Some Other
Candidate
Not Sure
5* 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
6* Which
Republican presidential candidate would be the strongest opponent against
Barack Obama in the general election?
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Not sure
7* Which
Republican presidential candidate would be the weakest opponent against Barack
Obama in the general election?
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Not sure
8* Regardless
of who you want to win, who do you think will win the Republican presidential
nomination?
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul
Some Other
Candidate
Not sure
9* 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?
The
Republican candidate
Barack
Obama
A third
party candidate
Not sure
10* Are
you certain you will vote for that candidate or is it possible that something
come up that causes you to change your mind?
11* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party
Movement?
12* Generally
speaking, do you feel things in this country are going in the right direction
or have they gotten off on the wrong track?
13* 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