Questions - National GOP Primary - February 6, 2012
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National GOP: Romney 34%, Gingrich 27%, Santorum 18%, Paul 11%
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National Survey of
1,000 Likely GOP Primary Voters
Conducted February
6, 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
