Questions - National GOP Poll: Romney 29%, Santorum 21%, Gingrich 16% - January 4, 2012
GOP Voters View Romney As Strongest Obama Opponent, Paul the Weakest
National GOP Poll: Romney 29%, Santorum 21%, Gingrich 16%
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely GOP
Primary Voters
Conducted January 4, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
Please
note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidate names, so
while half will hear the sequences displayed below, the other half hears a
different order.
1* If the
2012 Republican Primary for president were held today would you vote for Mitt
Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry?
Romney
Santorum
Paul
Huntsman
Gingrich
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, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Jon
Huntsman, Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry?
4* Which
Republican presidential candidate would be the weakest opponent against Barack
Obama in the general election…. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum,
Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry?
5* Regardless
of who you want to win, who do you think will win Republican presidential nomination?
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?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence