Monday, March 28, 2011

Gallup Poll: 2012 GOP Presidential Preference based on issues

As was the case in mid-February, the two biggest issues for Republican voters nationwide are government power and spending, and the economy -- in that order. The rank-order of these issue segments appears to be generally stable, with only minor shifts since last month's update.

Romney maintains a first- or second-place position among all segments except social issues voters. Palin appears to have a relative weakness among the largest segment of Republicans -- those who are focused on the government.

Republican front-runner Huckabee maintains his relative position of strength across all four issue groups. He dominates among social issues voters and leads or ties other potential candidates in the two biggest Republican issue groups -- those focused on government spending and power, and those focused on the economy.


Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted March 18-22, 2011, on the Gallup Daily tracking survey, with a random sample of 1,082 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, selected using random-digit-dial sampling.

For results based on the total sample of Republicans, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Huckabee ahead again?

Anonymous said...

It's the economy stupid!

Little Rockonian said...

I can't wait to see Huckabee discuss spending/cutting taxes and the economy.

That should be hilarious

Anonymous said...

Government Spending

Huckabee 22%

Romney 18%

Palin 9%

I can wait to hear Sarah!!!