Sunday, June 5, 2011

Pew Research Center: Survey of the 2012 Candidates

Of the party’s best-known possible candidates, only Mitt Romney has broad potential appeal. Large majorities have heard of four possible Republican candidates – Romney, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. But most who have heard of Palin and Gingrich say there is no chance they would vote for them (63% each). About as many (60%) say there is no chance they would support Paul.
By contrast, far fewer voters (44%) who have heard of Romney have ruled out voting for him, while 51% say there is at least some chance they could support the former Massachusetts governor.


The latest national survey by the Pew Research for the People & the Press, conducted May 25-30 among 1,509 adults (including 1,227 registered voters), finds that Barack Obama continues to hold a sizable lead against a generic Republican opponent in next year’s election. Currently, 48% of registered voters say they would like to see Obama reelected while 37% would prefer to see a Republican elected. This is little changed from March (47% to 37%).
There is a lot of data, graphs, and additional findings in this Survey. To view the complete survey, go HERE.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bosman, there is sure a lot of interesting data in this poll. I didn't even read it all yet. Cain is surprising to me. He's got charisma. but I don't know what people really see other than that.

-Martha

Cindy said...

"Of the party’s best-known possible candidates, only Mitt Romney has broad potential appeal."

That's what you need to win a general election. Without that, it's 4 more years of Obama.