Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Quinnipac University Poll: Mitt Romney Tops GOP in Pennsylvania

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among Keystone State Republicans and trails President Barack Obama 49 - 38 percent in an early look at the 2012 presidential election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Romney leads the Republican primary pack with 21 percent, followed by Santorum with 16 percent, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 11 percent and no other candidate above 8 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Another 17 percent of Republicans are undecided.
If the 2012 Republican primary for President were being held today, and the candidates were Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Michelle Bachman, Gary Johnson, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, John Huntsman and Herman Cain for whom would you vote?

Mitt Romney 21%
Rick Santorum 16%
Sarah Palin 11%
Herman Cain 8%
Ron Paul 6%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Tim Pawlenty 4%
Jon Huntsman 1%
Gary Johnson -
Other 22%

Head-to-Head: (Obama/Candidate/Other)

Mitt Romney 47/40/13 (-7)
Rick Santorum 49/38/14 (-11)
From June 7 - 12, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,277 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The survey includes 523 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.3 percentage points.

Crosstabs can be viewed here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think there are a lot of GOP members who really want to win!

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zeke said...

All these polls the last week show that Mitt is 1st tier all by himself.