Arizona Likely Voters
Please tell me if you would find each of the following candidates acceptable, acceptable but with reservations, or not acceptable as the Republican nominee for president: Ron Paul?
Acceptable Acceptable with reservations Not acceptable Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row %
Arizona Likely Voters 25% 29% 43% 3%
Tea Party Supporters 23% 32% 44% 1%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 18% 36% 46% 0%
Support Tea Party 26% 30% 42% 2%
Does not support Tea Party 26% 25% 46% 3%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 29% 23% 43% 4%
Conservative 23% 32% 43% 2%
Very conservative 25% 30% 43% 2%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 29% 23% 43% 4%
Conservative-Very conservative 24% 31% 43% 2%
Past Participation** Yes 23% 29% 45% 3%
No 38% 29% 31% 2%
Republican Candidates Mitt Romney 18% 31% 49% 2%
Rick Santorum 17% 33% 48% 3%
Newt Gingrich 19% 29% 48% 4%
Ron Paul 86% 12% 2% 0%
Candidate Support Strongly support 24% 29% 44% 3%
Somewhat support 24% 29% 45% 1%
Might vote differently 30% 33% 34% 3%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 31% 26% 40% 4%
Is closest to you on the issues 28% 28% 42% 2%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 22% 31% 45% 1%
Has the experience to govern 21% 29% 46% 4%
Gender Men 27% 28% 44% 1%
Women 23% 30% 43% 4%
Age Under 45 33% 30% 34% 2%
45 or older 22% 28% 47% 3%
Region Maricopa County (Phoenix) 26% 29% 43% 2%
Pima County (Tucson) 24% 30% 44% 2%
Rest of State 23% 28% 45% 5%
Household Income Less than $75,000 26% 27% 43% 4%
$75,000 or more 26% 29% 44% 1%
Evangelical Christians 23% 25% 48% 4%
Tea Party-Conservative-Evangelical 21% 23% 54% 2%
Mormons are Christians Yes 24% 29% 45% 2%
No-Unsure 27% 28% 40% 4%
Education Not college graduate 25% 28% 43% 4%
College graduate 26% 29% 43% 2%
Interview Type Landline 24% 29% 44% 3%
Cell Phone 31% 28% 39% 3%
NBC News/Marist Poll Arizona Likely Republican Primary Voters. Interviews conducted February 19th and 20th, 2012, N=767 MOE +/- 3.5 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
**Past participation refers to previous participation in an Arizona Republican Presidential Primary.