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Arizona Likely Voters |
| The Arizona immigration law requires police officers to check the citizenship papers of people they stop or arrest if the officer suspects the person may be in this country illegally. Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a presidential candidate who supports this law or would this not affect your vote either way? |
| More likely |
Less likely |
Does not affect vote |
Unsure |
| Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
| Arizona Likely Voters |
67% |
6% |
25% |
2% |
| Tea Party Supporters |
78% |
2% |
19% |
1% |
| Intensity of Tea Party Support |
Strongly support Tea Party |
84% |
1% |
14% |
1% |
| Support Tea Party |
75% |
2% |
22% |
1% |
| Does not support Tea Party |
54% |
12% |
33% |
2% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
54% |
12% |
31% |
3% |
| Conservative |
70% |
4% |
25% |
1% |
| Very conservative |
79% |
2% |
17% |
2% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
54% |
12% |
31% |
3% |
| Conservative-Very conservative |
73% |
3% |
22% |
1% |
| Past Participation** |
Yes |
67% |
6% |
25% |
2% |
| No |
71% |
3% |
24% |
2% |
| Republican Candidates |
Mitt Romney |
65% |
5% |
27% |
2% |
| Rick Santorum |
73% |
3% |
22% |
2% |
| Newt Gingrich |
74% |
6% |
19% |
1% |
| Ron Paul |
60% |
8% |
31% |
2% |
| Candidate Support |
Strongly support |
67% |
5% |
26% |
2% |
| Somewhat support |
67% |
8% |
23% |
3% |
| Might vote differently |
70% |
2% |
27% |
1% |
| Most Important Quality |
Shares your values |
70% |
8% |
21% |
1% |
| Is closest to you on the issues |
62% |
7% |
29% |
2% |
| Can beat President Obama in 2012 |
75% |
1% |
23% |
1% |
| Has the experience to govern |
63% |
9% |
26% |
3% |
| Gender |
Men |
66% |
6% |
26% |
1% |
| Women |
68% |
6% |
24% |
3% |
| Age |
Under 45 |
62% |
7% |
30% |
2% |
| 45 or older |
70% |
5% |
23% |
2% |
| Region |
Maricopa County (Phoenix) |
65% |
6% |
27% |
2% |
| Pima County (Tucson) |
74% |
7% |
17% |
3% |
| Rest of State |
69% |
5% |
25% |
1% |
| Household Income |
Less than $75,000 |
70% |
4% |
24% |
2% |
| $75,000 or more |
60% |
9% |
30% |
1% |
| Evangelical Christians |
75% |
3% |
20% |
1% |
| Tea Party-Conservative-Evangelical |
82% |
3% |
14% |
1% |
| Mormons are Christians |
Yes |
65% |
6% |
27% |
2% |
| No-Unsure |
71% |
6% |
21% |
3% |
| Education |
Not college graduate |
69% |
5% |
25% |
2% |
| College graduate |
64% |
8% |
26% |
2% |
| Interview Type |
Landline |
67% |
6% |
25% |
2% |
| Cell Phone |
66% |
7% |
25% |
2% |
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. |