| Florida Likely Voters | |||||||
| Which one of the following candidates best understands the problems of people like yourself: | |||||||
| Newt Gingrich | Mitt Romney | Rick Santorum | Ron Paul | None | Undecided | ||
| Row % | Row % | Row % | Row % | Row % | Row % | ||
| Florida Likely Voters | 22% | 29% | 20% | 16% | 6% | 6% | |
| Tea Party Supporters | 30% | 25% | 26% | 9% | 4% | 5% | |
| Intensity of Tea Party Support | Strongly support Tea Party | 36% | 18% | 27% | 12% | 3% | 3% |
| Support Tea Party | 26% | 31% | 26% | 7% | 5% | 6% | |
| Does not support Tea Party | 14% | 33% | 14% | 25% | 10% | 4% | |
| Political Ideology | Liberal-Moderate | 16% | 32% | 8% | 27% | 10% | 7% |
| Conservative | 23% | 33% | 21% | 12% | 5% | 6% | |
| Very conservative | 29% | 18% | 34% | 12% | 4% | 4% | |
| Political Ideology | Liberal-Moderate | 16% | 32% | 8% | 27% | 10% | 7% |
| Conservative-Very conservative | 25% | 28% | 26% | 12% | 5% | 5% | |
| Past Participation** | Yes | 23% | 30% | 20% | 15% | 6% | 5% |
| Top Tier Republican Candidates | Mitt Romney | 6% | 64% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 3% |
| Newt Gingrich | 65% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 3% | |
| Rick Santorum | 4% | 6% | 77% | 8% | 2% | 4% | |
| Ron Paul | 6% | 3% | 5% | 77% | 6% | 2% | |
| Candidate Support | Strongly support | 25% | 35% | 20% | 12% | 4% | 3% |
| Somewhat support | 20% | 23% | 19% | 24% | 9% | 5% | |
| Might vote differently | 15% | 30% | 24% | 24% | 5% | 2% | |
| Most Important Quality | Shares your values | 17% | 25% | 31% | 16% | 7% | 5% |
| Is closest to you on the issues | 18% | 27% | 16% | 27% | 8% | 5% | |
| Can beat President Obama in 2012 | 28% | 32% | 21% | 10% | 5% | 3% | |
| Has the experience to govern | 23% | 30% | 13% | 21% | 7% | 6% | |
| Gender | Men | 23% | 27% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 4% |
| Women | 22% | 32% | 21% | 11% | 7% | 7% | |
| Age | Under 45 | 13% | 24% | 21% | 33% | 6% | 3% |
| 45 or older | 25% | 30% | 21% | 11% | 7% | 6% | |
| Region | North/Panhandle | 23% | 23% | 23% | 15% | 7% | 8% |
| Orlando/Central Atlantic Coast | 23% | 32% | 19% | 15% | 5% | 6% | |
| Tampa Bay Area | 23% | 23% | 27% | 18% | 6% | 2% | |
| South Central | 19% | 28% | 17% | 23% | 8% | 5% | |
| Miami/South | 24% | 40% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 5% | |
| Household Income | Less than $75,000 | 22% | 27% | 21% | 18% | 7% | 5% |
| $75,000 or more | 26% | 35% | 18% | 12% | 5% | 4% | |
| Evangelical Christians | 25% | 20% | 32% | 12% | 5% | 6% | |
| Tea Party-Conservative-Evangelical | 28% | 17% | 37% | 8% | 5% | 6% | |
| Mormons are Christians | Yes | 22% | 36% | 18% | 14% | 6% | 4% |
| No-Unsure | 24% | 19% | 23% | 20% | 6% | 7% | |
| Education | Not college graduate | 22% | 28% | 20% | 17% | 6% | 7% |
| College graduate | 23% | 31% | 21% | 15% | 7% | 4% | |
| Interview Type | Landline | 24% | 29% | 20% | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Cell Phone | 13% | 31% | 21% | 24% | 5% | 5% | |
| NBC News/Marist Poll Florida Likely Republican Primary Voters. Interviews conducted January 25th through 27th, 2012, N=682 MOE +/- 3.8 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding. **Past participation refers to previous participation in a Florida Republican Presidential Primary. | |||||||