Michigan Likely Voters
Which one of the following candidates do you consider to be the true conservative:
Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Ron Paul None Undecided
Row % Row % Row % Row % Row % Row %
Michigan Likely Voters 11% 16% 40% 16% 5% 11%
Party Identification** Republican 12% 19% 41% 12% 4% 13%
Independent 9% 13% 40% 22% 6% 10%
Tea Party Supporters 13% 14% 49% 15% 5% 5%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 14% 12% 59% 8% 4% 3%
Support Tea Party 12% 15% 43% 18% 5% 7%
Does not support Tea Party 11% 18% 35% 18% 6% 13%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 9% 18% 36% 19% 7% 11%
Conservative 14% 16% 40% 17% 4% 11%
Very conservative 8% 14% 53% 11% 5% 9%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 9% 18% 36% 19% 7% 11%
Conservative-Very conservative 12% 15% 43% 15% 4% 10%
Past Participation*** Yes 10% 16% 43% 16% 5% 11%
No 16% 18% 31% 19% 5% 11%
Republican Candidates Mitt Romney 9% 32% 30% 11% 5% 13%
Rick Santorum 5% 4% 69% 13% 4% 6%
Ron Paul 10% 10% 21% 52% 2% 4%
Newt Gingrich 49% 12% 22% 6% 1% 9%
Candidate Support Strongly support 10% 20% 44% 15% 4% 8%
Somewhat support 12% 10% 43% 21% 4% 10%
Might vote differently 13% 18% 36% 20% 2% 10%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 8% 15% 47% 19% 1% 9%
Is closest to you on the issues 14% 14% 36% 19% 5% 12%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 13% 16% 43% 12% 7% 9%
Has the experience to govern 10% 23% 33% 16% 6% 11%
Gender Men 13% 13% 40% 20% 5% 9%
Women 9% 19% 41% 13% 5% 13%
Age Under 45 14% 17% 32% 21% 5% 11%
45 or older 10% 16% 44% 14% 5% 11%
Region Wayne County (Detroit) 10% 21% 44% 14% 2% 9%
Oakland and Macomb Counties 11% 16% 44% 16% 6% 7%
Lansing-Ann Arbor Area 14% 15% 36% 17% 5% 13%
Grand Rapids Area 8% 14% 39% 22% 4% 13%
North Central/Upper Peninsula 12% 17% 39% 12% 6% 14%
Household Income Less than $75,000 11% 19% 38% 17% 4% 12%
$75,000 or more 13% 11% 44% 17% 6% 8%
Evangelical Christians 9% 16% 50% 11% 4% 11%
Mormons are Christians Yes 11% 19% 39% 16% 6% 9%
No-Unsure 11% 12% 43% 16% 4% 13%
Education Not college graduate 10% 19% 37% 17% 5% 13%
College graduate 13% 12% 46% 15% 6% 9%
Interview Type Landline 10% 17% 42% 15% 5% 11%
Cell Phone 17% 14% 32% 23% 4% 10%
NBC News/Marist Poll Michigan Likely Republican Primary Voters. Interviews conducted February 19th and 20th, 2012, N=715 MOE +/- 3.7 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
**There are too few Democrats for analysis purposes
***Past participation refers to previous participation in a Michigan Republican Presidential Primary.