New Hampshire 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: Rick Santorum?
Acceptable Acceptable with reservations Not acceptable Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row %
New Hampshire Likely Voters 42% 30% 25% 3%
Party Registration Republican 45% 30% 22% 3%
Independent 36% 31% 31% 2%
Tea Party Supporters 50% 31% 17% 2%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 58% 31% 12% 0%
Support Tea Party 47% 32% 19% 2%
Does not support Tea Party 37% 30% 30% 3%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 31% 32% 34% 3%
Conservative 50% 29% 19% 3%
Very conservative 49% 30% 18% 3%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 31% 32% 34% 3%
Conservative-Very conservative 50% 29% 18% 3%
Past Participation** Yes 44% 30% 22% 3%
No 21% 27% 51% 1%
Top Tier Republican Candidates Mitt Romney 34% 39% 24% 3%
Ron Paul 30% 27% 41% 2%
Rick Santorum 90% 10% 0% 0%
Newt Gingrich 48% 34% 14% 5%
Jon Huntsman 21% 33% 46% 0%
Candidate Support Strongly support 38% 31% 29% 3%
Somewhat support 43% 31% 25% 1%
Might vote differently 53% 28% 16% 4%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 50% 22% 23% 5%
Is closest to you on the issues 35% 27% 36% 2%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 49% 35% 16% 1%
Has the experience to govern 33% 37% 25% 5%
Gender Men 41% 30% 27% 2%
Women 43% 30% 23% 5%
Age Under 45 33% 31% 34% 2%
45 or older 46% 29% 22% 3%
Region Hillsborough 40% 34% 25% 2%
Rockingham 38% 31% 28% 3%
Northern Counties 45% 28% 23% 4%
Southern Counties 45% 27% 26% 3%
Household Income Less than $75,000 44% 29% 24% 4%
$75,000 or more 37% 33% 28% 2%
Evangelical Christians 60% 27% 8% 5%
Mormons are Christians Yes 40% 32% 27% 1%
No-Unsure 45% 27% 23% 5%
Education Not college graduate 42% 29% 25% 4%
College graduate 41% 31% 26% 2%
Interview Type Landline 41% 30% 26% 3%
Cell Phone 44% 32% 22% 2%
NBC News/Marist Poll New Hampshire Likely Republican Primary Voters. Interviews conducted January 4th and 5th, 2012, N=711 MOE +/- 3.7 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
**Past participation refers to previous participation in a New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary.