Registered Voters
If the 2012 presidential election were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:
Barack Obama, the Democrat Sarah Palin, the Republican Michael Bloomberg, the Independent Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row %
Registered Voters 44% 29% 15% 12%
Party ID Democrat 84% 8% 4% 4%
Republican 11% 57% 20% 11%
Independent 31% 27% 24% 19%
Party ID by Gender Democrat men 77% 14% 3% 6%
Democrat women 87% 5% 5% 3%
Republican men 11% 54% 26% 9%
Republican women 12% 60% 16% 13%
Independent men 28% 27% 23% 22%
Independent women 34% 27% 25% 14%
Ideology Liberal 75% 11% 5% 9%
Moderate 52% 15% 21% 13%
Conservative 24% 49% 15% 11%
Region Northeast 51% 18% 20% 12%
Midwest 42% 33% 14% 12%
South 44% 31% 14% 11%
West 41% 28% 16% 16%
Household Income Less than $50,000 51% 29% 13% 7%
$50,000 or more 40% 27% 19% 14%
Education Not college graduate 43% 29% 15% 13%
College graduate 46% 28% 15% 11%
Age 18 to 29 47% 28% 12% 13%
30 to 44 45% 25% 20% 10%
45 to 59 43% 28% 17% 12%
60 or older 44% 32% 12% 11%
Gender Men 37% 31% 17% 15%
Women 51% 26% 13% 10%
February 2010 Marist Poll National Registered Voters "N=910 MOE +/- 3.5%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.