Ohio 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: Newt Gingrich?
Acceptable Acceptable with reservations Not acceptable Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row %
Ohio Likely Voters 40% 29% 28% 3%
Party Identification** Republican 42% 30% 25% 3%
Independent 37% 28% 33% 2%
Tea Party Supporters 49% 30% 20% 1%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 56% 30% 13% 0%
Support Tea Party 44% 31% 24% 2%
Does not support Tea Party 30% 29% 38% 3%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 34% 27% 35% 3%
Conservative 43% 28% 27% 2%
Very conservative 43% 35% 20% 2%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 34% 27% 35% 3%
Conservative-Very conservative 43% 30% 25% 2%
Past Participation*** Yes 41% 29% 28% 3%
No 35% 30% 31% 4%
Republican Candidates Rick Santorum 34% 33% 32% 1%
Mitt Romney 39% 32% 28% 0%
Newt Gingrich 88% 11% 2% 0%
Ron Paul 17% 35% 46% 3%
Candidate Support Strongly support 43% 26% 30% 0%
Somewhat support 40% 30% 29% 1%
Might vote differently 42% 33% 22% 3%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 32% 33% 30% 4%
Is closest to you on the issues 35% 29% 35% 2%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 51% 31% 18% 1%
Has the experience to govern 44% 21% 30% 4%
Gender Men 42% 28% 28% 2%
Women 38% 30% 28% 4%
Age Under 45 34% 31% 32% 4%
45 or older 43% 29% 26% 2%
Region Cleveland Area 40% 31% 26% 4%
East 46% 25% 27% 2%
Northwest/Toledo 38% 30% 31% 2%
Columbus Area 34% 33% 30% 3%
South/Cincinnati 41% 29% 28% 3%
Household Income Less than $75,000 43% 27% 29% 2%
$75,000 or more 39% 32% 26% 3%
Evangelical Christians 42% 31% 24% 3%
Mormons are Christians Yes 40% 30% 28% 2%
No-Unsure 41% 28% 27% 4%
Education Not college graduate 41% 28% 27% 3%
College graduate 39% 31% 29% 1%
Interview Type Landline 41% 28% 29% 2%
Cell Phone 38% 32% 26% 4%
NBC News/Marist Poll Ohio Likely Republican Primary Voters. Interviews conducted February 29th through March 2nd, 2012, N=820 MOE +/- 3.4 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 an Ohio Republican Presidential Primary.