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: Rick Santorum?
Acceptable Acceptable with reservations Not acceptable Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row %
Ohio Likely Voters 53% 25% 19% 3%
Party Identification** Republican 58% 25% 14% 3%
Independent 42% 28% 27% 2%
Tea Party Supporters 65% 21% 13% 2%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 72% 15% 13% 0%
Support Tea Party 61% 24% 12% 3%
Does not support Tea Party 41% 30% 26% 3%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 33% 30% 32% 5%
Conservative 59% 26% 12% 2%
Very conservative 71% 15% 12% 1%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 33% 30% 32% 5%
Conservative-Very conservative 63% 23% 12% 2%
Past Participation*** Yes 53% 26% 18% 3%
No 52% 22% 22% 4%
Republican Candidates Rick Santorum 88% 10% 1% 1%
Mitt Romney 40% 34% 25% 1%
Newt Gingrich 37% 37% 25% 2%
Ron Paul 27% 28% 43% 2%
Candidate Support Strongly support 58% 21% 20% 1%
Somewhat support 50% 30% 19% 1%
Might vote differently 54% 26% 18% 2%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 65% 20% 10% 4%
Is closest to you on the issues 46% 27% 25% 2%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 53% 30% 16% 1%
Has the experience to govern 45% 24% 25% 5%
Gender Men 52% 24% 22% 2%
Women 54% 27% 15% 4%
Age Under 45 48% 27% 23% 2%
45 or older 56% 24% 17% 3%
Region Cleveland Area 49% 29% 18% 4%
East 55% 23% 19% 3%
Northwest/Toledo 56% 27% 13% 4%
Columbus Area 48% 30% 19% 3%
South/Cincinnati 55% 21% 21% 2%
Household Income Less than $75,000 55% 26% 17% 3%
$75,000 or more 50% 28% 20% 2%
Evangelical Christians 66% 22% 9% 3%
Mormons are Christians Yes 48% 28% 22% 2%
No-Unsure 59% 22% 14% 4%
Education Not college graduate 56% 24% 16% 4%
College graduate 50% 28% 21% 1%
Interview Type Landline 55% 25% 17% 3%
Cell Phone 45% 27% 25% 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.