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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. |
