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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: Ron Paul? |
| Acceptable |
Acceptable with reservations |
Not acceptable |
Unsure |
| Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
| Ohio Likely Voters |
31% |
26% |
39% |
4% |
| Party Identification** |
Republican |
27% |
26% |
43% |
4% |
| Independent |
42% |
24% |
31% |
3% |
| Tea Party Supporters |
33% |
25% |
40% |
2% |
| Intensity of Tea Party Support |
Strongly support Tea Party |
28% |
27% |
45% |
1% |
| Support Tea Party |
36% |
25% |
37% |
2% |
| Does not support Tea Party |
30% |
26% |
41% |
4% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
34% |
27% |
35% |
4% |
| Conservative |
30% |
26% |
41% |
3% |
| Very conservative |
31% |
25% |
41% |
3% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
34% |
27% |
35% |
4% |
| Conservative-Very conservative |
30% |
26% |
41% |
3% |
| Past Participation*** |
Yes |
30% |
26% |
41% |
3% |
| No |
40% |
25% |
31% |
4% |
| Republican Candidates |
Rick Santorum |
24% |
31% |
43% |
2% |
| Mitt Romney |
25% |
28% |
46% |
1% |
| Newt Gingrich |
29% |
23% |
45% |
2% |
| Ron Paul |
81% |
15% |
4% |
0% |
| Candidate Support |
Strongly support |
33% |
25% |
41% |
1% |
| Somewhat support |
31% |
28% |
38% |
2% |
| Might vote differently |
32% |
27% |
39% |
2% |
| Most Important Quality |
Shares your values |
33% |
24% |
37% |
6% |
| Is closest to you on the issues |
38% |
25% |
34% |
2% |
| Can beat President Obama in 2012 |
29% |
27% |
43% |
1% |
| Has the experience to govern |
24% |
27% |
45% |
4% |
| Gender |
Men |
37% |
24% |
37% |
2% |
| Women |
26% |
27% |
42% |
5% |
| Age |
Under 45 |
42% |
26% |
28% |
4% |
| 45 or older |
26% |
26% |
45% |
3% |
| Region |
Cleveland Area |
28% |
24% |
41% |
6% |
| East |
29% |
26% |
43% |
2% |
| Northwest/Toledo |
34% |
24% |
39% |
3% |
| Columbus Area |
32% |
24% |
40% |
5% |
| South/Cincinnati |
33% |
28% |
37% |
3% |
| Household Income |
Less than $75,000 |
32% |
23% |
41% |
4% |
| $75,000 or more |
31% |
31% |
36% |
3% |
| Evangelical Christians |
28% |
28% |
39% |
4% |
| Mormons are Christians |
Yes |
31% |
25% |
42% |
2% |
| No-Unsure |
33% |
27% |
36% |
5% |
| Education |
Not college graduate |
33% |
23% |
39% |
5% |
| College graduate |
29% |
30% |
40% |
2% |
| Interview Type |
Landline |
30% |
25% |
41% |
3% |
| Cell Phone |
36% |
30% |
30% |
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. |
