| |
Ohio Likely Voters |
| Which one of the following candidates do you think has the best chance to beat President Obama: |
| Newt Gingrich |
Mitt Romney |
Rick Santorum |
Ron Paul |
None |
Undecided |
| Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
| Ohio Likely Voters |
12% |
53% |
18% |
5% |
4% |
8% |
| Party Identification** |
Republican |
13% |
56% |
18% |
4% |
3% |
7% |
| Independent |
11% |
51% |
17% |
6% |
6% |
8% |
| Tea Party Supporters |
13% |
52% |
22% |
5% |
1% |
7% |
| Intensity of Tea Party Support |
Strongly support Tea Party |
15% |
46% |
27% |
5% |
1% |
6% |
| Support Tea Party |
12% |
56% |
19% |
5% |
1% |
7% |
| Does not support Tea Party |
12% |
56% |
14% |
5% |
7% |
6% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
10% |
58% |
10% |
6% |
6% |
9% |
| Conservative |
14% |
53% |
21% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
| Very conservative |
11% |
48% |
24% |
5% |
4% |
9% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
10% |
58% |
10% |
6% |
6% |
9% |
| Conservative-Very conservative |
13% |
52% |
22% |
4% |
3% |
6% |
| Past Participation*** |
Yes |
13% |
53% |
18% |
4% |
5% |
7% |
| No |
7% |
54% |
18% |
12% |
1% |
8% |
| Republican Candidates |
Rick Santorum |
7% |
38% |
42% |
0% |
5% |
8% |
| Mitt Romney |
4% |
89% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| Newt Gingrich |
52% |
30% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
| Ron Paul |
5% |
39% |
12% |
30% |
5% |
8% |
| Candidate Support |
Strongly support |
12% |
50% |
25% |
5% |
3% |
5% |
| Somewhat support |
12% |
62% |
13% |
5% |
6% |
3% |
| Might vote differently |
15% |
58% |
11% |
4% |
3% |
8% |
| Most Important Quality |
Shares your values |
10% |
42% |
28% |
5% |
4% |
12% |
| Is closest to you on the issues |
10% |
51% |
19% |
8% |
6% |
6% |
| Can beat President Obama in 2012 |
12% |
66% |
13% |
3% |
2% |
4% |
| Has the experience to govern |
19% |
56% |
10% |
5% |
4% |
7% |
| Gender |
Men |
10% |
53% |
19% |
7% |
4% |
6% |
| Women |
14% |
54% |
17% |
3% |
4% |
9% |
| Age |
Under 45 |
7% |
55% |
17% |
9% |
5% |
8% |
| 45 or older |
14% |
54% |
19% |
3% |
4% |
7% |
| Region |
Cleveland Area |
13% |
58% |
16% |
7% |
2% |
4% |
| East |
16% |
50% |
21% |
3% |
4% |
6% |
| Northwest/Toledo |
10% |
51% |
22% |
5% |
5% |
7% |
| Columbus Area |
11% |
48% |
17% |
7% |
7% |
11% |
| South/Cincinnati |
11% |
58% |
16% |
5% |
3% |
8% |
| Household Income |
Less than $75,000 |
14% |
52% |
19% |
5% |
3% |
7% |
| $75,000 or more |
9% |
61% |
16% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
| Evangelical Christians |
12% |
49% |
21% |
5% |
3% |
10% |
| Mormons are Christians |
Yes |
12% |
59% |
15% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
| No-Unsure |
13% |
46% |
22% |
6% |
3% |
10% |
| Education |
Not college graduate |
13% |
50% |
20% |
6% |
3% |
8% |
| College graduate |
10% |
60% |
15% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
| Interview Type |
Landline |
14% |
52% |
18% |
4% |
4% |
7% |
| Cell Phone |
6% |
58% |
17% |
8% |
2% |
9% |
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. |
