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Ohio Likely Voters |
| Which one of the following qualities is most important to you in deciding whom to support for the Republican presidential nomination? A candidate who: |
| Shares your values |
Is closest to you on the issues |
Can beat President Obama in 2012 |
Has the experience to govern |
Unsure |
| Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
| Ohio Likely Voters |
28% |
25% |
29% |
16% |
2% |
| Party Identification** |
Republican |
29% |
21% |
31% |
16% |
2% |
| Independent |
26% |
31% |
26% |
15% |
2% |
| Tea Party Supporters |
29% |
20% |
37% |
12% |
2% |
| Intensity of Tea Party Support |
Strongly support Tea Party |
30% |
18% |
39% |
10% |
3% |
| Support Tea Party |
28% |
20% |
37% |
13% |
2% |
| Does not support Tea Party |
26% |
30% |
22% |
20% |
2% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
23% |
30% |
22% |
22% |
3% |
| Conservative |
28% |
24% |
32% |
14% |
2% |
| Very conservative |
34% |
18% |
35% |
11% |
2% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
23% |
30% |
22% |
22% |
3% |
| Conservative-Very conservative |
30% |
22% |
33% |
13% |
2% |
| Past Participation*** |
Yes |
28% |
25% |
29% |
16% |
2% |
| No |
29% |
25% |
29% |
14% |
3% |
| Republican Candidates |
Rick Santorum |
44% |
21% |
24% |
9% |
1% |
| Mitt Romney |
15% |
22% |
41% |
19% |
2% |
| Newt Gingrich |
17% |
19% |
35% |
26% |
3% |
| Ron Paul |
31% |
45% |
12% |
10% |
3% |
| Candidate Support |
Strongly support |
24% |
25% |
33% |
16% |
2% |
| Somewhat support |
35% |
24% |
26% |
14% |
1% |
| Might vote differently |
27% |
25% |
29% |
15% |
5% |
| Gender |
Men |
26% |
26% |
30% |
17% |
2% |
| Women |
30% |
24% |
29% |
15% |
2% |
| Age |
Under 45 |
32% |
33% |
23% |
12% |
1% |
| 45 or older |
26% |
22% |
32% |
17% |
3% |
| Region |
Cleveland Area |
33% |
23% |
27% |
15% |
2% |
| East |
26% |
26% |
27% |
19% |
3% |
| Northwest/Toledo |
31% |
25% |
29% |
14% |
2% |
| Columbus Area |
24% |
23% |
34% |
13% |
5% |
| South/Cincinnati |
27% |
25% |
29% |
17% |
1% |
| Household Income |
Less than $75,000 |
29% |
25% |
28% |
15% |
2% |
| $75,000 or more |
26% |
26% |
30% |
18% |
1% |
| Evangelical Christians |
35% |
22% |
27% |
14% |
2% |
| Mormons are Christians |
Yes |
21% |
27% |
34% |
16% |
2% |
| No-Unsure |
37% |
21% |
24% |
15% |
2% |
| Education |
Not college graduate |
29% |
23% |
31% |
15% |
3% |
| College graduate |
26% |
27% |
27% |
18% |
2% |
| Interview Type |
Landline |
27% |
23% |
30% |
17% |
2% |
| Cell Phone |
31% |
30% |
27% |
10% |
2% |
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. |
