| |
Ohio Likely Voters |
| Regardless of whom you support, who do you think will be the Republican nominee to run against President Obama: |
| Newt Gingrich |
Mitt Romney |
Rick Santorum |
Ron Paul |
None of the above |
Undecided |
| Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
| Ohio Likely Voters |
5% |
70% |
13% |
3% |
1% |
8% |
| Party Identification** |
Republican |
5% |
71% |
14% |
3% |
0% |
8% |
| Independent |
6% |
72% |
9% |
4% |
1% |
8% |
| Tea Party Supporters |
4% |
69% |
15% |
3% |
1% |
7% |
| Intensity of Tea Party Support |
Strongly support Tea Party |
4% |
68% |
20% |
2% |
0% |
6% |
| Support Tea Party |
4% |
70% |
13% |
4% |
1% |
8% |
| Does not support Tea Party |
6% |
73% |
11% |
3% |
1% |
7% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
6% |
72% |
9% |
5% |
1% |
7% |
| Conservative |
6% |
70% |
15% |
3% |
0% |
7% |
| Very conservative |
2% |
69% |
16% |
2% |
0% |
11% |
| Political Ideology |
Liberal-Moderate |
6% |
72% |
9% |
5% |
1% |
7% |
| Conservative-Very conservative |
5% |
70% |
15% |
2% |
0% |
8% |
| Past Participation*** |
Yes |
5% |
71% |
13% |
2% |
1% |
8% |
| No |
3% |
67% |
12% |
8% |
0% |
10% |
| Republican Candidates |
Rick Santorum |
2% |
61% |
29% |
0% |
0% |
9% |
| Mitt Romney |
4% |
90% |
3% |
1% |
0% |
2% |
| Newt Gingrich |
18% |
67% |
5% |
4% |
0% |
6% |
| Ron Paul |
1% |
66% |
13% |
13% |
2% |
6% |
| Candidate Support |
Strongly support |
5% |
69% |
18% |
3% |
0% |
5% |
| Somewhat support |
3% |
81% |
8% |
3% |
1% |
4% |
| Might vote differently |
10% |
66% |
14% |
5% |
0% |
5% |
| Most Important Quality |
Shares your values |
5% |
58% |
20% |
4% |
0% |
13% |
| Is closest to you on the issues |
4% |
70% |
15% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
| Can beat President Obama in 2012 |
4% |
79% |
9% |
2% |
0% |
6% |
| Has the experience to govern |
7% |
76% |
7% |
3% |
1% |
5% |
| Gender |
Men |
5% |
72% |
14% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
| Women |
5% |
68% |
12% |
2% |
1% |
11% |
| Age |
Under 45 |
5% |
69% |
14% |
6% |
1% |
6% |
| 45 or older |
5% |
71% |
13% |
2% |
1% |
8% |
| Region |
Cleveland Area |
6% |
71% |
9% |
4% |
0% |
9% |
| East |
3% |
68% |
19% |
3% |
0% |
7% |
| Northwest/Toledo |
5% |
71% |
13% |
3% |
0% |
9% |
| Columbus Area |
7% |
70% |
11% |
4% |
1% |
7% |
| South/Cincinnati |
5% |
71% |
12% |
2% |
1% |
8% |
| Household Income |
Less than $75,000 |
6% |
68% |
15% |
4% |
1% |
7% |
| $75,000 or more |
3% |
80% |
11% |
2% |
0% |
4% |
| Evangelical Christians |
4% |
66% |
17% |
3% |
1% |
9% |
| Mormons are Christians |
Yes |
4% |
79% |
9% |
2% |
0% |
6% |
| No-Unsure |
7% |
60% |
18% |
4% |
1% |
10% |
| Education |
Not college graduate |
6% |
66% |
15% |
4% |
1% |
8% |
| College graduate |
4% |
77% |
10% |
2% |
1% |
7% |
| Interview Type |
Landline |
5% |
71% |
13% |
3% |
1% |
8% |
| Cell Phone |
4% |
68% |
14% |
5% |
1% |
8% |
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. |
