Louisiana
Presidential Primary Preference:
| Louisiana |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Mar 20-22
2012 |
|
|
| Gingrich |
20% |
| Paul |
6% |
| Romney |
27% |
| Santorum |
43% |
| Other |
1% |
| Undecided |
3% |
Rick Santorum leads the Louisiana Republican
presidential primary with 43%. Santorum is followed by Mitt
Romney with 27%, Newt Gingrich
with 20%, and Ron Paul with 6%.
Santorum leads Romney 50% to 27% among likely
Republican primary voters saying they have voted by early or
absentee voting, followed by Gingrich with 18% and Paul
with 5%. Santorum
leads Romney 42% to 27% among those saying they will
vote on election day, followed by Gingrich with 20% and Paul
with 6%. Santorum
leads
with 44% among
likely Republican
primary voters saying they are supporters of the Tea Party,
followed by Gingrich with 24%, Romney with 23%, and Paul
with 5%. Among likely primary voters saying they are
not supporters of the Tea Party
or are undecided about the Tea Party, Santorum leads with 42%,
followed by Romney with 30%, Gingrich
with 17%, and Paul with 7%.
Santorum leads among men with 42%, followed
by Romney with 24%, Gingrich with 21%, and Paul with 9%.
Santorum
leads Romney 44%
to 30% among women, followed by Gingrich with 19% and Paul
with 3%.
Preference
by early vote:
| Louisiana |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Voted early (10%) |
Election day (90%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
18% |
20% |
| Paul |
5% |
6% |
| Romney |
27% |
27% |
| Santorum |
50% |
42% |
| Other |
* |
1% |
| Undecided |
- |
4% |
Preference by Tea Party
support:
| Louisiana |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Supporter (44%) |
Not/Undecided (56%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
24% |
17% |
| Paul |
5% |
7% |
| Romney |
23% |
30% |
| Santorum |
44% |
42% |
| Other |
1% |
1% |
| Undecided |
3% |
3% |
Preference by Sex:
| Louisiana |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Male (52%) |
Female (48%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
21% |
19% |
| Paul |
9% |
3% |
| Romney |
24% |
30% |
| Santorum |
42% |
44% |
| Other |
1% |
1% |
| Undecided |
3% |
3% |
About this Survey -
Survey Sponsor: American Research Group, Inc. The
American Research Group has been conducting surveys of voters since
1985. Sample
Size: 600 completed telephone interviews among a random sample
of likely Republican primary voters living in Louisiana (600 registered Republicans). Sample
Dates: March 20-22, 2012 Margin of Error: ±
4 percentage
points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion
is evenly split. An "*" in the tables indicates responses of less than 1/2
of 1 percent. Question Wording:
If the 2012 Republican presidential preference
primary were
being held today between (names rotated) Newt Gingrich, Ron
Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum,
for whom would you
vote?
Do you consider yourself to be a supporter of
the Tea Party movement, or not? Using a scale of 1 to
10, with 1 meaning that you will
definitely not vote in the
2012 Republican presidential primary and 10 meaning
that
you will definitely vote in the 2012 Republican presidential
primary, what number would
you give as your chance of voting in the 2012 Republican
presidential primary?
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