Mississippi
Presidential Primary Preference:
| Mississippi |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Mar 10-11
2012 |
|
|
| Gingrich |
32% |
| Paul |
8% |
| Romney |
34% |
| Santorum |
22% |
| Other |
1% |
| Undecided |
3% |
Mitt Romney leads the Mississippi Republican
presidential primary with 34%. Romney is followed by Newt Gingrich
with 32%, Rick Santorum
with 22%, and Ron Paul with 8%.
In a similar survey conducted March 7-8, 2012,
Gingrich was leading Romney 35% to 31%.
Romney leads Gingrich 36% to 33% among self-identified
Republicans, followed by Santorum with 23% and Paul with 5%.
Among self-identified independents
and Democrats, Gingrich and Romney lead with 25% each, followed
by Paul with
24% and Santorum
with 18%. Gingrich and Romney are tied at 33% each
among likely
Republican primary voters saying they will definitely vote
in the March 6 primary, followed by Santorum with 23% and Paul
with 8%. Romney
leads Gingrich 46% to 15% among those saying they will probably
vote, followed by Paul and Santorum with 13% each. Gingrich
leads
with 38% among
likely Republican
primary voters saying they are supporters of the Tea Party,
followed by Romney with 23%, Santorum with 21%, and Paul
with 8%. Among likely primary voters saying they are
not supporters of the Tea Party
or are undecided about the Tea Party, Romney leads with 46%,
followed by Santorum with 23%, Gingrich
with 16%, and Paul with 9%.
Gingrich leads among men with 38%, followed
by Romney with 26%, Santorum with 20%, and Paul with 14%.
Romney leads Santorum 43%
to 25% among women, followed by Gingrich with 24% and Paul
with 2%.
Comparisons to past surveys:
| Mississippi |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Mar 7-8
2012 |
Mar
10-11
2012 |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
35% |
32% |
| Paul |
7% |
8% |
| Romney |
31% |
34% |
| Santorum |
20% |
22% |
| Other |
* |
1% |
| Undecided |
7% |
3% |
Preference
by party:
| Mississippi |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Republicans (82%) |
Independents (18%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
33% |
25% |
| Paul |
5% |
24% |
| Romney |
36% |
25% |
| Santorum |
23% |
18% |
| Other |
- |
3% |
| Undecided |
3% |
5% |
Preference
by likely to vote:
| Mississippi |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Definitely - 10 (92%) |
Probably - 7-9 (8%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
33% |
15% |
| Paul |
8% |
13% |
| Romney |
33% |
46% |
| Santorum |
23% |
13% |
| Other |
- |
6% |
| Undecided |
3% |
7% |
Preference by Tea Party
support:
| Mississippi |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Supporter (53%) |
Not/Undecided (47%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
45% |
16% |
| Paul |
8% |
9% |
| Romney |
23% |
46% |
| Santorum |
21% |
23% |
| Other |
- |
1% |
| Undecided |
3% |
5% |
Preference by Sex:
| Mississippi |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Male (54%) |
Female (46%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
38% |
24% |
| Paul |
14% |
2% |
| Romney |
26% |
43% |
| Santorum |
20% |
25% |
| Other |
- |
1% |
| Undecided |
2% |
5% |
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 Mississippi (490 self-identified Republicans,
78 self-identified independents, and 32 self-identified Democrats). Sample
Dates: March 10-11, 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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