Ohio
Presidential Primary Preference:
| Ohio |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Mar 3-4
2012 |
|
|
| Gingrich |
18% |
| Paul |
13% |
| Romney |
35% |
| Santorum |
28% |
| Other |
1% |
| Undecided |
5% |
Mitt Romney leads the Ohio Republican
presidential primary with 35%. Romney is followed by Rick Santorum
with 28%, Newt Gingrich
with 18%, and Ron Paul with 13%.
Romney leads Santorum 36% to 29% among
Republicans, followed by Gingrich with 18% and Paul with 11%.
Among independents, Romney leads with 33%, followed by Santorum with 25%, Paul with 20%, and
Gingrich
with 17%. Santorum leads
with 37% among
likely Republican
primary voters saying they are supporters of the Tea Party,
followed by Romney with 33%, Gingrich with 17%, and Paul
with 10%. Among likely primary voters saying they are
not supporters of the Tea Party
or are undecided about the Tea Party, Romney leads with 38%,
followed by Santorum and Gingrich with 19% each, and Paul
with 16%.
Romney leads Santorum 32% to 27% among
men,
followed
by Gingrich with 21% and Paul with 17%. Romney leads Santorum 39%
to 30% among women, followed by Gingrich with 14% and Paul
with 8%.
Preference
by party:
| Ohio |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Republicans (80%) |
Independents (20%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
18% |
17% |
| Paul |
11% |
20% |
| Romney |
36% |
33% |
| Santorum |
29% |
25% |
| Other |
1% |
1% |
| Undecided |
5% |
4% |
Preference by Tea Party
support:
| Ohio |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Supporter (51%) |
Not/Undecided (49%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
17% |
19% |
| Paul |
10% |
16% |
| Romney |
33% |
38% |
| Santorum |
37% |
19% |
| Other |
- |
2% |
| Undecided |
3% |
6% |
Preference by Sex:
| Ohio |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Male (52%) |
Female (48%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
21% |
14% |
| Paul |
17% |
8% |
| Romney |
32% |
39% |
| Santorum |
27% |
30% |
| Other |
1% |
1% |
| Undecided |
2% |
8% |
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 Ohio (478 self-identified Republicans
and
122 self-identified independents). Sample
Dates: March 3-4, 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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