Pennsylvania
Presidential Primary Preference:
| Pennsylvania |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Apr 9-10
2012 |
|
|
| Gingrich |
7% |
| Paul |
5% |
| Romney |
44% |
| Santorum |
40% |
| Other |
1% |
| Undecided |
3% |
In a survey with over half of the interviews
completed before Rick Santorum suspended his campaign, Mitt Romney leads the Pennsylvania Republican
presidential primary with 44%. Romney is followed by Santorum
with 40%, Newt Gingrich
with 7%, and Ron Paul with 5%.
Romney leads Santorum 44% to 39% among likely Republican primary voters interviewed on April 9 and Romney leads Santorum 44% to 41% among likely Republican primary voters interviewed on April 10.
Santorum
leads
with 42% among
likely Republican
primary voters saying they are supporters of the Tea Party,
followed by Romney with 34%, Gingrich with 15%, and Paul
with 5%. Among likely primary voters saying they are
not supporters of the Tea Party
or are undecided about the Tea Party, Romney leads with 52%,
followed by Santorum with 38%, Paul with 5%, and Gingrich
with 1%.
Romney leads among men with 44%, followed
by Santorum with 37%, Paul with 8%, and Gingrich with 7%.
Romney
leads Santorum 44%
to 43% among women, followed by Gingrich with 7% and Paul
with 2%.
Preference
by date of interview:
| Pennsylvania |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
April 9 (55%) |
April 10 (45%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
7% |
7% |
| Paul |
6% |
4% |
| Romney |
44% |
44% |
| Santorum |
39% |
41% |
| Other |
1% |
1% |
| Undecided |
3% |
3% |
Preference by Tea Party
support:
| Pennsylvania |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Supporter (43%) |
Not/Undecided (57%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
15% |
1% |
| Paul |
5% |
5% |
| Romney |
34% |
52% |
| Santorum |
42% |
38% |
| Other |
- |
2% |
| Undecided |
4% |
2% |
Preference by Sex:
| Pennsylvania |
Likely Republican
Primary Voters |
Male (53%) |
Female (478%) |
|
|
|
| Gingrich |
7% |
7% |
| Paul |
8% |
2% |
| Romney |
44% |
44% |
| Santorum |
37% |
43% |
| 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 Pennsylvania (600 registered Republicans).
A total of 329 interviews were completed on April 9 and 271 were completed on April 10. Sample
Dates: April 9-10, 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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