US-2012 Primary: 31% Gingrich, 15% Romney, 9% Perry (YouGov/Economist 12/3-6)

YouGov/Economist
12/3-6/11; 1,000 adults, 3.9% margin of error
Mode: Internet
YouGov release

National

2012 President: Republican Primary
31% Gingrich
15% Romney
9% Perry
7% Santorum
6% Bachmann
6% Huntsman
2% Johnson
(chart)

2012 President: General Election
46% Obama (D), 44% Romney (R) (chart)
46% Obama (D), 42% Gingrich (R) (chart)
46% Obama (D), 44% Paul (R)

Obama Job Approval
40% Approve, 54% Disapprove (chart)
Economy: 31 / 62 (chart)
Health Care: 38 / 56 (chart)

Congressional Job Approval
7% Approve, 73% Disapprove (chart)

State of the Country
16% Right Direction, 73% Wrong Track (chart)

Comments

[ashenthorn]

06:49 AM on 12/08/2011

Ron Paul left off poll results! Media ignoring Ron Paul! Conspiracy!

[StatsNo1fan]

10:20 PM on 12/07/2011

test

[StatsNo1fan]

10:09 PM on 12/07/2011

Newt only 2 points behind Mitt against B0 here too.

According to Pollster's charts Mitt now trails B0 by 2.2 points and Newt by 6.1. Newt trail Mitt by mere 3.9 points now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elections/state/US/?chart=12USPresGERvO&chart_mode=new

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elections/state/US/?chart=12USPresGEGvO&chart_mode=new

To boot, these charts are backward looking, and hardly representative of current volatile environment. Newt's numbers include polls from some time ago, and his current polls are better than his average.

Mitt's been VERY stable against B0 all year, ranging from around -1 to -5. Newt, OTOH, trailed by double digits earlier in the year, around 15+ points back in May and early June. If you look at actual polls back then, there were lots 18, 19, 20, 21 point deficits.

Point being, there are no safer or preferred opponents for B0. Whoever leads the GOP primary race, will do just as well against him as anyone else.

[Xenobion]

06:27 PM on 12/07/2011

Secretary of State John Bolton! Thanks Newt, nothing like the cannonfodder of a Bush era lackey to define your foreign policy.

[Dave WI]

08:28 PM on 12/07/2011

Not to mention it's sort of breaking the law.

[Xenobion]

02:00 AM on 12/08/2011

The clause is on Newt's side based off the wording, but nonetheless.

[Rightbrainedleftwinged]

06:18 PM on 12/07/2011

Check the cross tabs on this poll. 38 percent polled are from the south, vs the fewest from the northeast, and 22 percent for the west and 22 percent for the midwest. No wonder Gingrich is only trailing by 4. That is my first observation I could make on this poll.

[-iVote-]

05:53 PM on 12/07/2011

Um, you kind of left Ron Paul off at 3rd with 11%.

[mysaltydog]

04:44 PM on 12/07/2011

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ARE THERE TWO (GOD FORBID) GINGRICHS?????