Question:

3. If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and - Rick Santorum the Republican, for whom would you vote?






Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom

Obama 45% 8% 82% 42% 46% 45%
Santorum 44 85 10 42 46 43
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 1 - - 1 1 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 4 2 2 8 3 4
DK/NA 6 4 5 6 4 7


4. If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and - Mitt Romney the Republican, for whom would you vote?






Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom

Obama 46% 8% 86% 41% 47% 46%
Romney 40 80 4 41 41 38
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 2 2 1 2 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 4 5 2 8 4 5
DK/NA 8 6 7 8 7 9


5. If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and - Newt Gingrich the Republican, for whom would you vote?






Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom

Obama 50% 12% 89% 47% 49% 52%
Gingrich 37 77 4 36 41 33
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 2 2 - 3 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 5 5 2 9 4 6
DK/NA 6 5 4 6 5 7


6. If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama the Democrat and - Ron Paul the Republican, for whom would you vote?






Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom

Obama 45% 11% 82% 39% 43% 47%
Paul 40 71 9 43 44 36
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 1 2 - 2 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 6 10 2 8 4 7
DK/NA 8 7 7 8 7 9


Poll Demographics

About this Poll
From March 7 - 12, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,256 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The survey includes 508 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percentage points.