Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

Nationwide public opinion polls conducted with respect to the Republican primaries for the 2012 United States presidential election are as follows. The people named in the polls were either declared candidates, former candidates or received media speculation about their possible candidacy.

Eleven different people were at the top of a poll at one time or the other; these were (in chronological order of earliest poll lead): Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum.

2012 polls

Poll sourceSamplesizeDate(s) administeredNewt GingrichRon PaulMitt Romney OthersCBS News/New York Times 268 April 13–17, 2012 20% 12% 54% Someone else (9%)Economist/YouGov 262 April 14–16, 2012 20% 14% 49% Other (10%)No preference (8%)Public Policy Polling 742 April 13–15, 2012 24% 14% 54% Someone else/Not sure (9%)CNN/ORCCNN/ORC 473 April 13–15, 2012 19% 18% 57% Someone else (3%)None/No one (3%) Poll sourceSamplesizeDate(s) administeredNewt GingrichRon PaulMitt RomneyRick Santorum OthersFox News/Anderson Robbins/Shaw & Co. 354 April 9–11, 2012 13% 16% 46% 15% Someone else (2%)Too soon to say (4%)Don't know (4%)Pew Research 1099 April 4–14, 2012 13% 13% 42% 21% None (4%)Don't know/Refused (3%)Too early to tell (2%)Other (2%)Gallup 1,149 April 4–9, 2012 10% 10% 42% 24% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Washington Post-ABC NewsWashington Post-ABC News April 5–8, 2012 10% 13% 44% 25% Other (2%)None (3%)No opinion (3%)Gallup 1,189 April 3–7, 2012 9% 11% 42% 25% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,218 April 2–6, 2012 10% 12% 41% 26% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,245 April 1–5, 2012 9% 12% 41% 25% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,217 March 31 – April 4, 2012 10% 12% 39% 26% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,230 March 30 – April 3, 2012 11% 12% 40% 25% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,212 March 29 – April 2, 2012 12% 11% 41% 25% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,194 March 28 – April 1, 2012 11% 10% 43% 25% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (9%)

Poll sourceSamplesizeDate(s) administeredNewt GingrichRon PaulMitt RomneyRick Santorum OthersGallup 1,149 March 27–31, 2012 11% 10% 42% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (8%)Gallup 1,131 March 26–30, 2012 11% 10% 42% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (8%)Gallup 1,148 March 25–29, 2012 11% 10% 42% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (9%)Gallup 1,153 March 24–28, 2012 10% 11% 39% 28% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,142 March 23–27, 2012 11% 11% 39% 28% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,138 March 22–26, 2012 12% 10% 39% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)CNN/ORC 463 March 24–25, 2012 15% 17% 36% 26% Someone else (1%)None/No one (2%)No opinion (2%)Gallup 1,157 March 21–25, 2012 14% 9% 39% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (9%)Gallup 1,153 March 20–24, 2012 13% 8% 41% 26% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (9%)Gallup 1,145 March 19–23, 2012 15% 8% 42% 26% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (8%)McClatchy-Marist 377 March 20–22, 2012 13% 13% 39% 31% Undecided (4%) – – 50% 44% Undecided (6%)Gallup 1,157 March 18–22, 2012 14% 8% 40% 26% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (9%)Gallup 1,159 March 17–21, 2012 14% 9% 38% 27% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,149 March 16–20, 2012 13% 10% 37% 27% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,157 March 15–19, 2012 13% 10% 34% 30% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,159 March 14–18, 2012 13% 10% 35% 29% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Public Policy Polling 734 March 15–17, 2012 20% 9% 34% 31% Someone else/Not sure (6%) – 11% 40% 41% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,183 March 13–17, 2012 12% 11% 36% 28% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,211 March 12–16, 2012 13% 10% 36% 28% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,224 March 11–15, 2012 13% 10% 36% 28% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,215 March 10–14, 2012 15% 10% 35% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,205 March 9–13, 2012 16% 11% 33% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,207 March 8–12, 2012 17% 12% 32% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Reuters/Ipsos(Republicans and Independents) 500 March 8–11, 2012 12% 14% 33% 29% Wouldn't vote (1%)None/Other (5%)Don't know/Refused (6%) – – 46% 42% Wouldn't vote (6%)Don't know/Refused (5%)Reuters/Ipsos(Republicans only) 400 March 8–11, 2012 12% 11% 37% 32% Wouldn't vote (<0.5%)None/Other (3%)Don't know/Refused (6%) – – 49% 44% Wouldn't vote (3%)Don't know/Refused (4%)Gallup 1,208 March 7–11, 2012 15% 12% 34% 25% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)CBS News/New York Times 1,206 March 7–11, 2012 13% 8% 30% 34%Gallup 1,206 March 6–10, 2012 14% 11% 36% 24% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,198 March 5–9, 2012 13% 11% 36% 23% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,218 March 4–8, 2012 13% 11% 35% 24% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)Gallup 1,206 March 3–7, 2012 12% 11% 37% 23% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)Gallup 1,192 March 2–6, 2012 14% 11% 37% 23% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,206 March 1–5, 2012 15% 12% 34% 24% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,211 February 29 – March 4, 2012 15% 12% 38% 22% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,181 February 28 – March 3, 2012 17% 10% 38% 22% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,161 February 27 – March 2, 2012 17% 10% 36% 22% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,153 February 26 – March 1, 2012 16% 11% 35% 23% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)

Poll sourceSamplesizeDate(s) administeredNewt GingrichRon PaulMitt RomneyRick Santorum OthersRasmussen Reports 1,000 February 29, 2012 16% 12% 40% 24% Other (2%)Undecided (6%)Gallup 1,171 February 25–29, 2012 15% 11% 35% 24% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,139 February 24–28, 2012 16% 11% 33% 25% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,144 February 23–27, 2012 14% 13% 31% 26% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,160 February 22–26, 2012 14% 12% 32% 28% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,174 February 21–25, 2012 15% 11% 31% 29% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,153 February 20–24, 2012 16% 11% 30% 31% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,187 February 19–23, 2012 16% 11% 27% 33% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,215 February 18–22, 2012 15% 10% 27% 34% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,188 February 17–21, 2012 15% 10% 27% 35% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,175 February 16–20, 2012 14% 11% 26% 36% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Associated Press/GfKAssociated Press/GfK 450 February 16–20, 2012 15% 15% 32% 33% None (2%)Don't Know (3%)Refused(1%)Gallup 1,194 February 15–19, 2012 13% 11% 26% 36% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,187 February 14–18, 2012 13% 11% 28% 36% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,156 February 13–17, 2012 13% 11% 29% 35% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,187 February 12–16, 2012 14% 11% 30% 34% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (10%)Gallup 1,206 February 11–15, 2012 14% 10% 31% 32% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Rasmussen Reports 1,000 February 14, 2012 15% 10% 27% 39% Other(3%) Undecided (6%)Gallup 1,164 February 10–14, 2012 15% 8% 33% 31% Other (1%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)CNN/ORC 478 February 10–13, 2012 15% 16% 32% 34% None/No one (2%)No opinion (2%)Gallup 1,156 February 9–13, 2012 16% 8% 32% 30% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)CBS News/New York Times Poll 1,197 February 8–13, 2012 10% 12% 27% 30%Gallup 1,162 February 8–12, 2012 16% 8% 32% 30% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Pew Research Center 1,501 February 8–12, 2012 17% 12% 28% 30% Other (1%)None/Don't know (12%)FDU PublicMind 578 February 6–12, 2012 15% 7% 33% 33% Unsure/Refused (13%)Gallup 1,158 February 7–11, 2012 16% 8% 34% 27% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Public Policy Polling 656 February 9–10, 2012 17% 13% 23% 38% Someone else/Not sure (8%) – 15% 28% 50% Not sure (8%) 42% – 45% – Someone else (14%) – 26% 61% – Someone else (13%) – – 32% 56% Someone else (12%)Gallup 1,137 February 4–10, 2012 17% 8% 34% 24% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)Anderson Robbins Research/Shaw & Company Research 407 February 6–9, 2012 22% 15% 33% 23% Someone else (1%)Too soon to say (3%)Don't know (4%)Gallup 1,180 February 3–9, 2012 18% 10% 34% 22% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,180 February 2–8, 2012 20% 10% 36% 20% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,173 February 1–7, 2012 21% 12% 37% 17% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Rasmussen Reports 1,000 February 6, 2012 27% 11% 34% 18% Other (3%)Undecided (7%) 40% – 46% – – – 50% 38% – 30% 58% –Reuters/Ipsos (Republicans and Independents) 500 February 2–6, 2012 16% 22% 28% 16% Wouldn't vote (2%)None/other (5%)Don't Know/Refused (12%) 37% – 50% – Don't know/Refused (13%)Reuters/Ipsos (Republicans only) 400 February 2–6, 2012 19% 21% 29% 18% Wouldn't vote (1%)None/other (3%)Don't Know/Refused (10%) 40% – 53% – Don't know/Refused (6%)Gallup 1,173 January 31 – February 6, 2012 22% 11% 37% 16% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,192 January 30 – February 3, 2012 24% 12% 35% 16% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (11%)Gallup 1,161 January 29 – February 2, 2012 25% 11% 33% 16% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (12%)Gallup 1,164 January 28 – February 1, 2012 25% 12% 31% 17% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)

Poll sourceSamplesizeDate(s) administeredNewt GingrichRon PaulMitt RomneyRick Santorum OthersGallup 1,159 January 27–31, 2012 26% 11% 31% 16% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,142 January 26–30, 2012 28% 13% 27% 17% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,112 January 25–29, 2012 28% 13% 27% 16% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,145 January 24–28, 2012 28% 14% 26% 15% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,148 January 23–27, 2012 32% 13% 26% 13% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)Gallup 1,184 January 22–26, 2012 32% 14% 24% 13% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)Gallup 1,181 January 21–25, 2012 31% 13% 25% 13% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (16%)NBC News/Wall Street Journal441January 22–24, 2012 37% 12% 28% 18% Other (1%)None (1%)Not sure (3%) 52% – 39% – Neither (4%)Not sure (5%)Gallup 1,205 January 20–24, 2012 31% 12% 28% 12% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)Rasmussen Reports 1,000 January 23, 2012 35% 10% 28% 16% Other (2%)Undecided (9%)Gallup 1,219 January 19–23, 2012 31% 12% 27% 12% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)Gallup 1,221 January 18–22, 2012 28% 13%29% 11% Other (5%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,226 January 17–21, 2012 25% 13%30% 12% Other (6%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Gallup 1,228 January 16–20, 2012 23% 14%31% 12% Other (8%)None/Any/No opinion (13%)Gallup 1,235 January 15–19, 2012 20% 13%30% 13% Other (9%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)

Poll sourceSamplesizeDate(s) administeredNewt GingrichRon PaulRick PerryMitt RomneyRick Santorum OthersGallup 1,206 January 14–18, 2012 17% 13% 8%33% 13% Other (2%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)Rasmussen 1,000 January 17, 2012 27% 13% 4%30% 15% Other (4%)Undecided (7%)Gallup 1,192 January 13–17, 2012 16% 12% 7%33% 14% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (14%)New York Times/CBS News 340 January 12–17, 2012 21% 15% 7%28% 16% Undecided/Don't know (7%)Gallup 1,183 January 12–16, 2012 15% 12% 6%34% 15% Other (3%)None/Any/No opinion (15%)