Quinnipiac University conducted a survey of 1610 Ohio registered voters between Jan 9 and Jan 16, 2012. Respondents were contacted by either Cellphone or Landline and instructed by a live operator. The results of this poll were released on Jan 18, 2012.
Results were provided for each of the 2 publicly acknowledged questions along with the order in which they were presented.
Question 1 | PreferenceView Matchup
(If Registered Republicans) If the 2012 Republican primary for President were being held today, and the candidates were, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Jon Huntsman, for whom would you vote?
This question was presented to 542 registered voters from Ohio who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 4.2%.
The question wording was provided by Quinnipiac University.
Question 2 | PreferenceView Matchup
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?
| Obama (D) | Romney (R) | Don't Know/NA | Someone Else | Would Not Vote | Total |
|---|
| All | 44% | 42% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 1610
Registered |
| Female | 47% | 38% | 10% | 2% | 3% | |
| Male | 42% | 45% | 6% | 4% | 2% | |
| Democrat | 87% | 7% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 32% |
| Independent | 40% | 39% | 11% | 6% | 4% | 33% |
| Republican | 5% | 89% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 27% |
This question was presented to 1610 registered voters from Ohio who were contacted in some undisclosed fashion. The margin of sampling error is ± 2.4%.
The question wording was provided by Quinnipiac University.