Question:
US3A-D. In November, there will be an election for President of the United States. I know it’s early, but let me ask….
In a race for president between … and …. Who would you vote for?
ROTATE ORDER WITHIN QUESTION
Barack Obama, the Democrat
ROTATE MATCHUPS
Mitt Romney, the Republican
Ron Paul, the Republican
Newt Gingrich, the Republican
Rick Santorum, the Republican
DK [vol. ASK: “which way to you lean?”]

In November, there will be an election for President of the United States. I know it’s early, but let me ask…In a race for president between…and…Who would you vote for?
All
Dem
Ind
Rep
Men
Wom
Approve
unsure
disapprove
Barack Obama
50%
86
32
9
44
57
89
31
7
Mitt Romney
37%
6
34
83
43
30
4
20
79
Don’t know
13%
8
34
8
13
13
7
49
14 Barack Obama 52% 84 36 16 45 59 87 42 12 Ron Paul 34% 9 35 70 42 26 6 18 70 Don’t now 14% 7 29 14 14 15 7 40 18
Barack Obama
56%
89
38
19
49 63
93
47
13
Newt Gingrich
29%
4
27
67
35 23
2
9 66
Don’t know
15%
7
35
13
15
14
6
44
21 Barack Obama 54% 88 40 14 48 59 90 45 10 Rick Santorum 33% 5 30 77 38 28 3 11 74 Don’t know 13% 7 30 9 14 13 7 44 16

Poll Demographics
Gender
Male
49
Female
51
Age
18-29
12
30-44
26
45-59
32
60+
27
Ref.
4
In addition to being American, would you say you are…?
White
68
Black
13
Hispanic or Latino
9
Asian
4
Other/ref.
6
Public Employee Household?
yes
22
No
75
not sure/ref.
3
Party ID
Dem. + lean Dem.
49
ind. + unsure + ref.
18
Rep. + lean Rep.
33

About this Poll
The most recent survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind was conducted by telephone from Mar. 5, 2012, through Mar. 11, 2012, using a randomly selected sample of 800 registered voters statewide. The margin of error for a sample of 800 randomly selected respondents is +/- 3.5 percentage points. The margin of error for subgroups is larger and varies by the size of that subgroup. Survey results are also subject to non-sampling error. This kind of error, which cannot be measured, arises from a number of factors including, but not limited to, non-response (eligible individuals refusing to be interviewed), question wording, the order in which questions are asked, and variations among interviewers. PublicMind interviews are conducted by Opinion America of Cedar Knolls, NJ, with professionally trained interviewers using a CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) system. Random selection is achieved by computerized random-digit dialing. This technique gives every person with a land-line phone number (including those with unlisted numbers) an equal chance of being selected. Landline households are supplemented with a separate, randomly selected sample of cell-phone-only-households, interviewed in the same time frame. The total combined sample is mathematically weighted to match known demographics of age, race and gender.