Mason-Dixon Georgia 2012 Presidential Poll
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
- Newt Gingrich 43%
- Mitt Romney 21%
- Rick Perry 7%
- Ron Paul 4%
- Michele Bachmann 3%
- Jon Huntsman 2%
- Rick Santorum 1%
- Undecided 19%
GENERAL ELECTION
- Mitt Romney 55%
- Barack Obama 38%
- Undecided 7%
- Newt Gingrich 50%
- Barack Obama 41%
- Undecided 9%
Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance as president?
- Approve 43%
- Disapprove 55%
Survey of 625 registered voters, including a subsample of 400 likely Republican primary voters, was conducted December 12-14, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points among all registered voters; +/- 5 percentage points among likely GOP primary voters. Party ID: 38% Republican; 35% Democrat; 27% Independent/Other
–Data compilation and analysis courtesy of The Argo Journal
December 18th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
So he leads in his home state now only by 22% instead of the previous 40-55%? Newt-a-Bust Ging-crash continues.
December 18th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Romney does better against Obama in Georgia than Newt does. I’m sold.
December 18th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Romney is now leading on Intrade….to win Iowa.
I’m no Romney supporter but I think it’s safe to say he’s officially the frontrunner again.
December 18th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Woo hoo!
•Newt Gingrich 43%
•Mitt Romney 21%
About the same as SC & FL.
Game. Set. Match. NEWT!
December 18th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Craig keep track of your med dosage please.
Give em hell Mitt!
December 18th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
The important numbers: Although Newt still leads Mitt by 22 in Georgia, Mitt still carries an 8-point advantage against Obama. This is the kind of data that proves going with Mitt does not damage the GOP in Southern states at all.
December 18th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
4:
That is his political home state. In previous Gingrich was leading by +42 and +53, not by just +22.
December 18th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
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Exactly.
December 18th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
These are bad numbers for Gingrich all around. He doesn’t break 50% in his home state and does substantially worse against Obama than Mitt does.
December 18th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
The Georgia primary is on Super Tuesday as is the Massachusetts primary (both March 6). If both Gingrich and Romney are still in the race at the time, they will probably each win their respective states which should cancel each other out in terms of impact. The real question is who will win the other primaries that day.
December 18th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Polls like this are great news for Romney because people in Georgia and other states will see how easily Mitt defeats Obama in the general and how easily Newt could lose to Obama in the general. When it’s time to vote in Georgia, people will be well aware of it. They will also know all about Newt’s flips, his radical positions, his money grubbing “advice” at Freddie, and his global warming commercial with Pelosi (Did he get paid for that?).
55% of those polled disapprove of Obama’s performance, but only 50% of them would vote for Newt in the general. Considering the party breakdown, this poll is bad news for Newt. And it was taken after Nikki Haley endorsed Romney.