Florida Republican Presidential primary results – Politics – Decision 2012

Mitt Romney		46%	775,014	delegates 50
Newt Gingrich	32%	533,117	0
Rick Santorum	13%	222,799	0
Ron Paul	7%	117,104	0

NewtGingrich	37%	6,321
Mitt Romney	36%	6,203
Rick Santorum	14%	2,406
Ron Paul	11%	1,954

NewtGingrich	48%	1,272
Mitt Romney	30%	812
Rick Santorum	15%	409
Ron Paul	5%	137

MittRomney	36%	7,701
Newt Gingrich	36%	7,645
Rick Santorum	18%	3,763
Ron Paul	8%	1,785

NewtGingrich	46%	1,127
Mitt Romney	29%	704
Rick Santorum	19%	474
Ron Paul	6%	144

MittRomney	43%	31,448
Newt Gingrich	33%	24,215
Rick Santorum	15%	11,239
Ron Paul	8%	5,652

MittRomney	50%	35,795
Newt Gingrich	30%	22,012
Rick Santorum	12%	8,604
Ron Paul	7%	4,817

NewtGingrich	42%	286
Mitt Romney	26%	180
Rick Santorum	22%	153
Ron Paul	7%	49

MittRomney	44%	9,043
Newt Gingrich	34%	6,998
Rick Santorum	14%	2,882
Ron Paul	7%	1,506

MittRomney	42%	8,834
Newt Gingrich	36%	7,555
Rick Santorum	14%	2,898
Ron Paul	8%	1,631

NewtGingrich	43%	12,247
Mitt Romney	37%	10,476
Rick Santorum	14%	4,075
Ron Paul	5%	1,393

MittRomney	57%	29,084
Newt Gingrich	26%	13,080
Rick Santorum	12%	6,083
Ron Paul	4%	2,075

NewtGingrich	41%	2,387
Mitt Romney	33%	1,928
Rick Santorum	18%	1,034
Ron Paul	7%	378

NewtGingrich	39%	578
Mitt Romney	36%	524
Rick Santorum	18%	263
Ron Paul	6%	95

NewtGingrich	55%	485
Mitt Romney	27%	235
Rick Santorum	12%	108
Ron Paul	5%	45

MittRomney	40%	35,194
Newt Gingrich	39%	33,821
Rick Santorum	13%	11,602
Ron Paul	7%	5,699

NewtGingrich	39%	14,665
Mitt Romney	35%	13,111
Rick Santorum	16%	5,881
Ron Paul	9%	3,537

MittRomney	47%	5,042
Newt Gingrich	35%	3,765
Rick Santorum	13%	1,358
Ron Paul	5%	540

NewtGingrich	48%	340
Mitt Romney	31%	223
Rick Santorum	13%	94
Ron Paul	6%	45

NewtGingrich	37%	734
Mitt Romney	30%	594
Rick Santorum	22%	438
Ron Paul	8%	165

NewtGingrich	44%	774
Mitt Romney	26%	455
Rick Santorum	20%	358
Ron Paul	8%	147

NewtGingrich	43%	297
Mitt Romney	35%	237
Rick Santorum	16%	113
Ron Paul	5%	35

NewtGingrich	49%	665
Mitt Romney	28%	377
Rick Santorum	18%	239
Ron Paul	5%	66

NewtGingrich	56%	359
Mitt Romney	22%	137
Rick Santorum	11%	67
Ron Paul	9%	57

NewtGingrich	40%	478
Mitt Romney	33%	397
Rick Santorum	16%	186
Ron Paul	9%	105

NewtGingrich	39%	650
Mitt Romney	37%	628
Rick Santorum	15%	258
Ron Paul	7%	115

MittRomney	42%	7,915
Newt Gingrich	35%	6,441
Rick Santorum	14%	2,603
Ron Paul	8%	1,578

MittRomney	43%	4,542
Newt Gingrich	36%	3,788
Rick Santorum	15%	1,567
Ron Paul	5%	515

MittRomney	48%	43,129
Newt Gingrich	28%	25,520
Rick Santorum	16%	14,125
Ron Paul	8%	6,943

NewtGingrich	51%	697
Mitt Romney	24%	323
Rick Santorum	18%	242
Ron Paul	6%	81

MittRomney	54%	11,936
Newt Gingrich	27%	6,050
Rick Santorum	12%	2,657
Ron Paul	5%	1,213

NewtGingrich	49%	1,542
Mitt Romney	24%	755
Rick Santorum	20%	623
Ron Paul	6%	179

NewtGingrich	42%	440
Mitt Romney	30%	322
Rick Santorum	20%	216
Ron Paul	7%	75

NewtGingrich	51%	259
Mitt Romney	25%	128
Rick Santorum	17%	87
Ron Paul	5%	27

MittRomney	45%	18,361
Newt Gingrich	35%	14,427
Rick Santorum	12%	4,946
Ron Paul	6%	2,244

MittRomney	48%	35,139
Newt Gingrich	31%	22,420
Rick Santorum	15%	10,836
Ron Paul	6%	4,254

MittRomney	37%	8,317
Newt Gingrich	29%	6,528
Rick Santorum	21%	4,747
Ron Paul	10%	2,193

NewtGingrich	45%	1,644
Mitt Romney	30%	1,086
Rick Santorum	16%	594
Ron Paul	7%	252

NewtGingrich	43%	74
Mitt Romney	25%	43
Rick Santorum	23%	39
Ron Paul	8%	14

NewtGingrich	47%	492
Mitt Romney	25%	266
Rick Santorum	20%	209
Ron Paul	6%	68

MittRomney	48%	18,589
Newt Gingrich	27%	10,617
Rick Santorum	16%	6,314
Ron Paul	6%	2,482

MittRomney	46%	19,877
Newt Gingrich	34%	14,991
Rick Santorum	12%	5,237
Ron Paul	6%	2,612

MittRomney	52%	12,898
Newt Gingrich	26%	6,562
Rick Santorum	12%	3,099
Ron Paul	8%	1,915

MittRomney	61%	69,653
Newt Gingrich	27%	30,394
Rick Santorum	6%	7,133
Ron Paul	5%	5,562

MittRomney	49%	4,067
Newt Gingrich	31%	2,597
Rick Santorum	9%	791
Ron Paul	9%	721

NewtGingrich	42%	5,109
Mitt Romney	38%	4,656
Rick Santorum	13%	1,560
Ron Paul	6%	714

MittRomney	37%	10,867
Newt Gingrich	36%	10,662
Rick Santorum	16%	4,707
Ron Paul	10%	2,909

NewtGingrich	39%	873
Mitt Romney	32%	717
Rick Santorum	22%	488
Ron Paul	6%	125

MittRomney	48%	36,631
Newt Gingrich	33%	25,256
Rick Santorum	11%	8,674
Ron Paul	7%	5,402

MittRomney	42%	5,904
Newt Gingrich	36%	5,045
Rick Santorum	13%	1,859
Ron Paul	7%	1,020

MittRomney	54%	45,269
Newt Gingrich	28%	23,191
Rick Santorum	10%	8,571
Ron Paul	7%	5,596

MittRomney	44%	19,175
Newt Gingrich	30%	13,057
Rick Santorum	16%	6,731
Ron Paul	9%	3,871

MittRomney	49%	50,762
Newt Gingrich	24%	24,491
Rick Santorum	15%	15,452
Ron Paul	10%	10,779

MittRomney	42%	20,570
Newt Gingrich	33%	16,160
Rick Santorum	17%	8,184
Ron Paul	7%	3,282

NewtGingrich	46%	2,704
Mitt Romney	32%	1,871
Rick Santorum	14%	835
Ron Paul	6%	358

NewtGingrich	41%	9,312
Mitt Romney	33%	7,531
Rick Santorum	16%	3,636
Ron Paul	9%	2,097

MittRomney	51%	28,319
Newt Gingrich	27%	15,151
Rick Santorum	14%	7,653
Ron Paul	7%	3,900

MittRomney	47%	22,785
Newt Gingrich	33%	15,938
Rick Santorum	12%	5,561
Ron Paul	7%	3,277

MittRomney	48%	16,157
Newt Gingrich	34%	11,588
Rick Santorum	13%	4,378
Ron Paul	5%	1,704

MittRomney	47%	10,913
Newt Gingrich	29%	6,806
Rick Santorum	14%	3,288
Ron Paul	8%	1,953

MittRomney	57%	11,613
Newt Gingrich	31%	6,373
Rick Santorum	9%	1,807
Ron Paul	3%	534

NewtGingrich	46%	1,682
Mitt Romney	25%	912
Rick Santorum	19%	704
Ron Paul	8%	304

NewtGingrich	46%	627
Mitt Romney	26%	349
Rick Santorum	17%	225
Ron Paul	8%	112

NewtGingrich	43%	335
Mitt Romney	31%	243
Rick Santorum	18%	142
Ron Paul	7%	52

MittRomney	45%	18,634
Newt Gingrich	36%	15,057
Rick Santorum	12%	4,971
Ron Paul	7%	2,775

NewtGingrich	40%	861
Mitt Romney	25%	545
Rick Santorum	24%	521
Ron Paul	9%	202

NewtGingrich	41%	3,442
Mitt Romney	35%	2,997
Rick Santorum	14%	1,197
Ron Paul	9%	764

NewtGingrich	39%	1,158
Mitt Romney	30%	886
Rick Santorum	20%	605
Ron Paul	9%	274

Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Gender
Male	36	9	41	13	51
Female	28	5	52	13	49
Race
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
White	32	7	45	14	83
Black	-	-	-	-	1
Hispanic or Latino	29	5	54	9	14
Asian	-	-	-	-	1
Other	-	-	-	-	1
In which age group are you?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
18-29	21	25	41	13	6
30-44	26	15	42	15	15
45-64	33	5	44	15	42
65 or over	34	3	51	9	36
In which age group are you?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
18-24	-	-	-	-	3
25-29	-	-	-	-	3
30-39	25	18	38	17	9
40-49	30	7	47	14	14
50-64	34	6	44	15	35
65 or over	34	3	51	9	36
Which best describes your education?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
High school or less	37	7	47	9	19
Some college or associate degree	33	7	45	13	32
College graduate	28	7	48	16	32
Postgraduate study	32	8	46	11	18
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Which best describes your education?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
College graduate	29	8	47	14	50
No college degree	34	7	45	12	50
Which best describes your education?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
More than high school graduate	31	7	46	14	81
High school graduate or less	37	7	47	9	19
Are you currently married?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Yes	32	7	43	15	74
No	26	10	48	11	26
Gender by marital status
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Married men	36	9	37	15	41
Married women	28	5	51	15	33
Single men	24	13	50	11	11
Single women	28	7	47	11	15
2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $30,000	32	10	42	14	15
$30,000 - $49,999	29	10	45	14	19
$50,000 - $99,999	33	6	45	15	35
$100,000 - $199,999	33	5	48	12	22
$200,000 or more	23	6	60	10	9
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2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $50,000	31	10	44	14	34
$50,000-$99,999	33	6	45	15	35
$100,000 or more	30	5	52	12	31
2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $50,000	31	10	44	14	34
$50,000 or more	32	6	48	13	66
2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $100,000	32	8	44	14	69
$100,000 or more	30	5	52	12	31
No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Democrat	-	-	-	-	2
Republican	33	5	48	13	80
Independent or something else	27	16	41	15	18
On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Very liberal	-	-	-	-	2
Somewhat liberal	25	13	48	7	6
Moderate	19	10	62	8	23
Somewhat conservative	32	5	52	9	36
Very conservative	41	6	30	22	33
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Very conservative	41	6	30	22	33
Somewhat conservative	32	5	52	9	36
Moderate or liberal	20	11	59	7	31
On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Conservative	37	6	41	16	69
Moderate or liberal	20	11	59	7	31
How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Strongly support	45	5	33	17	35
Somewhat support	28	8	50	13	30
Neutral	22	8	57	10	23
Somewhat oppose	17	7	62	11	5
Strongly oppose	-	-	-	-	4
How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Support	37	6	41	15	65
Neutral	22	8	57	10	23
Oppose	15	15	57	8	9
Would you describe yourself as a born-again or evangelical Christian?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Yes	37	5	38	18	47
No	27	9	54	8	53
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White evangelical or white born-again Christians
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians	38	5	36	19	40
All others	27	9	54	9	60
Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Protestant or other Christian	36	7	42	13	58
Catholic	30	4	56	10	32
Jewish	-	-	-	-	1
Something else	-	-	-	-	4
None	-	-	-	-	5
Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Legal in all cases	25	14	57	3	13
Legal in most cases	28	9	52	8	23
Illegal in most cases	34	7	44	14	37
Illegal in all cases	44	7	33	16	22
Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Legal	27	11	54	7	37
Illegal	38	7	40	15	59
Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Offered a chance to apply for citizenship	30	8	47	15	38
Allowed to stay as temporary workers	33	4	51	12	27
Deported to the country they came from	32	6	49	12	30
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Which ONE of these issues mattered most in deciding how you voted today?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Abortion	43	3	25	28	7
Federal budget deficit	34	12	41	12	23
The economy	30	6	52	11	62
Illegal immigration	-	-	-	-	3
Which ONE of these candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted today?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Can defeat Barack Obama	33	2	58	6	45
Is a true conservative	44	13	11	30	14
Has strong moral character	8	18	46	27	17
Has the right experience	45	8	40	4	21
Which best describes your family's financial situation?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Getting ahead financially	28	11	52	8	12
Holding steady financially	33	8	47	11	59
Falling behind financially	37	7	41	15	28
In your community, have home foreclosures been:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
A major problem	31	8	43	15	49
A minor problem	30	7	47	14	32
Not a problem	31	7	54	7	15
In your vote in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of recent debates?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
The most important factor	40	9	38	12	18
One of several important factors	32	7	44	17	51
A minor factor	29	7	45	11	17
Not a factor at all	-	-	-	-	11
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In your vote in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of recent debates?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Important	34	8	42	16	69
Not important	24	8	50	11	28
In your vote in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of recent debates?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
A factor	33	8	43	15	86
Not a factor	-	-	-	-	11
Which describes you best?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
I’m satisfied with the Republican candidates	31	8	51	9	58
I’d like to see someone else run for the nomination	37	7	38	16	38
Apart from his views on issues, is your opinion of Newt Gingrich as a person:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Generally favorable	51	2	33	12	55
Generally unfavorable	3	10	71	15	40
Apart from his views on issues, is your opinion of Mitt Romney as a person:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Generally favorable	25	3	61	11	77
Generally unfavorable	52	17	6	23	20
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Do you think Newt Gingrich's positions on the issues are:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Too conservative	8	11	72	9	15
Not conservative enough	13	14	52	20	24
About right	59	2	30	8	48
Do you think Mitt Romney's positions on the issues are:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Too conservative	-	-	-	-	7
Not conservative enough	58	10	12	20	41
About right	10	4	82	4	47
If Newt Gingrich won the nomination, would you be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Satisfied	54	3	30	13	54
Dissatisfied	1	15	63	15	42
If Mitt Romney won the nomination, would you be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Satisfied	20	3	66	10	65
Dissatisfied	53	18	5	22	31
If Rick Santorum won the nomination, would you be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Satisfied	30	4	39	26	53
Dissatisfied	33	14	48	-	40
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Regardless of how you voted today, which ONE of these candidates do you think best understands the problems of average Americans?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Gingrich	88	1	8	3	27
Paul	14	59	21	3	12
Romney	3	-	95	0	34
Santorum	17	1	22	61	19
Which ONE of these candidates do you think ran the most unfair campaign?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Gingrich	5	7	78	9	33
Paul	-	-	-	-	4
Romney	58	5	18	17	34
Santorum	-	-	-	-	4
Regardless of how you voted today, which ONE of these candidates do you think would be most likely to defeat Barack Obama in November?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Gingrich	86	1	3	10	29
Paul	-	-	-	-	5
Romney	9	5	76	8	53
Santorum	-	-	-	-	6
When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential primary?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Just today	-	-	-	-	8
In the last few days	32	2	42	22	18
Earlier this month	36	3	46	14	31
Before that	26	10	55	8	41
When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential primary?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Last few days	32	3	43	21	26
Earlier than that	30	7	51	11	72
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When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential primary?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
This month	34	3	45	17	56
Earlier than that	26	10	55	8	41
In deciding whom to support in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of campaign advertising?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
The most important factor	-	-	-	-	14
One of several important factors	24	4	59	13	27
A minor factor	33	6	46	14	30
Not a factor at all	36	8	38	15	26
In deciding whom to support in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of campaign advertising?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Important	25	4	59	13	41
Not important	34	7	42	15	57
In deciding whom to support in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of campaign advertising?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
A factor	28	5	53	13	71
Not a factor	36	8	38	15	26
Population of area
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Over 500 thousand	-	-	-	-	3
50 to 500 thousand	29	8	45	17	21
Suburbs	32	7	48	11	59
10 to 50 thousand	28	7	45	20	9
Rural	41	6	45	8	7
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Population of area
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
City over 50 thousand	30	7	44	16	25
Suburbs	32	7	48	11	59
Small city and Rural	34	7	45	15	16
Geographic area
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
North and Panhandle	39	6	38	15	24
Orlando and Central Atlantic Coast	35	8	44	12	21
Tampa Bay Area	27	12	47	14	18
South Central	27	6	50	15	20
Miami and South	28	5	56	9	17

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