South Carolina Republican Presidential primary results – Politics – Decision 2012

Newt Gingrich		40%	243,172	delegates 20
Mitt Romney	28%	167,297	5
Rick Santorum	17%	102,061	0
Ron Paul	13%	78,000	0

NewtGingrich	43%	1,297
Ron Paul	22%	673
Mitt Romney	18%	543
Rick Santorum	16%	475

NewtGingrich	49%	11,994
Mitt Romney	25%	6,200
Rick Santorum	14%	3,334
Ron Paul	10%	2,417

NewtGingrich	51%	178
Mitt Romney	26%	91
Rick Santorum	12%	42
Ron Paul	7%	24

NewtGingrich	44%	11,924
Mitt Romney	22%	5,918
Ron Paul	17%	4,691
Rick Santorum	16%	4,500

NewtGingrich	52%	512
Mitt Romney	26%	262
Rick Santorum	12%	118
Ron Paul	8%	82

NewtGingrich	55%	1,074
Mitt Romney	22%	438
Rick Santorum	14%	273
Ron Paul	7%	141

MittRomney	43%	11,726
Newt Gingrich	35%	9,631
Rick Santorum	13%	3,470
Ron Paul	7%	1,880

NewtGingrich	37%	7,673
Mitt Romney	27%	5,608
Rick Santorum	22%	4,517
Ron Paul	13%	2,758

NewtGingrich	44%	834
Mitt Romney	25%	475
Rick Santorum	15%	274
Ron Paul	14%	271

MittRomney	36%	16,904
Newt Gingrich	33%	15,271
Rick Santorum	15%	6,831
Ron Paul	14%	6,510

NewtGingrich	42%	2,889
Rick Santorum	21%	1,465
Mitt Romney	19%	1,300
Ron Paul	16%	1,114

NewtGingrich	48%	1,328
Rick Santorum	21%	572
Mitt Romney	19%	540
Ron Paul	11%	292

NewtGingrich	49%	1,566
Mitt Romney	22%	700
Rick Santorum	20%	646
Ron Paul	8%	244

NewtGingrich	49%	1,672
Mitt Romney	28%	946
Rick Santorum	15%	496
Ron Paul	8%	268

NewtGingrich	47%	2,036
Mitt Romney	23%	973
Rick Santorum	18%	785
Ron Paul	10%	436

NewtGingrich	49%	3,383
Mitt Romney	24%	1,661
Rick Santorum	16%	1,108
Ron Paul	10%	686

NewtGingrich	54%	1,061
Mitt Romney	21%	412
Rick Santorum	17%	323
Ron Paul	7%	129

NewtGingrich	37%	6,588
Mitt Romney	27%	4,921
Rick Santorum	21%	3,775
Ron Paul	13%	2,297

NewtGingrich	60%	2,103
Mitt Romney	18%	645
Rick Santorum	12%	412
Ron Paul	8%	293

NewtGingrich	41%	942
Mitt Romney	29%	661
Rick Santorum	17%	388
Ron Paul	11%	254

NewtGingrich	51%	7,633
Mitt Romney	24%	3,529
Rick Santorum	15%	2,291
Ron Paul	8%	1,212

NewtGingrich	46%	4,387
Mitt Romney	34%	3,239
Rick Santorum	12%	1,146
Ron Paul	7%	679

NewtGingrich	40%	30,520
Mitt Romney	25%	19,570
Rick Santorum	18%	13,509
Ron Paul	16%	12,062

NewtGingrich	43%	3,835
Mitt Romney	24%	2,137
Ron Paul	17%	1,486
Rick Santorum	15%	1,384

NewtGingrich	51%	580
Mitt Romney	23%	266
Rick Santorum	16%	179
Ron Paul	8%	92

NewtGingrich	46%	18,340
Mitt Romney	30%	12,042
Rick Santorum	13%	5,179
Ron Paul	10%	3,931

NewtGingrich	47%	857
Mitt Romney	29%	532
Rick Santorum	16%	293
Ron Paul	6%	114

NewtGingrich	38%	3,271
Mitt Romney	31%	2,673
Rick Santorum	16%	1,365
Ron Paul	14%	1,235

NewtGingrich	43%	3,857
Rick Santorum	23%	2,067
Mitt Romney	23%	2,023
Ron Paul	10%	860

NewtGingrich	42%	3,295
Mitt Romney	20%	1,577
Rick Santorum	18%	1,455
Ron Paul	18%	1,441

NewtGingrich	45%	591
Mitt Romney	24%	319
Rick Santorum	17%	227
Ron Paul	12%	156

NewtGingrich	37%	16,062
Mitt Romney	31%	13,485
Rick Santorum	18%	7,910
Ron Paul	13%	5,831

NewtGingrich	52%	1,169
Mitt Romney	26%	572
Rick Santorum	13%	285
Ron Paul	9%	193

NewtGingrich	47%	627
Mitt Romney	23%	308
Rick Santorum	19%	245
Ron Paul	8%	103

NewtGingrich	51%	774
Mitt Romney	32%	488
Rick Santorum	9%	144
Ron Paul	7%	103

NewtGingrich	43%	2,046
Mitt Romney	28%	1,360
Rick Santorum	15%	694
Ron Paul	13%	624

NewtGingrich	38%	4,857
Mitt Romney	27%	3,461
Rick Santorum	17%	2,220
Ron Paul	16%	2,050

NewtGingrich	47%	2,885
Mitt Romney	26%	1,591
Rick Santorum	14%	874
Ron Paul	11%	694

NewtGingrich	42%	7,885
Mitt Romney	21%	3,948
Rick Santorum	18%	3,317
Ron Paul	18%	3,290

MittRomney	38%	12,982
Newt Gingrich	32%	10,943
Rick Santorum	15%	5,104
Ron Paul	13%	4,445

NewtGingrich	47%	1,267
Mitt Romney	24%	634
Rick Santorum	17%	459
Ron Paul	11%	282

NewtGingrich	40%	15,307
Mitt Romney	22%	8,506
Rick Santorum	21%	7,893
Ron Paul	15%	5,917

NewtGingrich	39%	3,644
Mitt Romney	32%	2,973
Rick Santorum	17%	1,586
Ron Paul	10%	937

NewtGingrich	46%	1,309
Rick Santorum	19%	559
Mitt Romney	17%	498
Ron Paul	16%	459

NewtGingrich	57%	1,274
Mitt Romney	22%	496
Rick Santorum	14%	311
Ron Paul	6%	134

NewtGingrich	38%	12,001
Rick Santorum	24%	7,561
Mitt Romney	23%	7,164
Ron Paul	13%	4,210

Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Gender
Male	42	14	26	14	51
Female	38	12	29	20	49
Race
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
White	40	13	28	17	98
Black	-	-	-	-	1
Other	-	-	-	-	1
In which age group are you?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
18-29	28	31	16	21	9
30-44	37	19	19	21	19
45-64	40	11	29	19	45
65+	47	7	36	10	27
In which age group are you?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
18-24	25	30	15	24	4
25-29	30	31	17	18	5
30-39	40	22	16	20	10
40-49	39	13	23	22	20
50-64	39	11	31	18	34
65+	47	7	36	10	27
Which best describes your education?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
High school or less	47	12	22	18	18
Some college or associate degree	40	15	26	18	36
College graduate	40	13	28	16	29
Postgraduate study	34	11	36	15	18
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Which best describes your education?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
College graduate	37	12	31	16	47
No college degree	43	14	24	18	53
Which best describes your education?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
More than high school graduate	39	13	29	17	82
High school graduate or less	47	12	22	18	18
Are you currently married?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Yes	41	12	28	18	75
No	34	16	26	19	25
2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $30,000	37	18	29	14	14
$30,000 - $49,999	42	16	22	18	22
$50,000 - $99,999	41	13	25	20	37
$100,000 - $199,999	40	11	30	14	22
$200,000 or more	32	6	47	14	5
2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $50,000	40	17	25	16	36
$50,000-$99,999	41	13	25	20	37
$100,000 or more	39	10	34	14	27
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2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $50,000	40	17	25	16	36
$50,000 or more	40	12	28	17	64
2011 total family income:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Under $100,000	41	15	25	18	73
$100,000 or more	39	10	34	14	27
No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Democrat	-	-	-	-	4
Republican	45	10	28	18	71
Independent or something else	31	23	25	17	25
On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Very liberal	-	-	-	-	2
Somewhat liberal	30	22	29	9	7
Moderate	31	16	36	14	23
Somewhat conservative	41	13	30	15	32
Very conservative	48	9	19	23	36
On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Very conservative	48	9	19	23	36
Somewhat conservative	41	13	30	15	32
Moderate or Liberal	31	18	34	13	32
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Conservative	45	11	24	19	68
Moderate or Liberal	31	18	34	13	32
How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Strongly support	48	11	21	19	33
Somewhat support	42	12	30	15	30
Neutral	35	15	30	18	27
Somewhat oppose	-	-	-	-	4
Strongly oppose	-	-	-	-	4
How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Support	45	12	25	17	64
Neutral	35	15	30	18	27
Oppose	19	21	32	13	8
Would you describe yourself as a born-again or evangelical Christian?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Yes	44	13	22	21	65
No	33	15	38	10	35
White evangelical or born-again Christians
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
White evangelical or born-again Christians	45	12	21	21	64
All others	32	16	37	11	36
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Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Protestant/Other Christian	42	12	27	17	80
Catholic	37	10	29	15	13
Jewish	-	-	-	-	0
Something else	-	-	-	-	2
None	-	-	-	-	4
How much does it matter to you that a candidate shares your religious beliefs?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
A great deal	46	13	10	31	26
Somewhat	47	11	27	14	33
Not much	36	14	39	9	19
Not at all	29	18	39	7	21
How much does it matter to you that a candidate shares your religious beliefs?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
A great deal or somewhat	46	12	20	22	60
Not much or not at all	32	16	39	8	40
Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Legal in all cases	-	-	-	-	7
Legal in most cases	34	18	37	6	27
Illegal in most cases	44	12	25	17	40
Illegal in all cases	48	10	14	28	24
Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Legal	33	18	38	7	35
Illegal	45	11	21	21	64
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Have you ever served in the U.S. military?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Yes	39	12	32	16	21
No	39	13	27	18	79
Which ONE of these issues mattered most in deciding how you voted today?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Abortion	29	13	6	51	8
Federal budget deficit	45	19	23	13	22
The economy	40	11	32	14	63
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	51	4	37	7	45
Is a true conservative	38	27	2	33	14
Has strong moral character	6	31	19	42	18
Has the right experience	49	11	34	2	21
Which best describes your family's financial situation?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Getting ahead financially	33	12	32	17	11
Holding steady financially	41	13	27	16	67
Falling behind financially	44	15	25	16	21
How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next few years?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Very worried	42	12	28	17	79
Somewhat worried	32	15	27	20	19
Not too worried	-	-	-	-	2
Not at all worried	-	-	-	-	0
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How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next few years?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Very or somewhat worried	40	13	27	18	97
Not too worried or not at all worried	-	-	-	-	2
Is your view of Mitt Romney’s background of investing in and restructuring companies:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Generally positive	36	9	40	13	64
Generally negative	50	22	3	21	28
Which should be a higher priority for the next president?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Creating jobs even if that raises the budget deficit	37	9	31	20	43
Cutting the budget deficit even if that limits job growth	41	16	26	16	57
Has anyone in your household lost a job or been laid off in the last three years?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Yes	40	14	23	20	31
No	41	13	30	15	67
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Nikki Haley is handling her job as governor?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Approve	42	11	30	17	66
Disapprove	38	19	23	15	28
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If Mitt Romney were to win the nomination, would you:
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Enthusiastically support him	30	3	57	9	38
Support him with reservations	51	14	11	24	48
Not support him	30	38	1	19	13
Which ONE of these candidates do you think ran the most unfair campaign?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Gingrich	6	19	49	23	25
Paul	57	1	28	14	13
Perry	-	-	-	-	6
Romney	58	16	5	19	31
Santorum	-	-	-	-	6
When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential primary?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Just today	44	8	26	22	17
In the last few days	44	10	21	21	38
Earlier this month	34	15	33	18	20
Before that	34	18	36	9	24
When did you finally decide fro whom to vote in the presidential primary?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Last few days	44	9	22	21	55
Earlier than that	34	17	34	13	44
When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential primary?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
In the last month	41	11	25	21	75
Earlier than that	34	18	36	9	24
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In deciding whom to support in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of recent debates?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
The single most important factor	61	9	17	13	13
One of several important factors	47	10	24	17	51
A minor factor	21	16	34	22	23
Not a factor at all	15	21	46	17	11
In deciding whom to support in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of recent debates?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Important	50	10	23	16	65
Not important	19	18	38	20	34
In deciding whom to support in today's presidential primary, how would you rate the importance of recent debates?
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
A factor	42	12	26	18	88
Not a factor	15	21	46	17	11
Population of area
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Over 500 thousand	-	-	-	-	-
50 to 500 thousand	37	8	41	12	11
Suburbs	38	14	27	18	60
10 to 50 thousand	-	-	-	-	3
Rural	45	13	25	16	27
Population of area
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
City over 50 thousand	37	8	41	12	11
Suburbs	38	14	27	18	60
Small city and Rural	45	13	24	16	29
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Geographic area
Category	Gingrich	Paul	Romney	Santorum	% Total
Piedmont	41	16	23	19	41
Midlands	38	12	31	15	21
The Pee Dee	47	9	28	16	16
Low Country	36	11	34	16	22

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