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Exclusive Sayfie Review Poll

from New Frontier Strategy

January 28, 2012 – Florida Republican Primary Election

New Frontier Strategy, a GOP public relations firm, commissioned a survey of Likely Republican voters on January 27, 2012.  This survey is balanced for gender and geography.  It has a total net sample of 1,094 likely voters. The survey consists of 53.97% Male respondents, and 46.03% Female respondents. It has a Margin of Error of +/- 2.96% at a 95% Confidence Interval.

Presidential Primary 1st Choice Ballot Test   

Romney      38.13%
Gingrich      30.19%
Santorum    14.83%
Paul              9.80%
Undecided    7.06%
Total          100.00%

Presidential 2nd Choice Ballot Test
    
Santorum       30.65%
Romney         23.50%
Gingrich         21.47%
Paul               14.22%
Undecided     10.16%
Total             100.00%

Watched CNN Debate    
    
Yes                 55.51%
No                  44.49%
Total             100.00%

Who Won CNN Debate (of those who watched)
    
Romney          41.64%
Santorum        26.50%
Gingrich          17.35%
Paul                  8.68%
Undecided        5.84%
Total              100.00%

Priority in Candidate Selection    

Best chance to beat Obama    57.13%
Best on Economy                    29.94%
Most Conservative                  10.36%
Don't Know/Refused                 2.57%
Total                                       100.00%

Most Important Concern
    
Reduce Spending/Balance Budget    43.85%
Creating Jobs/Fix Economy               40.67%
Energy Independence                          5.48%
Stopping Illegal Immigration                 4.07%
Abortion                                                3.63%
Don't Know/Refused                             2.30%
Total                                                   100.00%

Republican Senate Primary 1st Choice Ballot Test
    
Mack            33.93%
LeMieux        7.03%
Hasner          4.54%
McCalister     3.83%
Undecided    50.67%
Total           100.00%

Marco Rubio Job Approval
    
Approve                        81.48%
Disapprove                    7.76%
Don't Know/Refused    10.76%
Total                            100.00%

Presidential Primary 1st Choice Ballot Test
By Priority in Candidate Selection

Most Conservative    
Santorum         36.52%
Gingrich           35.65%
Romney           13.04%
Paul                 11.30%
Undecided         3.48%

Best on Economy    
Romney        36.50%
Gingrich        22.85%
Paul              20.77%
Santorum      11.87%
Undecided      8.01%

Best chance to beat Obama    
Romney        44.31%
Gingrich        33.39%
Santorum     12.32%
Paul                3.59%
Undecided      6.40%

By Most Important Issue

Creating Jobs/Fix Economy    
Romney      46.51%
Gingrich      28.17%
Santorum    10.26%
Paul              7.86%
Undecided    7.21%

Reduce Spending/Balance Budget    
Romney       34.89%
Gingrich       31.24%
Santorum    15.82%
Paul            12.37%
Undecided    5.68%

Stopping Illegal Immigration    
Romney      41.30%
Gingrich      23.91%
Santorum    19.57%
Paul              8.70%
Undecided    6.52%

Abortion    
Santorum     45.00%
Gingrich       20.00%
Romney       20.00%
Paul               2.50%
Undecided    12.50%

Energy Independence    
Gingrich       51.61%
Santorum     17.74%
Romney       16.13%
Paul               8.06%
Undecided      6.45%

Demographics
    
Age
18 - 25            5.29%
26- 40           13.93%
41 - 54          20.18%
55 - 64          20.18%
65 or older    39.37%
Refused          1.05%
Total             100.00%

Education
College Graduate                         43.87%
High School Graduate                  28.16%
Post-College Graduate Degree    21.54%
Less than High School                    2.65%
Refused                                           3.80%
Total                                             100.00%

Gender
Male                 46.03%
Female             53.97%
Total                100.00%