Who Do You Want To Run For President?
The latest Reason-Rupe poll asked Americans to volunteer their own preferred 2012 presidential candidates. Responses ranged from President Obama, to Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, to Warren Buffet, Oprah, and family members.
Top vote getters among those who identify with the Tea Party movement include Rick Perry at 11 percent, Mitt Romney at 8 percent, Sarah Palin at 7 percent, Ron Paul at 4 percent, and Chris Christie at 3 percent.
If you could choose any American, who would you like to see run for president in 2012-Among Tea Party Supporters
Top vote getters among those who self identify as Pure Independents (do not lean toward either party) include President Obama at 12 percent, themselves or their family members at 7 percent, celebrities at 5 percent, Hillary Clinton at 4 percent, and Ron Paul at 4 percent.
If you could choose any American, who would you like to see run for president in 2012-Among Pure Independents
Top vote getters among those who self identify as non-Tea Party Republicans, include Mitt Romney at 8 percent, Rick Perry at 6 percent, President Obama at 4 percent, lesser known candidates at 4 percent, and Mike Huckabee at 4 percent.
If you could choose any American, who would you like to see run for president in 2012-Among non-Tea Party Republicans
Top vote getters among all who self-identified as Independents (including leaners) include President Obama at 9 percent, Hilary Clinton at 6 percent, Ron Paul at 4 percent, themselves or their family members at 4 percent, and Mitt Romney at 3 percent.
If you could choose any American, who would you like to see run for president in 2012-Among all Independents, including leaners
Top vote getters among all who self-identified as Democrats include President Obama at 35 percent, Hilary Clinton at 10 percent, Bill Clinton at 2 percent, themselves and their family at 2 percent, and lesser known politicians at 2 percent.
If you could choose any American, who would you like to see run for president in 2012-Among all Democrats
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Survey Methods
The Reason-Rupe Q3 2011 poll collected a nationally representative sample of 1200 respondents, aged 18 and older from all 50 states and the District of Columbia using live telephone interviews from August 9th-18th 2011. The margin of sampling error for this poll is ± 3 percent. The margin of error for the GOP presidential race numbers is ± 4.79%. Interviews were conducted with respondents using both landline (790) and mobile phones (410). Landline respondents were randomly selected within households based on the adult who had the most recent birthday. Sample was weighted by gender, age, ethnicity, and Census region, based on the most recent US Census data. The sampling frame included landline and mobile phone numbers generated using Random Digit Dialing (RDD) methods and randomly selected numbers from a directory-listed sample. Clickhere for full methodological details. NSON Opinion Strategy conducted the poll's fieldwork. View full methodology.