Our Presidential Election Opinion Poll Results

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Over the past month, we ran a poll asking people to vote for their choices for the Presidential Race. We asked voters to vote for their top 4 candidates for the Republican nomination and then for them to vote for their favorite Republican candidate in a head to head with President Obama. Nearly 200 people voted in this poll.

Coming on top for the Republican Candidates was Ron Paul. Paul received 58 votes (31%). Coming in a distant second was Donald Trump receiving 47 votes (25%). Mike Huckabee was only a handful of votes away from Mr. Trump coming in third with 46 votes (25%). Mitt Romney was fourth with 34 votes (18%), Gary Johnson was fifth with 33 votes (18%), Michelle Bachmann was sixth with 26 votes (16%), Tim Pawlenty was seventh with 27 votes (14%), Herman Cain was eighth with 26 votes (14%), Sarah Palin was ninth with 25 votes (13%) and Newt Gingrich rounded out the top ten with 20 votes (11%). In 11th was Mitch Daniels with 14 votes (7%), 12th was Rick Santorum with 13 votes (7%), 13th was Haley Barbour with 12 votes (6%) and 14th was Jon Huntsman with 10 votes (5%).

Next we asked you to vote for your favorite Republican candidate in a match-up with President Obama. Of the 14 different match-ups, Obama won 10 and tied in 1.

In the Huckabee vs Obama match up, Huckabee received 44 votes (50%) and Obama received 44 votes (50%). The Palin vs Obama match up was a blow out for the President. Obama received 51 votes (63%) and Palin received 30 votes (37%). In the Romney vs Obama match up, Obama received 42 votes (55%) and Romney received 35 votes (45%).

In the Gingrich vs Obama match up, Obama received 44 votes (58%) and Gingrich received 32 votes (42%). The Paul vs Obama match up was the biggest blow out of all of the match ups. Paul received 69 votes (73%) and Obama received 26 votes (27%). In the Pawlenty vs Obama match up, Obama received 42 votes (55%) and Pawlenty received 34 votes (45%).

The Trump vs Obama match up was another one of three match ups that Obama lost. Trump received 45 votes (52%) and Obama received 42 votes (48%). In the Barbour vs Obama match up, Obama received 45 votes (59%) and Barbour received 31 votes (41%). The Santorum vs Obama match up was also a blow out for the President. Obama received 43 votes (61%) and Santorum received 27 votes (39%).

In the Bachmann vs Obama match up, Obama received 38 votes (54%) and Bachmann received 33 votes (46%). In the Huntsman vs Obama match up, Obama again won by a large margin. Obama received 42 votes (62%) and Huntsman received 26 votes (38%). In Daniels vs Obama match up, Obama received 38 votes (59%) and Daniels received 26 votes (41%).

The Johnson vs Obama was another blow out against the President with Johnson receiving 47 votes (64%) and Obama receiving 27 votes (36%). The Cain vs Obama match up was a close one with Obama receiving 36 votes (51%) and Cain receiving 34 votes (49%).

Over the past month, several key events have occurred in the 2012 race for the White House. Of the 14 candidates that were in our poll, five of them announced over the past month that they have formed Presidential Exploratory Committees. Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum all announced the formation of a Presidential Exploratory Committee. In addition, former Louisiana Governor, Buddy Roemer, announced the formation of an exploratory committee. Herman Cain announced in January that he had formed a committee.

In addition to these prospective candidates, another prospective candidate emerged. Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice announced in late March that he was considering forming an exploratory committee. Moore is expected to make “an important announcement” on WHO 1040 AM radio tomorrow morning from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.