Washington Post-Pew Research Center Poll
This poll was conducted for The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center by telephone March 15 to 18, 2012, among a random national sample of 1,009 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI) of Princeton, NJ.
*= less than 0.5 percent
1. As I name a few Republican candidates for president please tell me the ONE word that comes to mind. First, [ITEM].
3/18/12 – Summary table
Positive Neutral Negative No opinion/Other
a. Newt Gingrich 10 23 39 28
b. Mitt Romney 14 29 30 28
c. Rick Santorum 13 22 30 35
d. Ron Paul 15 23 27 36
Trend where available
a. Newt Gingrich
Positive Neutral Negative No opinion/Other
3/18/12 10 23 39 28
12/11/11 12 27 28 33
b. Mitt Romney
Positive Neutral Negative No opinion/Other
3/18/12 14 29 30 28
12/11/11 9 28 21 43
10/16/11 11 31 21 37
Newt Gingrich - unweighted word counts:
3/18/11 12/11/11
Old/old timer/old school 33 20
No/no way/Nope 32 29
Idiot 21 16
Untrustworthy/don’t trust/
distrust/not trustworthy 19 11
Don’t like/dislike 16 3
Smart/smartest 15 15
Intelligent 14 20
Conservative 11 17
Crook/crooked 11 13
Loser 11 3
Crazy 10 1
Good 10 14
Egotistical 8 1
Jerk 8 4
Experienced 7 12
Hypocrite/hypocritical 7 4
Not good/No good 7 3
OK 7 7
Cheat/Cheater 6 1
Negative 6 1
Speaker/speaker of the House 6 7
A**/A**hole 5 3
Best 5 1
Knowledgeable 5 14
Mean 5 0
Arrogant 4 6
Baggage 4 0
Blowhard 4 4
Confused/Confusing 4 2
Disgusting 4 0
Done 4 1
Fair 4 5
Honest 4 2
Laughable 4 2
Maybe 4 2
Money 4 1
Not interested 4 3
Possible/possibility 4 10
Politician 4 6
Ridiculous 4 1
Weird 4 0
Alright 3 3
Brilliant 3 3
Corrupt 3 2
Dishonest/not honest 3 4
Drop out 3 0
Extreme 3 1
Joke 3 6
Like/likable 3 7
Lost 3 0
No chance 3 0
Out of touch 3 1
Pompous 3 5
Republican 3 3
Sucks 3 0
Unsure 3 1
Aggressive 2 2
Bad 2 6
Fake/faker 2 3
Liar 2 9
President 2 5
Questionable 2 4
Racist 2 3
Scary 2 3
Slimy/slime ball 2 5
Stupid 2 5
Undecided 2 1
Bulldog 2 0
Candidate 2 4
Cocky 2 0
Controversial 2 2
Desperate 2 0
Devil 2 0
Divorce 2 0
Don’t care 2 2
Excellent 2 2
Forget it 2 1
Great 2 0
Has been 2 1
Hilarious 2 0
Historian 2 1
Horrible 2 0
Irrelevant 2 2
Leader 2 2
Moron 2 0
Not electable 2 0
Obama 2 3
Overbearing 2 0
Popular 2 0
Powerful 2 2
Qualified 2 2
Quit 2 0
Seasoned 2 2
Selfish 2 2
Sexist 2 0
Skeptical 2 1
Space cadet 2 0
Unfaithful 2 1
Unfavorable 2 0
Washington 2 0
Yuck 2 0
Mitt Romney - unweighted word counts:
3/18/12 12/11/11 10/16/11
No/no way/nope 31 23 12
Rich 30 6 5
Good/good man 19 15 13
Mormon 18 47 60
Moderate 15 5 10
Business/Businessman 11 9 6
Flip flop/flip flopper 11 19 13
Idiot 11 7 2
Possibility/possible 11 9 12
Distrust/Can’t trust/
Untrustworthy 10 6 3
Arrogant 9 1 1
Candidate 9 4 3
Conservative 9 7 7
Not sure/unsure 9 9 7
OK 9 15 9
Crook/crooked 8 7 4
Fake 8 3 6
Like/likable 8 7 5
President/presidential 8 4 8
Out of Touch 8 1 1
Wealth/wealthy 8 0 0
Electable 7 3 3
Liar 7 5 5
Don’t like/Dislike 6 2 0
Fair 6 4 6
Interesting 6 4 2
Qualified 6 0 5
Leader 6 1 3
Winner 6 0 1
Yes 6 0 1
Liberal 5 3 5
Money 5 2 5
Questionable/questions 5 4 7
Bad 4 3 3
Competent 4 3 8
Front runner 4 2 4
Honest 4 9 7
Jerk 4 3 3
Maybe 4 4 1
Politician 4 4 9
Phony 4 2 2
Scary 4 0 1
Michigan 4 0 0
A**/A**hole 3 2 3
Don’t care 3 2 1
Boring 3 5 9
Average 3 0 1
Change/Changeable 3 1 1
Charismatic 3 0 1
Clueless 3 2 0
Intelligent/intelligence 3 4 10
Loser 3 8 4
Massachusetts 3 2 3
Stupid 3 4 2
Republican 3 3 3
Undecided 3 3 3
Weak 3 3 1
Wonderful 3 0 0
Hope/hopeful 3 0 1
Second/Second choice 3 1 0
Best 2 2 4
Capable 2 2 4
Confident 2 4 4
Nice 2 2 2
Not interested/uninterested 2 3 3
Religion/religious 2 10 11
Smooth 2 2 3
Slick 2 8 1
Smart 2 4 0
No answer/nothing 2 19 10
Blah 2 2 0
Bold 2 0 0
Capitalist 2 0 0
Cheater 2 0 0
Corporate 2 1 0
Crazy 2 1 2
Corrupt 2 0 0
Devil 2 1 0
Disingenuous 2 1 0
Empty suit 2 0 0
Favorite 2 1 1
Gingrich 2 1 0
Governor 2 1 2
Ignorant 2 0 0
Inconsistent 2 2 2
Insincere 2 1 0
Joke 2 2 2
Negative 2 0 2
Never 2 0 0
Not 2 0 1
Popular 2 0 2
Respect 2 0 0
Seasoned 2 0 0
Shady 2 0 0
So so 2 2 0
Sucks 2 0 0
Trustworthy 2 0 0
Unelectable 2 0 1
Wall Street 2 0 0
Who 2 1 2
Rick Santorum - unweighted word counts:
3/18/12
Conservative/Very conservative 57
No 24
Good/Very good 21
OK 16
Crazy 15
Religion/Religious 13
Too conservative/Ultraconservative 10
Young 10
Extreme/Extremist 9
Honest 9
Idiot 9
Inexperienced 9
Dislike/Don't like him 8
Unknown 8
Christian 7
Interesting/Interested 7
Overly religious/Too religious 7
Trustworthy/Truthful 7
Better/Best 6
Pennsylvania 6
Sincere 6
Candidate 5
Catholic 5
Electable 5
Fair 5
Jerk 5
Liar 5
I like him/Likeable 5
Out of touch/Out of it 5
Right wing/Too far right 5
Scary 5
Second/Second place 5
Trying/Tries 5
Uncertain/Unsure 5
Distrust/Don't trust him 4
Great 4
Loser 4
Political/Politician 4
Smart 4
Yes/Yes to president 4
No answer - nothing 4
Zealot 4
Don't care for him 4
Admirable/Admire 3
Bad 3
Cocky 3
Crook 3
Disgusting 3
Family 3
Flake/Flakey 3
Decent 3
Horrible/Horrid 3
Insane 3
Jobs 3
Maybe 3
No good/Not good 3
No way/No way he's going to win 3
Passionate 3
Possible/Possibility 3
President/Next president 3
Radical 3
Santorum 3
Shady 3
Stupid 3
Weak/Weaker 3
Wishy washy 3
Sense/Sensible 3
Anti-women/Anti-women's rights 2
Arrogant 2
Alright 2
Average 2
Bias 2
Bigot/Bigoted 2
Dangerous 2
Despicable 2
Evangelical/Evangelist 2
Fake 2
Fool 2
Good leader 2
Hope/Hopeful 2
Hypocrite 2
Joke 2
Negative 2
New guy/Newcomer 2
Nice/Nice guy 2
Not interested 2
Nut/Nuts 2
Obama 2
People-oriented/People person 2
Phony 2
Pornography 2
Prejudice 2
Sanctimonious 2
Sanitorium 2
Sucks 2
Undecided 2
Underdog 2
Unrealistic 2
Positive 2
Don't follow him 2
Ron Paul - unweighted word counts:
3/18/12
No 41
Old/Older 41
Libertarian 20
Honest 15
Crazy 12
Good 12
OK 12
Too old 12
I like him/Likeable/Love him 11
Out of it/Out of touch/Out there 11
Conservative 10
Idiot 10
Radical 10
Interesting 9
No good/Not good 9
Unknown 8
Refused 8
Fair 7
Intelligent 7
Extreme/Extremist 6
Loser 6
Nobody/Non-entity 6
Ridiculous 6
No answer - nothing 6
Consistent 5
Constitution/Constitutional/
Constitutionalist 5
Different 5
Drop out of the race/Get out 5
No chance/Not a chance 5
Who 5
Awesome 4
Candidate 4
Cool 4
Don't like/Dislike 4
Fringe 4
Liar 4
Not electable/Unelectable 4
Not sure/Unsure 4
Odd/Odd ideas 4
Real/Realist/Realistic 4
Smart 4
Not to be next president/
Not ready to be president 4
A** 3
Bad 3
Best/Best of lot/Better 3
Businessman 3
Funny 3
Gay/Gay rights 3
Independent 3
Negative 3
Not interested/Uninteresting 3
Nut/Nuts/Nutty 3
Obama/Barack Obama 3
Persistent 3
Strange 3
Wacky/Wacko 3
Unlikely 3
Age 2
Arrogant 2
Bumper sticker 2
Confused 2
Dedicated 2
Disgusted/Disgusting 2
Doctor 2
Don't care 2
Don't trust him 2
Elderly 2
Experience/Experienced 2
Fake/False 2
Hopeful 2
Hopeless 2
Inexperienced 2
Insignificant 2
Irrelevant 2
Jerk 2
Laugh/Laughable 2
Money 2
Neutral 2
Nonconformist 2
Off the wall 2
Outsider 2
Patriot 2
Politics/Politician 2
President 2
Quit 2
Republican 2
Respect/Respected 2
Retire/Retirement 2
Sincere 2
Steadfast/Steady 2
Sucks 2
Terrible 2
Texas 2
Unconventional 2
Undecided 2
Underdog 2
Unrealistic 2
Wise 2
Goof/Goofball 2
Fun 2
Ideas/Good ideas 2
Unpredictable 2
Nice guy/Nice man 2
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