Washington Post-Pew Research Center Poll
This poll was conducted for The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center by telephone December 8 to 11, 2011, among a random national sample of 1,008 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; the margin of error is six points for Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. 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].
a. Newt Gingrich
Positive Neutral Negative No opinion/Other
12/11/11 12 27 28 33
Among leaned Republicans:
12/11/11 23 31 19 27
b. Mitt Romney
12/11/11 9 28 21 43
10/16/11 11 31 21 37
Among leaned Republicans:
12/11/11 15 28 20 37
10/16/11 18 36 15 31
Newt Gingrich - unweighted word counts (all words mentioned by four or more respondents):
12/11/11 – summary table
All adults Leaned Republicans
No/no way 29 Intelligent 16
Intelligent 20 Smart/smartest 14
Old/old timer/old school 20 Knowledgeable 13
Conservative 17 Conservative 9
Idiot 16 Experienced 9
Smart/smartest 15 Good 9
Good 14 Old/old timer/old school 9
Knowledgeable 14 No/no way 7
Crook/crooked 13 Possible/possibility 6
Experienced 12 Like/likable 5
Possible/possibility 10 OK 4
Liar 9 President 4
Like/likable 7 Untrustworthy 4
OK 7
Speaker/speaker of the House 7
Untrustworthy 7
Arrogant 6
Bad 6
Interesting 6
Joke 6
Politician 6
Fair 5
None 5
Pompous 5
President 5
Slimy/slime ball 5
Stupid 5
Newt/Newt Gingrich 5
Adulterer 4
Blowhard 4
Bullsh*t 4
Dishonest/not honest 4
Hypocrite/hypocritical 4
Don’t trust/distrust/
not trustworthy 4
Jerk 4
Questionable 4
Talk/talkative/talker 4
Trust/trustworthy 4
Mitt Romney - unweighted word counts (all words mentioned by four or more respondents in October or December):
- All adults- -Leaned Reps-
12/11 10/6 12/11 10/16
Mormon 47 60 Mormon 21 26
No/No way 23 12 Good/Good man 12 7
Flip flop/Flip flopper 19 13 No/No way 8 7
Good/Good man 15 13 Flip-flop/flip flopper 6 1
OK 15 9 Possible 6 5
Religion/Religious 10 11 Slick 6 0
Possibility/Possible 9 12 Unsure/Not sure 5 6
Honest 9 7 Like 4 4
Unsure/Not sure 9 7 Business/businessman 4 2
Business/Businessman 9 6 OK 4 3
Loser 8 4 Religion/religious 4 6
Slick 8 1 Politician 2 8
Conservative 7 7 Intelligent/Intelligence 2 7
Idiot 7 2 Liberal 2 5
Like 7 5 President/Presidential 1 7
Crook/Crooked 7 4 Fair 1 4
Wishy-washy 7 2 Old 0 4
Rich 6 5
Moderate 5 10
Boring 5 9
Liar 5 5
Intelligent/Intelligence 4 10
Fair 4 6
Politician 4 9
President/Presidential 4 8
Questionable/Questions 4 7
Confident 4 4
Alright 4 3
Bland 4 2
Candidate 4 3
Dumb 4 1
Interesting 4 2
Untrustworthy 4 1
Stupid 4 2
Steady 4 1
Smart 4 0
Maybe 4 1
Healthcare/Romneycare 3 17
Competent 3 8
Fake 3 6
Experience 3 5
Liberal 3 5
Dull 3 4
Republican 3 4
Established/Establishment 1 6
Money 2 5
Best 2 4
Capable 2 4
Front runner 2 4
Not interested/Uninterested 2 4
Qualified 0 5
Strong 0 5
Jobs 0 4
Old 0 10
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