| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12023 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... Barack Obama? |
| 510 Registered Voters | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Abortion | Gun Ownership | Labor Union | Global Warming | Support Same Sex | Does The U.S. Need a Dra | Region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Yes | No | Yes | No | Real | Made-up | Support | Oppose | Needs a | Does Not | Not Sure | Portland | Rest of | |
| Thompson | 36% | 42% | 31% | 21% | 43% | 41% | 38% | ** | 40% | 21% | 63% | 19% | 32% | 72% | 28% | 14% | 55% | 26% | 44% | 27% | 26% | 41% | 27% | 67% | 14% | 54% | 43% | 35% | 32% | 35% | 39% |
| Obama | 50% | 44% | 55% | 56% | 44% | 51% | 49% | ** | 29% | 75% | 25% | 69% | 53% | 18% | 60% | 72% | 27% | 63% | 39% | 63% | 65% | 43% | 59% | 24% | 76% | 29% | 51% | 49% | 48% | 52% | 45% |
| Undecided | 14% | 15% | 14% | 23% | 13% | 8% | 14% | ** | 31% | 3% | 12% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 18% | 11% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 16% | 14% | 9% | 10% | 17% | 6% | 16% | 20% | 13% | 16% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 27% | 41% | 32% | 86% | 1% | 7% | 6% | 32% | 40% | 24% | 27% | 45% | 19% | 38% | 58% | 52% | 43% | 27% | 71% | 72% | 19% | 43% | 53% | 20% | 75% | 5% | 65% | 35% |