| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12027 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... Barack Obama? |
| 516 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 | Southeas | Rest of | |
| Thompson | 42% | 50% | 35% | 33% | 49% | 39% | 43% | ** | ** | ** | 80% | 20% | 36% | 79% | 31% | 24% | 65% | 27% | 49% | 33% | 44% | 41% | 32% | 77% | 22% | 57% | 39% | 43% | 38% | 43% | 40% |
| Obama | 45% | 36% | 54% | 49% | 41% | 48% | 44% | ** | ** | ** | 12% | 66% | 49% | 14% | 54% | 62% | 23% | 61% | 40% | 52% | 49% | 45% | 56% | 19% | 68% | 32% | 50% | 45% | 39% | 43% | 47% |
| Undecided | 13% | 14% | 12% | 18% | 10% | 13% | 13% | ** | ** | ** | 8% | 14% | 15% | 7% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 15% | 7% | 14% | 12% | 4% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 13% | 13% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 46% | 54% | 26% | 43% | 31% | 90% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 25% | 33% | 36% | 25% | 48% | 17% | 40% | 56% | 48% | 50% | 30% | 69% | 71% | 19% | 38% | 56% | 23% | 70% | 7% | 50% | 50% |