| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12020 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... Barack Obama? |
| 482 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | 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 | |
| Thompson | 40% | 46% | 35% | 32% | 43% | 43% | 46% | ** | 34% | 34% | 70% | 20% | 32% | 69% | 36% | 16% | 52% | 33% | 50% | 29% | 28% | 43% | 32% | 65% | 21% | 55% | 43% | 41% | 29% |
| Obama | 47% | 43% | 51% | 52% | 45% | 45% | 41% | ** | 52% | 56% | 21% | 65% | 54% | 25% | 54% | 70% | 35% | 56% | 39% | 56% | 56% | 44% | 56% | 24% | 67% | 33% | 41% | 50% | 34% |
| Undecided | 13% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 12% | 12% | 13% | ** | 15% | 9% | 9% | 15% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 16% | 9% | 37% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 25% | 42% | 32% | 52% | 2% | 36% | 11% | 37% | 47% | 14% | 26% | 49% | 15% | 38% | 58% | 52% | 46% | 16% | 83% | 69% | 23% | 38% | 57% | 28% | 67% | 6% |