| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12016 |
 | What if it was Thompson against... Barack Obama? |
| 504 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: ± 4.5% | 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 | Western | Louisvil | North Ce | Eastern | |
| Thompson | 48% | 53% | 42% | 44% | 51% | 46% | 51% | 6% | ** | ** | 72% | 34% | 41% | 75% | 38% | 26% | 61% | 32% | 52% | 41% | 38% | 50% | 41% | 67% | 25% | 56% | 54% | 47% | 25% | 59% | 38% | 43% | 55% |
| Obama | 42% | 38% | 46% | 47% | 37% | 45% | 38% | 85% | ** | ** | 19% | 55% | 48% | 15% | 55% | 65% | 28% | 62% | 37% | 49% | 53% | 39% | 49% | 28% | 69% | 33% | 35% | 45% | 43% | 33% | 52% | 46% | 33% |
| Undecided | 10% | 9% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 9% | 10% | 8% | ** | ** | 9% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 32% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 12% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 49% | 51% | 27% | 41% | 32% | 90% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 33% | 56% | 9% | 33% | 43% | 15% | 55% | 40% | 57% | 41% | 19% | 79% | 68% | 23% | 23% | 70% | 22% | 72% | 6% | 23% | 27% | 31% | 18% |