| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12022 |
 | 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 | West | Central | East | |
| Thompson | 43% | 47% | 40% | 35% | 48% | 44% | 46% | 23% | ** | ** | 73% | 24% | 40% | 75% | 36% | 21% | 56% | 35% | 50% | 38% | 44% | 43% | 34% | 70% | 24% | 54% | 46% | 43% | 37% | 48% | 43% | 40% |
| Obama | 43% | 44% | 42% | 50% | 39% | 43% | 39% | 68% | ** | ** | 19% | 59% | 46% | 18% | 56% | 60% | 31% | 54% | 40% | 47% | 40% | 45% | 52% | 24% | 65% | 32% | 49% | 41% | 39% | 42% | 43% | 43% |
| Undecided | 14% | 9% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 15% | 9% | ** | ** | 8% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 8% | 19% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 12% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 5% | 15% | 24% | 10% | 13% | 17% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 46% | 54% | 27% | 41% | 32% | 85% | 11% | 1% | 2% | 31% | 43% | 22% | 28% | 44% | 17% | 44% | 50% | 45% | 52% | 30% | 70% | 66% | 25% | 29% | 63% | 23% | 72% | 5% | 36% | 20% | 44% |