| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #19013 |
| Obama Is Nation's Top Hypothetical Barbecue Guest: Ignoring that hotdog and hamburger season doesn't begin in earnest for another three months, SurveyUSA asked 1,300 registered voters from the entire United States which one leading Presidential candidate they would most like to invite to a barbecue.
47% say they would invite Barack Obama. Stating the obvious: there are 4 major Republican candidates for President, and 1 Democrat. Adding together the numbers for each Republican shows an effectively tied barbecue invitation race, with 48% inviting a candidate other than Obama, 47% inviting Obama.
Among just Republicans:
Among just independents: Among just Democrats, 86% invite Barack Obama; 5% Ron Paul; each other candidate is invited by just 2% of Democrats each. Full crosstabs below break down invites by strong/weak party affiliation, by Tea Party membership, by ideology, by region, and by other characteristics. |
| Cell phone respondents and home phone respondents included in this research. 1,459 adults from the entire United States were interviewed by SurveyUSA 02/22/12. Of them, 1,300 were registered to vote and asked the questions that appear here. This research was conducted using blended sample, mixed mode. Respondents reachable on a home telephone (74% of registered voters) were interviewed on a home telephone in the recorded voice of a professional announcer. Respondents unreachable on a home telephone (26% of registered voters) were shown a questionnaire on their smartphone, tablet, laptop or other electronic device. In this research, cell phone and home phone respondents respond similarly, though differences exist. Example: 7% of cell phone respondents extend their barbecue invitation to Rick Santorum, versus 17% of home phone respondents. |
| 1 | If you could only invite one of the leading presidential candidates to a barbecue, who would you invite? Barack Obama? Mitt Romney? Rick Santorum? Ron Paul? Or Newt Gingrich? |
| 1300 Registered Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Cell Phone / Lan | Party Affiliation | Party | Tea Party Member | Ideology | Ideology | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 2.8 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Cell Pho | Landline | Strong R | Republic | Indy Lea | Independ | Indy Lea | Democrat | Strong D | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Yes | No | Very Con | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Very Lib | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Obama | 47% | 43% | 50% | 53% | 45% | 44% | 42% | 49% | 43% | 40% | 84% | 47% | 49% | 55% | 44% | 7% | 10% | 16% | 45% | 74% | 78% | 98% | 9% | 86% | 43% | 16% | 49% | 16% | 21% | 48% | 79% | 90% | 19% | 48% | 82% | 51% | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| Romney | 12% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 17% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 33% | 21% | 23% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 26% | 2% | 11% | 17% | 12% | 19% | 20% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 20% | 13% | 3% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 15% |
| Santorum | 14% | 14% | 14% | 10% | 11% | 16% | 22% | 11% | 18% | 17% | 2% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 17% | 31% | 29% | 23% | 8% | 7% | 2% | 0% | 30% | 2% | 13% | 24% | 13% | 35% | 28% | 8% | 2% | 0% | 31% | 8% | 1% | 10% | 14% | 17% | 13% |
| Paul | 14% | 19% | 9% | 15% | 20% | 12% | 6% | 18% | 10% | 14% | 5% | 15% | 22% | 13% | 14% | 5% | 19% | 22% | 30% | 10% | 7% | 1% | 13% | 5% | 22% | 21% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 17% | 12% | 6% | 12% | 17% | 10% | 16% | 13% | 13% | 15% |
| Gingrich | 8% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 6% | 11% | 9% | 1% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 23% | 13% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 17% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 7% | 14% | 14% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 14% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 11% | 8% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 6% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 49% | 51% | 28% | 26% | 28% | 18% | 54% | 46% | 69% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 26% | 74% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 19% | 11% | 28% | 30% | 42% | 9% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 40% | 15% | 5% | 34% | 40% | 20% | 19% | 21% | 35% | 24% |