Sarah Palin: America's Top Republican (new Pew poll)

[Kadie]

Jun 24 2009, 12:53 pm by Chris Good

Sarah Palin: America's Top Republican

Sarah Palin is the most popular (though most divisive) of the top GOP figures in the land, according to a new poll from Pew, which compared her to Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Michael Steele. This, of course, leaves out some other important GOP figures--most notably Mike Huckabee, whose strong showing in the 2008 GOP primary and continued presence on Fox News places him in the well-known category along with those four.

This comes after a June 2 CNN poll showed no clear frontrunner in the 2012 primary race, with Huckabee slightly ahead of the pack.


Here's how their favorable/unfavorables break down. Huckabee was included, along with Romney, Palin, and Gingrich, in an automated Public Policy Polling survey June 18, so I'll include his line from that survey*.

National fav/unfav % GOP fav/unfav %
Sarah Palin: 45/44 73/17
Mitt Romney: 40/28 57/18
Newt Gingrich: 35/38 55/22
Michael Steele: 23/14 28/14
Mike Huckabee*: 43/35 70/17


Palin edges Huckabee as the most popular among Republicans. They're both vastly popular among the Republicans polled by Pew, though Palin is divisive nationally (about the same number view her unfavorably as favorably). If the 2012 GOP primary were today, Palin might just win it; if the general election were tomorrow, she'd probably lose.

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http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/06/sarah_palin_americas_top_republican.php

[Skittles]

1. I would have thought Joe the Plumber would be second

[maxsolomon]

2. by default

she's the only one left who hasn't had an affair - THAT WE KNOW OF. ;) ;)

fecundity alone does not a president make.