Romney's Stock Rises with Public, but Palin Reigns Among Republicans

June 24, 2009 11:30 AM | | Comments (0)

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney tops Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican party chairman Michael Steele when it comes to favorability ratings with the overall public, but among Republicans Palin far outpaces the pack, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted June 10-14.

Romney's favorable-to-unfavorable ratio among the general public is 40 percent to 28 percent with 12 percent undecided with 32 percent undecided. Palin's is 45 percent to 42 percent with 12 percent undecided. Gingrich is in negative territory with 38 percent unfavorable to 35 percent favorable and 26 percent undecided, and Steele's numbers don't count for much since 63 percent have no opinion of him.

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Among just Republicans, Palin's favorable-to-unfavorable numbers are 73 percent to 17 percent, with Romney next at 58 percent to 17 percent, followed by Gingrich at 55 percent to 22 percent and Steele at 28 percent to 14 percent with 58 percent expressing no opinion.

Pew says that since February 2008, just before abandoning his race for the GOP nomination, opinions of Romney have improved across most political and demographic groups, particularly independents. Among that group, he has turned around a 46 percent to 29 percent negative favorability ratio to one that is now favorable by 44 percent to 25 percent.

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