At this early stage. former Massachusetts Gov. and last year's presidential hopeful Mitt Romney leads a list of other Republicans when it comes to who should top the GOP ticket in 2012, with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a close second, according to a Gallup poll conducted July 10-12.
The poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters has Romney at 26 percent, Palin at 21 percent, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 19 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 14 percent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at 3 percent and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour at 2 percent.
When it comes to favorability ratings, Palin leads the pack among Republicans with a 72 percent to 21 percent favorable-to-unfavorable ratio but among all Americans she is viewed unfavorably by 45 percent and favorably by 43 percent.
Romney's favorable-to-unfavorably numbers among Republicans is 56 percent to 17 percent and 37 percent to 29 percent among all Americans.
Huckabee's favavorable-to-unfavorable numbers are 59 percent to 16 percent among Republicans and 42 percent to 23 percent among all Americans.
But its clear, among all Americans, that feelings are strongest pro or con on Palin. Only 12 percent expressed no opinion while 34 percent had no opinion of Romney or Huckabee.
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What's that Bruce Willis movie--oh yea "Last Man Standing". No surprises here.
Posted by: NObama
| July 16, 2009 5:12 PM
Gallup poll shows 3 musketeers in lead for 2012 GOP nomination. The GOP is in major trouble. There is an interesting post at http://iamsoannoyed.com/?page_id=588
Posted by: carly
| July 16, 2009 6:56 PM
The GOP is only in trouble if you read the liberal media. I sense more and more Americans becoming aware of Obama's power grab and turning away from his Socialistic approach.
Posted by: willie
| July 16, 2009 7:51 PM
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