A new Gallup/USA Today poll shows Mike Huckabee leading among both Republicans and national voters as a whole for the GOP nomination in 2012:
PRINCETON, NJ — Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, 71% of Republicans say they would seriously consider voting for Mike Huckabee. This gives Huckabee a slight edge over Mitt Romney (65%) and Sarah Palin (65%) in this early test of the strength of several potential Republican contenders. A majority of Republicans also say they would seriously consider voting for Newt Gingrich, but far fewer say they are currently ready to support the lesser-known Tim Pawlenty or Haley Barbour.
These results are based on a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 1. While this question allows respondents to express their level of support for each of the potential candidates, the three front-runners that emerge are the same as when Gallup in July asked respondents which potential candidate they were most likely to support.
The poll suggests that the appeal of these potential challengers to Barack Obama in 2012 at this point is primarily limited to the Republican faithful. Among all Americans, Huckabee and Romney perform better than the other Republicans tested, but only about 4 in 10 Americans say they would consider voting for either.
Here are the results among Republicans:
And, among adults as a whole:
There’s also more bad news for Sarah Palin, as she continues to suffer from the perception that she is not qualified to be President:
November 5th, 2009 at 9:15 am
ugh.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
The fact that the negatives on all the above Republican candidates are over 50% means that Obama will likely have an easy path to reelection.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:31 am
If there was ever a time for the GOP higher-ups (Steele, et al.) to get their asses into gear, it’s now.
And if there was ever a poll that they absolutely need to read, it’s this one.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:32 am
(forgot to include this in my previous post)
And they should also know that nominating Huckabee would be a bad idea.