I find it interesting that folks think that PPP is a pro-Romney poll and also a pro-Palin poll. Actually if you study PPP over the last 18 months it has been really a pro-Huckabee poll.
And this is why it is so striking and ironic that PPP shows Huckabee’s national support plummeting especially among conservatives.
I find it very interesting that Sarah is gaining support among women.
When people say a polling firm is “PRO-candidate”, they really mean that the pollster tends to skew the results to help that candidate, NOT that candidate leads in any particular poll.
But sometimes people use the term “PRO-candidate” to describe a POLL, rather than a pollster. In that case, the information is less useful, as they usually are just describing the poll results.
The easiest way to tell if a pollster is skewing polls to a candidate is to see if over time their results are better for one candidate than all the other polls.
But since PPP seems to be almost the only firm reporting 2012 presidential primaries right now at the state and federal level, it’s hard to compare with other polls.
And this far out, it’s hard to make any judgments, as the poll can’t possibly know who is likely to vote.