It's Public Policy, but they were one of the most accurate pollsters of 2012.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/02/08/alaska-poll-sen-begich-popular-palin-unpopular/
And Begich leads a bevy of likely Republican challengers. He has a big, big lead — 54-38 percent — over former Gov. and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
There are lots of polls showing the same problem for Palin. She's not popular in her home state right now. Period.
My own, unscientific polling here in Illinois suggests the supposed quitting issue has close to zero significance among voters.
Why in the heck would your unscientific polling in Illinois have any bearing on what people in Alaska think. Palin quit her job as Governor. That did a lot of damage to her. Poll after poll after poll shows her diminished popularity. I doubt she could win an election in her home state at this point. It is what it is.
Palin made some terrible mistakes and missteps after the 2008 election. She's young, if she wants to run for office she has time to rehabilitate herself politically and run for something. My guess is if she runs for anything, it would be President. I just can't see her being happy stuck in the House or Senate. I think she wants a bigger voice which is probably why she will stick with media.
Why my unscientific poll in illinois? Because that’s all I got. Someday, when we visit Alaska to see the northern lights, I will continue my “poll” in Alaska. Until then, I’m dependent on polls created by firms motivated by paying customers who don’t share my perspective. Don’t misunderstand. I’m not saying the numbers aren’t true. I’m just questioning the premise that her strategic retreat has anything to do with it. Could be all kinds of reasons for a particular result. I have my own theories. But what I am saying is I have yet to see empirical evidence that, outside our little echo chamber here, any real quantity of voters, Alaskan or otherwise, are really troubled by her early departure from office. My own inquiries suggest that most low info voters, of whom there are many in my personal acquaintane, have only those ideas about Palin that were put there by the comedians they watch, and those misconceptions are as fragile as frost on a summer morning, and will evaporate during a well run campaign.