Posted on 10/16/2009 11:28:22 AM PDT by MissesBush
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Republican voters nationwide say former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is their pick to represent the GOP in the 2012 Presidential campaign. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 24% prefer former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney while 18% would cast their vote for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gets 14% of the vote while Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty gets 4%. Six percent (6%) of GOP voters prefer some other candidate while 7% remain undecided.
These numbers reflect an improvement for Huckabee since July when the three candidates were virtually even. Huckabee’s gain appears to be Palin’s loss as Romney’s support has barely changed.
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The numbers for Huckabee and Romney look even stronger when GOP voters were asked which candidate they would least like to see get the nomination. Pawlenty came on top in that category with 28%. Palin was second at 21% while 20% named Gingrich. Romney and Huckabee were in the single digits with 9% and 8% respectively.
Huckabee and Romney are viewed favorably by 78% of Republican voters, Palin by 75%. Gingrich earns favorably reviews from 69% while Pawlenty is less well known and gets a positive assessment from 45% of Republicans.
Other data from the survey, including head-to-head match-ups with individual candidates, will be released over the weekend.
Republican voters are very confident their nominee could be the next President of the United States. Eighty-one percent (81%) of the GOP faithful say that it’s at least somewhat likely the Republican nominee will defeat Barack Obama in 2012. Fifty percent (50%) say it’s Very Likely.
Romney leads all prospects among voters who attend church once a month or less. Huckabee leads among more frequent churchgoers. Huckabee holds a huge lead among Evangelical Christians with Palin in second and Romney a distant third. Huckabee and Romney are essentially even among other Protestants while Romney has the edge among Catholics.
Romney leads among Republicans earning more than $75,000 a year while Huckabee leads among those who earn less.
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posted earlier
The Huckster is a JUANnabie.
I wish the Huck would just go away.
This is not an attack against Romney...
Its sckewed to leave out Gov Sarah Palin..
If the GOP can’t do any better than that, Zero will be relected regardless how terrible a president he is.
A year before the 2008 election all the polls, all of them, had it Gulianni-Clinton in a slug fest.
What happened to them both in the primaries?
Polling now for 2012 is silly nonsense.
I wish Hannity and Fox News would stop talking to him!
If that douche bag Huckleberry runs again we are doomed!
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I can’t support or get behind Huckabee because of the dog hanging incident. I believe it would become a figurative noose around his own neck were he to become the nominee.
I thought this dated back to 2008
Personally I hate reruns and sequels, they are never as good as the originals
With open primaries and same-day registration, it does not matter who Republicans want to nominate.
It’s up to Obama. He’s running unopposed, so he has to tell his ACORN and SEIU minions who he believes he will have the easiest time beating. Then they will cross-over and fraudulently register and select (again) our candidate in our open primaries for us.
yeah but Palin will have to do something better than post on facebook.
PointlessPollPosting Alert...
Hunter/DeMint 100%
I’m happy to take money from anyone who thinks Huckabee is actually going to be the (R) nominee.
None of them are polling well. We need a strong defense leader.
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