[magritte]

The poll is not of "conservative Republicans"...just "Republicans." It has a pretty large sampling error (4.5 %), so there's a lot of swing room. The question asked is:

I'm going to read you the names of a few people who might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. For each one, please tell me whether you would be very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, or not likely at all to support them if they decided to run for the Republican nomination in 2012.

The drift of the poll, however, is that Palin's support has lessened significantly amongst Republicans since 2008. Support (and non-support) for Romney, Gingrich and Huckabee is still within the margin of error since 2008, relatively unchanged.

Basically, all it says, right now Romney and Huckabee are a little more popular among Republicans than Palin and Gingrich. If this polling is the same at the end of 2011, it will be significant....until then...nah....magritte

[tacticalogic]

Basically, all it says, right now Romney and Huckabee are a little more popular among Republicans than Palin and Gingrich. If this polling is the same at the end of 2011, it will be significant....until then...nah....magritte

I measure all of it against the knowlege that the people who are doing this believe that molding public opinion to be favorable of liberal political values is part of their job.