LOL, polarizing figures do not win with astounding majorities like 76%, to try to denigrate that is to be foolish, and I have no idea what her "second term" as governor was.
After the media went after her, and after Palin came to represent the national Republican party and national conservatism, Palin left office with a very high, 56% approval.
Rick Perry would love to keep approval numbers in the 56% range among his state's voters.
The Most Popular Governor
Alaska's Sarah Palin is the GOP's newest star.
Jul 16, 2007, Vol. 12, No. 41 • By FRED BARNES The Weekly Standard
"The wipeout in the 2006 election left Republicans in such a state of dejection that they've overlooked the one shining victory in which a Republican star was born. The triumph came in Alaska where Sarah Palin, a politician of eye-popping integrity, was elected governor. She is now the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating in the 90s, and probably the most popular public official in any state."
Palin has always been a unifying, non-polarizing figure in office, neither Palin, nor Perry has been in national office so we have to use their past effect on their constituents to judge them as polarizing, Perry winning reelection with 39% after his first term, seems to reveal a polarizing figure.
I heard this once quoted and I believe is applies to my efforts in your case...."I can explain things clearly to you, but I cannot make you understand."
Go your own way...I wish you much luck. And should Mrs. Palin somehow win the nomination, comfort yourself with the fact that I will vote for her, as I think you will....but for vastly different reasons.
No need to respond to this message....you've driven my frustration level quite high enough, thank you very much.