Poll: Palin Top GOP Pick For 2012

A new Zogby poll shows that despite her divisiveness and the anger directed her way by Republican campaign aides after the election, Sarah Palin is still Republicans' preferred 2012 candidate:

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the slight favorite of Republican voters as the best candidate the party could run for President in 2012. When all voters are asked that questions, Palin falls into a three-way tie with Mitt Romney and Bobby Jindal.

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Palin's strength is with all conservatives, conservative religious voters and gun owners. Among Republicans, she gets the support of 30% of Born-Again Christians, 32% of weekly churchgoers, 34% of National Rifle Association members, 28% of current gun owners and 29% of self-identified conservatives. More GOP support comes from 32% of blue collar workers, 30% who shop weekly at Wal-Mart, 28% of NASCAR fans and 25% of both those with children under 17 and those with family members in the military. She scores lower among GOP voters ages 18-29, with 15%.

Twenty-four percent of Republican respondents chose Palin, compared with eighteen percent for Romney and sixteen percent for Jindal. When all voters were polled, each candidate took about thirteen percent of respondents.

The poll also finds that Mike Huckabee will have a hard time beating Palin among the base:

Palin looks to be stealing Huckabee's thunder among Republican religious conservatives and working class voters. Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist minister, and his highest GOP totals still come from Born-Again Christians (15%) and weekly churchgoers (18%), but those numbers are about half of those drawn by Palin. Despite his populist economic message, he wins only 10% of blue collar Republicans.

Read the full results here.

Comments

[Ohsnap]

She's my favorite too. Only because I am dying to hear the conservatives argument on how she still has more executive and foreign policy experience than Obama.

The GOP must have some good drug dealers on speed dial.

[jena132]

Yeah, and a year ago we thought Hillary Clinton or Rudy Guliani would be president now. This woman's 15 minutes have long since been up. After all the Senate races are settled, and inauguration passes she will fade away.

[jamie461]

She's the choice of the viagra-popping geezers who now make up the majority of the Republican party "base."

[retrocozayshin]

It's good to see that the wannabe liberals (wannabe in that they believe in censoring the media) that constantly whine about Palin being covered in the news aren't posting their little tantrums in THIS thread.

[AERO]

I can't stand the sight or sound of her, but I might even donate money to her primary campaign. I can't think of anybody I'd rather see lose to Obama in the general election 2012. Hopefully, she'll pick Lieberman for a running mate.

[sixx]

These numbers have been sliced, diced and put under nut shells, and still Palin rules.

[wndrwrthg]

Queen of the harpies, perhaps.

[Ohsnap]

I bet if I took a poll of these same people they would also tell me that the centerfold of Playboy magazine rules.

[kgb999]

If August polls in an election year are nearly worthless - what does that make polls taken 4 years out?

[auramac]

The Republican Party is brain dead. As are its remaining supporters.

[Giada]

It's the good old boys pushing Palin forward, and notice the back drop when she spoke today? One elderly white women, and older men :)

[ikenneth]

i really hope Palin is GOPs pick for 2012. Its going to be an easy win for Obama '12

[Nyla785]

Palin's their favorite choice? Well, thats just pathetic.

[amyers]

A: Alaska, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming.

Q: What are the only states that Sarah Palin will carry in the 2012 presidential election?

[Ohsnap]

You forgot the states of Desperation, Delusion, and Denial.

[aloha43]

STILL?

What a bunch of REALLY, REALLY stupid people.

[user20092009]

We, the people of America, love Gov. Sarah Palin. God bless you, Sarah.

[reggieb]

You think you speak for the people of America? As a person of America, you don't speak for me so knock it off.

[retrocozayshin]

Oh and it's so obvious too. That's why we sent her back to Alaska. Good insight there user20092009.

[MsMontana]

That's music to the ears for Democrats.