Just after the potential candidates released the amount of donations their individual PAC’s have raised, comes a new Gallup poll with Romney also in the lead over Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin. I expect that as time progresses toward the primary season that Romney’s number will increase. He consistently moves forward.
PRINCETON, NJ — About one in four Republicans and Republican-leaning independents make Mitt Romney their top choice for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, giving him a slight edge over Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the choice of 14% of Republicans, with much smaller numbers choosing current Govs. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Haley Barbour of Mississippi.
These results are based on a July 10-12 Gallup Poll, which asked Republicans to choose which of six possible candidates for the Republican presidential nomination they would be most likely to support in 2012.
As of this moment, Romney, one of John McCain’s chief rivals for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, holds a slight but not statistically significant 26% to 21% advantage over Palin, who was McCain’s vice presidential running mate.
Palin’s strong showing suggests she remains a contender for GOP front-runner status even after her surprising decision to resign as governor of Alaska, which she announced July 3. Some have speculated that she made that decision with an eye toward running for president in 2012.
Favorable Ratings of Leading Contenders
While Palin trails Romney in the current candidate preference test, she leads both him and Huckabee in terms of their respective favorable ratings among Republicans. Currently, 72% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents have a favorable opinion of Palin, compared with 56% for Romney and 59% for Huckabee. But her lead on this measure largely reflects the fact that she is better known than the two former governors, given the substantially lower “no opinion” figures for her. Republicans rate each candidate more positively than negatively by better than 3-to-1 ratios.
As you examine the rest of the polling numbers you will see that Mitt Romney’s numbers are increasing and are very steady. This is an indication that Romney is the candidate viewed by the party to take on Barack Obama.
I like the looks of that graph. Hope Romney’s numbers keep rising!
Go Mitt, Steady as YOU go!! Full Speed Ahead!!!!