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.
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.
6 comments:
I don't think that any of those candidates sound well...
however, if barack obama does a decent enough job for the democratic party and runs for second term im not sure if the republicans would be able to defeat obama. romney, huckabee, and palin just havent created the people to support them. they each have a good following but obama just has strength in numbers in government and the people. i think we just need to see how this term goes before we get to thinking about the proper republican candidates.
Well, honestly i am not concerned about the first few paragraphs because for me, the first paragraphs are informative data presentations but i would like to have some comments on the last paragraph
Both Huckabbe and Romney lead people from church or frequent churchgoers, this violated the law that no political activities shaould be influced by religion, but here both of them used religion as a tool to gain people's support which is very clever but wrong, according to the law. Politicans say we need a wall to separate the riligion and politic but most of the times the policitical activities always includ the religious views.
Many experts can't even predict the outcome of these things. Although, the facts do have much to do with the outcome especially percentage wise. For Instance, about 4 years ago our own President Obama was chosen as one of the favorites to run for presidency, putting up the same numbers as the depicted candidates for 2012. Even with those numbers many didn't think he would sweep the polls like he did. With that being said, I say its entirely too early to predict who's the top dog in the running to become the nation's next President.
when they mentioned churchgoers lubbock voters popped into my head. do u think these statistics would be the same here? i wonder who the republicans here would want to vote for... some of these people however make cringe a little... i might be moving to mexico if they ever win an election... [:
I think its far too early too tell if its likely that the republican representative will defeat Barak Obama. This could possibly get easier to tell further on in Obama's term when new policys take effect.
I think it is very interesting to see what groups are supportive of each candidate. How wide the spectrum is, and how the certain groups affect the outcome. Also, i think its curious that when the voters were asked which candidate they didn't want to see, the supporters for Romney and Huckabee were strong. This shows how hard each candidate will have to work for the voters know who they wouldn't want, but aren't quite sure of who they do..
Millie Dorsett
Government- 3rd Period
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