a. Mike Huckabee 64%/16% for +48%.

b. Sarah Palin 65%/26% for +39%.

c. Newt Gingrich 58%/24% for +34%.

d. Mitt Romney 52%/28% for +24%.

Source: PPP: Huckabee leads field by 10%

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Public Policy Polling reports:

Huckabee tops Obama by 16 points, 55-39. Mitt Romney has a respectable 49-42 advantage, and Newt Gingrich a 48-43 lead. But homegrown Perry only matches the president at 45%, and Palin posts an insignificant 47-46 edge.

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Huckabee is obviously the big winner in this poll. He’s ahead with both moderates and conservatives, showing an ability to unify two wings of the party that have become increasingly polarized from each other with the rise of the Tea Party movement.

Q14 If the Republican candidates for President next year were Mitch Daniels, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, and John Thune who would you vote for?
Mitch Daniels ………………………………………….. 1%
Newt Gingrich …………………………………………. 13%
Mike Huckabee ……………………………………….. 30%
Sarah Palin …………………………………………….. 15%
Ron Paul ………………………………………………… 6%
Tim Pawlenty ………………………………………….. 4%
Mitt Romney……………………………………………. 18%
John Thune…………………………………………….. 3%
Someone else/Undecided…………………………. 10%

Huckabee also has room to gain more support as he is the 2nd choice of many:

Q15 Who would your second choice be as the Republican candidate for President next year?
Mitch Daniels ………………………………………….. 2%
Newt Gingrich …………………………………………. 12%
Mike Huckabee ……………………………………….. 19%
Sarah Palin …………………………………………….. 13%
Ron Paul ………………………………………………… 5%
Tim Pawlenty ………………………………………….. 5%
Mitt Romney……………………………………………. 9%
John Thune…………………………………………….. 3%
Someone else/Undecided…………………………. 31%

PPP surveyed 400 usual Michigan Republican primary voters from December 3rd to 6th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-4.9%.

• Huckabee 22%
• Romney 22%
• Palin 18%
• Gingrich 15%
• Paul 10%
• Pawlenty 3%
• Daniels 2%.

Compare this to the 2008 GOP primary results for Michigan:

• Romney 39%
• McCain 30%
• Huckabee 16%
• Paul 6%

The Romney/Huckabee gap has gone from 23 points to 0. Very encouraging!

• Palin……………23%
• Huckabee…….22%
• Gingrich……….16%
• Romney……….12%
• Ron Paul………..9%
• Pawlenty………..3%
• Thune…………….3%
• Daniels…………..2%
• Someone else…10%

Governor Huckabee is within the margin of error of first place:

PPP surveyed 545 usual Montana Republican primary voters from November 10th to 13th.
The margin of error for the survey is +/- 4.2%. Other factors, such as refusal to be
interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to
quantify.

Huckabee gets 18% support from moderates (which is 2nd to Palin) but beats her among conservatives by a narrow 23% to 22% margin:

Among Conservatives:

• Huckabee 23%
• Palin 22%
• Gingrich 17%
• Romney13%
• Paul 7%
• Pawlenty 3%
• Thune 3%
• Daniels 2%
• Someone else 10%