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Sarah Palin’s 2012 Hopes Dimming? Favorability Slips In New Poll (MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER, 3/16/11, ABC News)

According to fresh numbers from a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, Palin’s favorability rating among members of her own party has fallen to a new low. Not only that, but negative views of Palin are much higher than those of other possible Republican presidential candidates. http://abcn.ws/fWHqlu

Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 37 percent see Palin unfavorably, exceeding former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s unfavorable rating by 11 points, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s by 16 points and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s by 19 points. [...]

“The results,” according to ABC News’ polling analyst Gary Langer, “indicate continued challenges for Palin in public opinion. In an ABC News/Washington Post poll in December, 59 percent of Americans said they would not consider voting for her for president (including 36 percent of leaned Republicans); Barack Obama led her in general election preferences by a 15-point margin. Last fall, moreover, 67 percent described her as unqualified for the position, including 49 percent of leaned Republicans.”

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