Mike Huckabee 2012 GOP Front-Runner?

The media seems far more focused on Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney seems to be seen as “next in line” for the Republican nomination but the latest Gallup polling shows Mike Huckabee may actually be the 2012 front runner at this point (a full 3 years from the 2012 general election!)

According to this poll 71% of Republicans say they would “seriously consider” supporting Mike Huckabee for the Republican nomination. Comparatively Mitt Romney & Sarah Palin are both at 65%, Newt Gingrich is at 60%, and Tim Pawlenty is at 32% (this is probably due to having lower name recognition than the others.)

In bad news for the Republicans; none of these candidates has much support among the general electorate with only 40% saying they would “seriously consider” supporting Mike Huckabee for President (obviously his opponent is assumed to be President Obama) with 51% saying they would not consider (I’m not sure what the other 9% are saying?) Meanwhile Romney is at 39% and Palin is at 33% among the general electorate. Considering that Romney and Palin are already very well known, that seems to indicate that they would have a very hard time winning in 2012.

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