Public Policy Polling: 62% of AK Reps don't want Palin to run for president; Mittens wins primary

[WI_DEM]

Palin 2012 in Alaska

If Sarah Palin runs for President in 2012 she can't count on a whole lot of support back home. 62% of Alaska Republicans are opposed to her making a White House bid and she gets only 17% in a hypothetical 2012 primary in the state tying for her second with Mike Huckabee behind Mitt Romney.

It's not that Alaska Republicans don't like Palin- a majority of them still do. But there's a significant disconnect between GOP voters in the state liking Palin and thinking she should run for President, a divide we've seen with Republicans nationally and one that presents the biggest threat to a possible Palin candidacy. Even among voters with a favorable opinion of Palin in the state just 39% think she should launch a 2012 bid.

Romney gets 20% to 17% for Palin and Huckabee, 16% for Newt Gingrich, and 10% for Ron Paul. Among Republicans with a favorable opinion of Palin she pulls only 30% and not surprisingly she gets just 3% with ones who don't like her.

Among voters who say they support the goals of the Tea Party only 31% want Palin to run and even with ones who consider themselves to be active members of the Tea Party there are still only 42% who think she should make the leap.

[still_one]

1. I have very little respect from those in Alaska who not only elected her

but also just nominated a teabager

To see if the populous of Alaska has learned anything we will know shortly

[otohara]

2. Joe Miller

Sarah Palin....who's next Alaska, Mayor Levi?

[WI_DEM]

3. well...maybe--Levi is running for Mayor of Wasila.

[bigdarryl]

4. Romney is NEXT in line strawberries short cakes isn't getting the nomination