President 2012 Colorado GOP Poll Watch: Romney 19% Palin 16% Huckabee 16% Gingrich 12%

The latest PPP Poll is out and Mitt Romney is barely leading the field.

• Mitt Romney – 19%
• Sarah Palin – 16%
• Mike Huckabee – 16%
• Newt Gingrich – 12%
• Ron Paul – 9%
• Tim Pawlenty – 7%
• John Thune – 4%
• Mitch Daniels – 3%

Mitt Romney’s lead in Colorado adds to first place polls in Arizona, California and Nevada.

Romney manages leads, albeit narrow ones, with both conservative and moderate voters in Colorado. Among conservatives he gets 18% with Palin right behind at 17%, Huckabee at 15%, Gingrich at 13%, and Paul with a rare performance hitting double digits at 10%. With moderates Romney has 22% to Huckabee’s 20%, and 10% for Palin and Gingrich.

In some states where Romney leads he doesn’t have the highest favorability of the Republican candidates but is first anyway because he’s seen as more Presidential than some of the other folks who are better liked. But that’s not the case in Colorado- he’s first for the nomination choice and first in popularity. 60% of primary voters have a favorable opinion of him with Palin and Huckabee at 59% and Gingrich at 54% coming in further behind.

The full poll is here (Pdf).