President 2012 Georgia GOP Poll Watch: Huckabee 23% Gingrich 22% Cain 16% Palin 10% Romney 8%
According to the latest PPP Poll.
Favorable Vs. Unfavorable:
- Mike Huckabee – 75% Vs. 14%
- Newt Gingrich – 62% Vs. 23%
- Sarah Palin – 58% Vs. 31%
- Herman Cain – 44% Vs. 23%
- Mitt Romney – 50% Vs. 32%
Again Mike Huckabee is demonstrating his strength in the deep South. His favorable rating is better than former Georgia Rep. and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
Head to Head:
- Huckabee – 23%
- Gingrich – 22%
- Cain – 16%
- Palin – 10%
- Romney – 8%
- Bachmann – 4%
- Paul – 3%
- Pawlenty – 3%
If former speaker Newt Gingrich cannot win in his own home state, one has to wonder why he is bothering to run at all. But, if you take native Georgian Herman Cain out of the poll, Gingrich does beat Huckabee.
Cain’s 16% standing is pretty impressive for several reasons. His third place finish comes despite having 15% less name recognition than the rest of the quartet. And even though he’s competing with a second home state candidate he still does better in Georgia than Sarah Palin does in Alaska (15%), Gary Johnson does in New Mexico (13%), or Rick Santorum does in Pennsylvania (11%). The fact that Cain is the first choice of so many of the people who are familiar with him bodes well for his prospects if he can muster the resources to run a serious campaign.
If you take Cain out of the mix in Georgia Gingrich does lead the way with 31% to 24% for Huckabee, 10% for Palin, 8% for Romney, 5% for Bachmann, 4% for Paul and Pawlenty, and 3% for Haley Barbour.