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Only 15% of Alaskans pick Palin in hypothetical GOP matchup

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PPP’s final six state level 2012 GOP primary surveys, conducted right before this month’s election, find Mitt Romney strong in another key early state, Sarah Palin weak at home, and Newt Gingrich’s only first place finish out of the 18 states we polled.

Iowa and South Carolina were not among the states we included in these polls but the other key early states of New Hampshire, Florida, and Nevada were and they all found the same leader: Mitt Romney. In Nevada Romney is well out ahead of the pack with 34% to 21% for Gingrich, 16% for Palin, and only 11% for Mike Huckabee. He’s doing equally well across the ideological spectrum there, getting 35% of conservatives and 34% of moderates. The state provided one of Romney’s most important early victories the last time around and it looks as though it could do so again.

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