Mike Huckabee Best Bet to beat Obama in Tennessee

Public Policy Polling has released their latest 2012 data showing Mike Huckabee would be the best bet to defeat Obama in Tennessee.

Public Policy Polling

Tennessee 2012 Presidential Survey

Mike Huckabee 53%  

Barack Obama  41% 

 

Mitt Romney  48%  

Barack Obama  41%

Newt Gingrich 46%  

Barack Obama 43%

Sarah Palin 45%

Barack Obama 45%

Favorability:

Mike Huckabee 50/29   +21

Mitt Romney 33/41  -8

Sarah Palin 39/51 -12

Newt Gingrich 30/49 -19

PPP surveyed 500 Tennessee voters from February 9th to 13th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-4.4%.

PPP Nuggets:

"The former Arkansas governor has a pretty outstanding 50-29 favorability margin because Huckabee is liked the best across the partisan spectrum. All the others are seen negatively by both independents and all voters.  Not surprisingly then, Huckabee is the only candidate who soundly beats the president with independents, 51-40.

While a good chunk of Republicans are on the fence about whether to support Palin, Romney, or Gingrich, Huckabee locks up 90% of the GOP versus the others' 80-84%. Obama himself maintains 83-88% of Democrats' votes, and few Democrats are undecided."

Mike Huckabee holds wide Lead in Tennessee

Public Policy Polling 

Tennessee Republican 2012 Primary Survey

Mike Huckabee   31%

Sarah Palin      17%
Mitt Romney   11%

Newt Gingrich 11%
Ron Paul         10%
Tim Pawlenty    3%

Mitch Daniels    3%
John Thune      1% 

Undecided      14%

Favorability:

Mike Huckabee   74%/13%   +61%
Sarah Palin   67%/23%   +44%
Newt Gingrich   52%/28%  +24%
Mitt Romney   47%/30%    +17%

PPP surveyed 400 usual Tennessee Republican primary voters from February 9th to 13th.  The survey’s margin of error is +/-4.9%.

Nuggets from PPP Blogspot:

"We wondered when we started doing these 2012 GOP Presidential polls if Gingrich's potential presence in the race would really hurt Huckabee's strength in the South but that does not seem to be the case. Polls we've conducted over the last three months have now found Huckabee at the top in North Carolina, West Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Missouri, Virginia, and now Tennessee.

Mitt's favorability rating in Tennessee is only 47%, putting him way behind Huckabee's 74%, Palin's 67%, and even Gingrich's 52%. He has hovered right around the 10% mark in a lot of our Southern state polls and just does not seem likely to fare very well in the region next year."