Mike Huckabee edges out Palin and Romney in new Gallup Poll

Mike Huckabee continues moving on up in the Gallup polling.  Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich fall and Sarah Palin holds steady.

Gallup 2012 Republican Nomination Survey

* Mike Huckabee 18% [16%] [(12%)

* Mitt Romney 16% [19%] (19%)

* Sarah Palin 16% [16%] (16%)

* Newt Gingrich 9% [13%] (9%)

* Ron Paul 5% [6%] (7%)

* Michele Bachmann 4%

* Tim Pawlenty 3% [4%] (3%)

* Haley Barbour 3% [4%] (3%)

* Mitch Daniels 3% [1%] (2%)

* Rick Santorum 2% [1%] (2%)

* Jon Huntsman 1%

* Chris Christie (vol.) 1% [1%] (1%)

* Mike Pence (vol.) 1% [1%] (1%)

* Gary Johnson 1% [1%] (1%)

* John Thune 1% [2%] (2%)

* Other 3% [2%] (4%)

* None/No opinion 14% [14%] (19%)

Among Conservatives

* Mike Huckabee 21% [17%] (15%)

* Mitt Romney 15% [18%] (19%)

* Sarah Palin 15% [16%] (16%)

* Newt Gingrich 11% [14%] (10%)

Survey of 1,326 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents was conducted February 18-20, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted November 13-14, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted September 25-26, 2010 are in parentheses.

H/T The Argo Journal for compilation of the data