Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich tie for lead in Maine

Mike Huckabee tied at the top of the latest 2012 survey in the most Northeastern state in America: Maine.

Public Policy Polling

2012 Maine GOP Primary Survey

* Newt Gingrich 19% (14%)

* Mike Huckabee 19% (16%)

* Sarah Palin 17% (23%)

* Mitt Romney 15% (18%)

* Ron Paul 8%

* Mitch Daniels 4% (1%)

* Tim Pawlenty 3% (3%)

* Haley Barbour 2%

* Someone else/Undecided 13% (23%)

Among Men

* Newt Gingrich 19% (19%)
* Mike Huckabee 19% (13%)

* Sarah Palin 16% (23%)

* Mitt Romney 13% (17%)

* Ron Paul 11%

* Mitch Daniels 7% (2%)

* Tim Pawlenty 5% (4%)

* Haley Barbour 2%

* Someone else/Undecided 7% (20%)

Among Women

* Newt Gingrich 18% (8%)

* Mitt Romney 18% (19%)

* Sarah Palin 18% (23%)

* Mike Huckabee 18% (18%)

* Ron Paul 5%

* Mitch Daniels 2% (1%)

* Tim Pawlenty 2% (3%)

* Haley Barbour 2%

* Someone else/Undecided 17% (27%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

* Mike Huckabee 56% / 22% {+34%}

* Newt Gingrich 54% / 24% {+30%}

* Sarah Palin 59% / 33% {+26%}

* Mitt Romney 47% / 31% {+16%}

Among Men

* Newt Gingrich 59% / 25% {+34%}

* Mike Huckabee 58% / 25% {+33%}

* Sarah Palin 63% / 32% {+31%}

* Mitt Romney 46% / 40% {+6%}

Among Women

* Mike Huckabee 54% / 19% {+35%}

* Newt Gingrich 50% / 23% {+27%}

* Mitt Romney 48% / 23% {+25%}

* Sarah Palin 56% / 34% {+22%}

Survey of 434 usual Maine Republican primary voters was conducted March 3-6, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.7 percentage points. Political ideology: 38% Very conservative; 38% Somewhat conservative; 19% Moderate; 4% Somewhat liberal; 1% Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted October 26-28, 2010 are in parentheses.

H/T The Argo Journal for compilation of data