It's a well known fact that Sarah Palin is the most unpopular major political figure in the country...one thing that may be less well known is that one of the states where voters have the dimmest view of her is her own home state of Alaska.
We've polled Palin's favorability in ten states over the last couple months. In Alaska just 33% of voters have a favorable opinion of her to 58% with a negative one. The only place where fewer voters see her positively than her own home state is dark blue Massachusetts.
Numbers this bad are almost heartbreaking because it brings home the reality that she very well might not run for president -- and that would be a crying shame.
As Jensen points out, it's not just that Palin is unpopular in Alaska -- it's that she's unpopular everywhere.
What's more relevant is that a majority of voters in every single state we have polled so far on the 2012 race has an unfavorable opinion of her. And her average favorability in the Bush/Obama states of Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia that are most likely essential to Republican chances of retaking the White House is 36/56. Democrats can only hope...
As for the Republicans who would be the key to winning her nomination? Well, the good news for her is that she's still fairly popular with Republicans. The bad news is that the Republicans who know her best like her least: in Alaska, her fav/unfav with GOPers is just 60/30. While that is a net positive rating, it's abysmally low given that it should be her base -- she should have a 9:1 ratio of favorable to unfavorable 2:1 is an utter fail.
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