PPP poll of Minnesota:
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_MN_12081023.pdfObama 51%
Gingrich 38%
Obama 50%
Huckabee 40%
Obama 54%
Palin 36%
Obama 47%
Romney 42%
Obama 51%
Pawlenty 43%
job approval / disapproval:
Obama 49% / 46%
Pawlenty 43% / 53%
favorability / unfavorability among all voters:
Gingrich 30% / 52%
Huckabee 37% / 40%
Palin 35% / 60%
Romney 32% / 42%
favorability / unfavorability among Republicans only:
Gingrich 58% / 21%
Huckabee 64% / 16%
Palin 70% / 23%
Romney 53% / 23%
Pawlenty job approval among Republicans only:
approve 83%
disapprove 12%
Despite Palin's high favorability #s, she gets the lowest GOP support in a general election matchup with Obama. Only 76% of Republicans say they'd vote for Palin over Obama (most of the rest are undecided), whereas for Romney it's 87%, and for Pawlenty it's 90%. This is a pattern that shows up in other states, that PPP noted in this post:
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/12/palins-republican-problem.htmlPalin has very high favorability ratings with the GOP, but the minority of Republicans that doesn't like her seems willing to at least consider backing Obama over her.