Mitt Romney trails Mike Huckabee in new poll that ranks GOP presidential hopefuls

Published: Thursday, March 3 2011 5:01 p.m. MST

Summary

A recent poll by the Wall Street Journal and NBC shows Mitt Romney is the second-most popular Republican presidential hopeful among voters likely to cast a ballot in a GOP primary.

The polling results — which can be found by clicking here — position Mike Huckabee as a prospective Republican frontrunner given that 25 percent of GOP voters deemed him as their first choice and 13 percent as their second selection. By way of comparison, 21 percent of voters listed Romney as their favorite candidate and 16 percent listed the former Massachusetts governor as their second choice.

The Washington Post examines the very same polling numbers and concludes that the data could auger well for the presidential aspirations of Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty.

In a separate portion of the poll, a hypothetical race between President Barack Obama and Romney presently tilts in Obama's favor, 49 percent to 40 percent.

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nyca411

Menlo Park, CA

To "goinoutwestt": if you think Mitt's "flip-flops" should keep him out of the White House, then Obama had better start packing his bags! His "change we can believe in" is his changing positions on just about every More..

6:34 p.m. March 3, 2011
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morpunkt

Glendora, CA

Don't count Romney out. The biggest electoral voting block is not Huckabee's Dixieland, but the nationwide Independent voters. And they want Mitt over Huck.
It will be about the economy, stupids. By the time our economy is fully tanked, even the More..

9:11 p.m. March 3, 2011
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poyman

Lincoln City, OR

@goinoutwestt.... Holy cow, your material is old, tired and boring.... Romney changed his position on abortions.... That's it.... Get over it... Better yet, read his book, at least your criticisms will sound more intelligent.

7:10 p.m. March 3, 2011
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