Public Policy Polling: Obama beats Pawlenty in head to head matchup
A new poll by Public Policy Polling (a firm with Democratic ties) says President Obama is leading Governor Tim Pawlenty in a head to head matchup. Obama received support of fifty percent of those polled. Pawlenty received thirty percent support.
Obama leads in head to head matchups against Pawlenty, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Pawlenty had the lowest numbers of all of the GOP candidates polled but the firm said Pawlenty has the best upside:
Somewhat counterintuitively the best news in this poll might be for Tim Pawlenty. Only 27% of respondents have an opinion of him and it breaks down negatively, 16/11. He trails Obama by the widest margin. But with all of the better known Republican candidates looking pretty weak the door is really open for someone like him to step in and have a big impact on this race. No one expected Barack Obama to be the Democrats' 2008 nominee at this time four years ago, and the best hope for Republicans in 2012 may be to move beyond the Huckabee/Palin/Romney trio that all has the loser stench from last year.
You can read the full results here.
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