Huckabee wins early 2012 straw poll

Mike Huckabee cruised to an easy victory in a presidential straw poll taken among attendees at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit, beating a group of four other Republican contenders by an over two-to-one margin:

Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and a 2008 presidential candidate, won with just over 28 percent of the 597 votes cast by attendees at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was the runner-up, narrowly edging out Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Alaska Gov. and Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and House Minority Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.). The four all received about 12% of the vote.

Obviously it’s still really really early, but considering Huckabee’s strong performance in the 2008 GOP presidential primaries, he could be the front runner for Republicans in 2012. What’s more surprising to me than Huckabee’s strong performance in the straw poll is the relatively poor showing by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who is supposed to be a darling of the “family values” crowd.

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