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Huckabee Tops Poll Among 2012 Hopefuls

By Paul Steinhauser, CNN

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WASHINGTON, (Dec. 5) - Barack Obama is still more than six weeks from White House, and the next Iowa caucuses are more than three years away — so naturally, it’s time to start talking 2012, as a new national poll suggests that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee top the list of potential 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls.

In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Friday that serves as an early measure of potential support for the next GOP presidential nomination, Huckabee tops the list. Thirty-four percent of Republicans and independent voters who lean towards the GOP say they are very likely to support the former Arkansas governor if he were to become their party’s nominee in 2012. Huckabee surprised many by winning this year's Republican caucuses in Iowa and seven other contests before ending his run in March.

Gov. Huckabee also won the ensuing AOL Online Poll:

Poll Results

Who do you think will be the 2012 GOP presidential candidate?

Mike Huckabee	28%	42,922
Sarah Palin	23%	35,030
Mitt Romney	22%	33,039
Other	12%	17,062
Bobby Jindal	9%	14,144
Newt Gingrich	6%	8,921

Total Votes: 151,118

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