Poll: Palin the 2012 GOP front-runner

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are the 2012 Republican presidential front-runners, a poll indicates.

CNN reported Friday that a poll of Republicans shows that Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, has 29 percent support, while Huckabee has 26 percent support.

In third was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who along with Huckabee, had sought the Republican presidential nominee last year.

Trailing in fourth was Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who had 9 percent support. Ten percent of respondents said they would most likely support some other candidate.

"Among GOP men, the same pattern emerges — no clear advantage for Palin, Huckabee or Romney," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "But among Republican women, it's a different story. Palin has a 10-point edge among Republican women, winning 32 percent support among them to 22 percent for Huckabee and 20 percent for Romney."

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey was conducted February 18-19, with 429 Republicans questioned by telephone. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.