We can now add another group to the list of people who don’t think Sarah Palin’s resignation as Governor of Alaska was a good move: Republican voters, according to a new Rasmussen poll.
The numbers: Of the likely Republican voters surveyed, only 24% think her resignation helps her chances for the Republican nomination in 2012, compared to 40% who say it’s hurt her chances.
At the same time, 61% of Republican voters think it’s somewhat likely or very likely that she will run, with only 29% saying it’s not very likely or not likely at all.
When asked who they prefer, 25% of GOPers said Mitt Romney, 24% said Palin — the same percentage who said her resignation is a plus, interestingly — 22% chose Mike Huckabee, and 14% chose Newt Gingrich, with 1% each for Haley Barbour and Tim Pawlenty.
