A new national survey from Public Policy Polling (D) — already looking ahead to the 2012 general election! — pits Barack Obama against Sarah Palin.
The numbers: Obama 55%, Palin 35%. This margin is nearly identical to Obama’s approval of 55% and disapproval of 37%. Palin’s own personal favorables and unfavorables stand at 39%-50%.
The pollster’s analysis has the obvious caveat that we can’t know what might happen in the next few years, but these numbers would point to Obama winning over 400 electoral votes.
On the other hand, just think of the stability of our two-party political system, that somebody running against Sarah Palin would only lead by 20 points.
