JUST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE AND 2012 SEEMS TO BE INTERESTING, GOOD START FOR ROMNEY AND HUCKABEE

PPP (D) 2012 Presidential Survey

* Barack Obama 49%
* Mike Huckabee 42%

* Barack Obama 50%
* Mitt Romney 39%

* Barack Obama 53%
* Sarah Palin 41%

* Barack Obama 52%
* Newt Gingrich 39%

Obama Job Approval
* Approve 53%
* Disapprove 41%

Favorable / Unfavorable (Net)

* Mike Huckabee 42% / 34% (+8%)
* Mitt Romney 40% / 35% (+5%)
* Sarah Palin 42% / 49% (-7%)
* Newt Gingrich 36% / 44% (-8%)

Some notes:
*Romney is viewed favorably by the largest numbers of Democrats for any of the Republican candidates in the survey, at 27%,(60% favorability rating among GOP voters), trails Obama among 18-29 yr old only by 10 point 51-41 and among 30-45 yr old by 5 points 46-41.
*Sarah Palin has the best favorability among Republicans voters, with 76% saying they have a positive opinion of her,But she also has the largest percentage of GOP voters- 21%- who say they would vote for Obama if she ended up being the party nominee.
*Huckabee seems to be the easiest of the top Republican contenders at this point in time - he is only trailing Obama 49-42. That margin is basically the same as what Obama won by against John McCain in November. Huckabee also has the best favorability numbers of the Republican quartet at 42/34.
*Romney and Huckabee are favored by 30% of African Americans.

(Survey of 686 voters was conducted April 17-19. The margin of error is +/-3.7 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 40% (D), 33% (R), 27% (I)).