Kentucky GOP voters prefer Palin, Paul and Tea Parties

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Louisville-based Magellan Strategies has released the results of a survey of 560 likely Republican primary voters that was conducted February 18 in Kentucky:

Sarah Palin leads Mike Huckabee 28% to 24% in a presidential primary ballot test. Mitt Romney is third with 16%, followed by Newt Gingrich with 12%, Ron Paul with 4%, Tim Pawlenty with 2%, and 14% are undecided. Younger voters (18‐34) prefer Palin by a significant margin with 43% support, and among senior citizens the ticket tightens up with Romney, Palin and Huckabee in a dead heat.

Other findings from the Magellan poll in Kentucky indicate that Tea Parties are viewed very positively:

Among likely Republican primary voters, 67% have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party movement and 9% have an unfavorable opinion. When voters were asked if
they agree with the movement’s core values of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally
limited government and free markets, 73% agreed and only 7% disagreed.

And in the race for the U.S.Senate, Kentucky's Republican voters prefer Rand Paul over Trey Grayson by a 21-point margin, 44 percent to 23 percent, with 33 percent of voters undecided. Gov. Palin endorsed Rand Paul Feb. 1.

The Magellan survey has a margin of error of 4.14% at the 95% confidence interval.

h/t: M. Joseph Sheppard

- JP