Another poll shows Pawlenty in single digits for 2012

Public Policy Polling surveyed typical GOP primary voters in Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Hampshire and Illinois and found Gov. Tim Pawlenty garnering single digits in each state for the 2012 Republican nomination. Pawlenty consistently fell into the bottom three in a matchup between Mitch Daniels, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Mike Pence and John Thune. Pawlenty has consistently rated in the bottom of polling, alhthough he has gotten some respect from national 2012 watchers.

Pawlenty got the support of 2 percent of GOP primary voters in California and Pennsylvania, 4 percent in New Hampshire, 5 percent in Connecticut, 6 percent in Colorado, and 7 percent in Illinois.

The poll’s authors noted Pawlenty strong showing in Illinois.

“An interesting explanation for Romney’s poor showing in Illinois is that Tim Pawlenty (7%) and Mitch Daniels (6%) register higher than they do elsewhere,” wrote PPP. “The two of them are particularly strong with Romney’s otherwise strong core of moderate voters, getting a total of 18% of the GOP centrist vote between the two of them.”

They also noted Pawenty’s poor showing the early primary state of New Hampshire.

“In the critical early state of New Hampshire Romney continues to hold a dominant polling advantage, with 40% to 13% for Huckabee and 10% each for Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin. If Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Mitch Daniels, or John Thune somehow emerges as the winner in New Hampshire they’ll be able to truthfully say they started out with nothing- they poll at 4%, 3%, 1%, and 1% respectively.”