Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin are enjoying early support from two sharply different segments of Republican voters, according to a new polling analysis, with Romney getting a boost from wealthy college graduates and Palin taking lower-income voters without college degrees.
The analysis released Monday of three Gallup polls was only the latest evidence of such a class divide between supporters of the two GOP heavyweights. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, gets 21 percent of the vote among those with college degrees, but only 13 percent of those without. He garners an identical 21 percent among annual earners of $90,000 or more, but only 9 percent from those who make less than $24,000.
The opposite is true for Palin. Sixteen percent of Republicans without a college degree support Palin, compared to just 9 percent of college graduates. Twenty-two percent of Republicans earning less than $24,000 support her, compared to just 7 percent of those who make more than $90,000.
For other Republicans regularly included in Gallup's surveys, including Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, there are no strong socioeconomic differences among their supporters. But Huckabee does have an advantage in the South and the Midwest, while Romney fares better on the coasts.
The analysis was based on three Gallup polls conducted since February, which totaled 3,304 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents surveyed, with a sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
The analysis released Monday of three Gallup polls was only the latest evidence of such a class divide between supporters of the two GOP heavyweights. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, gets 21 percent of the vote among those with college degrees, but only 13 percent of those without. He garners an identical 21 percent among annual earners of $90,000 or more, but only 9 percent from those who make less than $24,000.
The opposite is true for Palin. Sixteen percent of Republicans without a college degree support Palin, compared to just 9 percent of college graduates. Twenty-two percent of Republicans earning less than $24,000 support her, compared to just 7 percent of those who make more than $90,000.
For other Republicans regularly included in Gallup's surveys, including Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, there are no strong socioeconomic differences among their supporters. But Huckabee does have an advantage in the South and the Midwest, while Romney fares better on the coasts.
The analysis was based on three Gallup polls conducted since February, which totaled 3,304 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents surveyed, with a sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
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