New Marist poll of 2012 shows the same thing we've seen from other polls in the Republican primary: Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Mike Huckabee are clustered at the top, with others trailing far behind:

Romney 21%
Palin 20%
Huckabee 19%
Gingrich 10%
Jindal 5%
Pawlenty 1%
Undecided 11%

In a hypothetical general election match up against President Obama, Palin gets crushed 56 to 33. Other than winning Republicans by a margin of 73-20, Palin loses to Obama in every other data cut: by region, income, education, race, age, and gender.

More on Palin: According to Marist, 61% of respondents (including 51% of Republicans) said Palin's decision to resign as the Governor of Alaska "hurt" her running for President in 2012.

Palin's favorable/unfavorable rating is a net -6 among all registered voters (37/43). Among Republicans Palin has a net +53 favorable rating (73/16), while Independent voters are equally split in their opinion of Palin with 36% viewing her favorably and 37% viewing her unfavorably.