GOP candidates unpopular at home

We've done polls in Massachusetts and Minnesota over the last couple weeks and found that Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, and Michele Bachmann are all unpopular in their home states. That's par for the course with this GOP Presidential field- we've polled on 9 of the candidates or potential candidates in their home states and only one of them is well liked- Gary Johnson in New Mexico.

That's probably not a good sign for any of these candidates. If the voters who know them best don't care for them, why would others around the country? Certainly you don't have to be popular in your home state to get elected President but it would be a good sign if you were.

Here's how they stack up from most popular to least popular:

Candidate (State)	Favorability	Net
Gary Johnson (New Mexico)	44/32	+12
Newt Gingrich (Georgia)	39/47	-8
Herman Cain (Georgia)	28/36	-8
Rick Perry (Texas)	42/50	-8
Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania)	37/47	-10
Mitt Romney (Massachusetts)	40/52	-12
Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota)	40/53	-13
Sarah Palin (Alaska)	33/58	-25
Michele Bachmann (Minnesota)	33/59	-26