While the former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has been improving his position in the primary election polls, his actions as governor in issuing over a thousand pardons to prisoners in state prisons has some believing he is too soft on crime. One in particular, that of an accused rapist, who ended up committing murder, has many critics wondering if his stance on crime and punishment is too soft. Huckabee says the number of pardons he issued, while higher that the three previous governors combined, is not unusual considering the increased size of the state's prison system and the increased number of prisons.
According to recent polls at www.usaelectionpolls.com, Huckabee has moved ahead of Mitt Romney in Iowa, holding a comfortable lead of 32 percent to 20 percent. In South Carolina he is in a dead heat with Rudy Giuliani, each holding 20 percent of those polled on their current choice for the Republican presidential nomination.
Electability is what many politicians look at when considering a candidate and early December polls posted at PresidentElectionPolls.com, if the race was between Huckabee and Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton, it would be too close to call. Clinton was favored by 46 percent to Huckabee's 45 percent. He has steadily gained ground in the one-on-one polls, from an 11-point gap in September to only one point difference today.
Nationally, Huckabee has slid into second place with 22 percent behind Giuliani's 24 percent, according to a recent CNN poll and a CBS poll has him only one point down, 21 to 22 percent among Republican voters.
