Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Sarah Palin, i a ia e mahi ana hei Kawana o Alaska, i whakaingoatia hei kaitono wahine tuatahi o te Rōpū Reipa mo te Tumuaki Tuarua o te United States. Whai muri i te whakaingoatanga, i tino tirotirohia e te hunga papaho tana ahua, ina koa mo tana tirohanga haahi ki te ao whanui, ona tirohanga kaitiaki hapori, me te korenga o te wheako. Ko te wheako o Palin i roto i nga kaupapa here o waho me nga kaupapa here o roto i te whakahe i waenga i nga kaitautoko me nga kaitautoko i muri i tana whakaingoatanga. He uiui i tangohia e Rasmussen Reports i muri tonu i te
Republican National Convention i roto i te wiki tuatahi o Mahuru 2008 kitea e ko Palin atu rongonui atu i Barack Obama ranei John McCain; Heoi, tenei whakaaro i muri reversed. I taua wā anō, ka nui ake te rongonui o Palin i waenganui i ngā Riparepaana i a McCain. He uiui a te Hui-tanguru 2010 "ABC News / Washington Post" i whakaatu 71% o nga Amerikana i whakaaro kaore a Palin i whai tohu hei Perehitini o te United States.