Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Sarah Palin, yayin da take aiki a matsayin Gwamnan Alaska, an zabi ta a matsayin mace ta farko da za ta yi takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa na Jam'iyyar Republican na Amurka. Bayan zaben, hotonta na jama'a ya kasance a karkashin kulawar kafofin watsa labarai, musamman game da ra'ayinta na addini game da rayuwar jama'a, ra'ayoyinta na zamantakewar al'umma, da kuma rashin ƙwarewa. Kwarewar Palin a harkokin waje da na cikin gida ya zo ne a karkashin zargi tsakanin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da kuma masu sassaucin ra'ayi bayan da aka zaba ta. Wani bincike da Rasmussen Reports ya yi bayan taron Jam'iyyar Republican na kasa
a cikin makon farko na Satumba 2008 ya gano cewa Palin ya fi shahara fiye da ko dai Barack Obama ko John McCain; duk da haka, wannan fahimta daga baya ya juya. A lokaci guda, Palin ya zama mafi mashahuri a tsakanin 'yan Republican fiye da McCain. A watan Fabrairun 2010 "ABC News / Washington Post" ya nuna cewa kashi 71% na Amurkawa sun ji cewa Palin ba ta da cancantar zama Shugaban Amurka.