Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Sarah Palin, achishanda saGavhuna weAlaska, akasarudzwa semukadzi wokutanga weRepublican Party kuti ave Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri weUnited States. Kutevera kusarudzwa, mufananidzo wake weveruzhinji wakauya pasi pekunyatsoongorora kwevatori venhau, kunyanya zvine chekuita nemaonero ake echitendero pahupenyu hweveruzhinji, maonero ake ezvematongerwo enyika, uye kushaya ruzivo. Ruzivo rwaPalin mune zvematongerwo enyika nekune dzimwe nyika rwakauya pasi pekushoropodzwa pakati pevanochengetedza pamwe nevakasununguka zvichitevera kusarudzwa kwake. Ongororo yakaitwa neRasmussen Reports nguva pfupi pashure peRepublican National Convention
muvhiki yokutanga yaSeptember 2008 vakawana kuti Palin akanga akakurumbira zvikuru kupfuura Barack Obama kana kuti John McCain; zvisinei, aya maonero akazochinja. Panguva imwe cheteyo, Palin akava akakurumbira zvikuru pakati pavaRepublican kupfuura McCain. Kuongorora kwakaitwa muna February 2010 ne"ABC News/Washington Post" kwakaratidza kuti 71% yevaAmerica vaifunga kuti Palin akanga asina unhu hunodiwa kuti ave Mutungamiri weUnited States.