Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sarah Palin, paakanga achishanda saGavhuna weAlaska, akasarudzwa somukadzi wokutanga weRepublican Party kuti ave Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri 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 pokunge
Republican National Convention muvhiki yekutanga yaGunyana 2008 yakawana kuti Palin aive akakurumbira kupfuura Barack Obama kana John McCain; zvisinei, maonero aya 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.