Chart shows Gingrich's high unfavorability ratings among voters.

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s victory in South Carolina may have been good for his supporters, but is overall favorability among voters are higher than ever in recent polls.

His unfavorability rating hit 58% in a CNN poll; 56% in a Fox News poll; and 60% in Public Policy Polling.

TPM reports:

Exit polls showed that Republicans voting for the “best candidate to beat Obama” actually went for Gingrich. But if the chart above says anything at all, it’s that the embrace of Gingrich is a problem for Republicans in 2012. And that has to have Democrats smiling.

Read more at TPM.

The candidates are: Lynne Torgerson, Michael Katch and Chris Fields. They were all at a debate in Minneapolis hosted by radio talk show host Bob Davis.

Torgerson accused Ellison of being a radical Muslim and told the audience she supports Israel and is pro-life. Chris Fields is a former Marine Corps officer who said he believes Americans need to be self-sufficient and not dependent on the government.

Michael Katch said he favors eliminating the Departments of Education, Commerce, and the EPA. “I think once they were gone, people wouldn’t even notice or miss them.”

Keith Ellison is a radical socialist and confirmed Islamist whose background is described at DiscoverTheNetworks. He must be defeated in 2012.