A new Rasmussen poll out the day of the New Hampshire primary shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney up by twenty points on his nearest opponent, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). Romney gets 37 percent of the Republican electorate in the state, Paul 17, and former Ambassador and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman sees 15. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum gets 13 while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is at 12.
The numbers closely reflect the TPM Poll Average of the New Hampshire GOP race.
Romney support is down somewhat from 43% support a week ago but up from 33% in early December. He’s been the clear front-runner in New Hampshire since Rasmussen Reports’ first survey of the primary race in September when he had 39% of the vote, even as several of his opponents have risen to challenge him nationally for the GOP nomination and then fallen back.
