Donald Trump maintained a commanding lead among Republican primary voters in New Hampshire, earning 33 percent support in a Fox News poll released Friday.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) came in a distant second with 15 percent, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) with 13 percent.
Trump, whose appeal was balanced among men and women respondents but particularly strong among those without college degrees, rose six points in the Fox poll since the last survey was taken in November.
Poll respondents who identified as “very conservative” were nearly twice as likely to back the real estate mogul over Cruz, with 40 percent saying they support Trump compared to 23 percent for the Texas senator.
His strong lead in the Granite State was enforced in another poll of likely GOP New Hampshire voters released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling, in which Trump received 29 percent support.
In the Fox poll, Trump was trailed by Jeb Bush (9 percent), Ohio Gov. John Kasich (7 percent), and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who each received 5 percent. Carly Fiorina came in at the bottom of the field with 3 percent.
The polling, which was conducted jointly by Anderson Robins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), took place between Jan. 4-7 over the telephone. 800 likely Republican primary voters were surveyed, and the margin of error was 4.5 percentage points.
Trump’s little wiener must be absolutely stiff.
Good. The worse the establishment does in NH, the better it is for the Dems. I firmly believe that Dems will not only win the Presidency but probably gain about 8 Senate seats if Trump is the nominee. People like Rubio and Christie scare me because they can actually win.
Thanks for the chuckle, I needed that.
The theory seems to be that with Trumpet at the top of a ticket it will be very damaging for those candidates down ballot, and those down ballot candidates are dreading the coming devastation. There are at least 24 R Senate seats up for reelection and just 10 D seats. It could well be more than a gain of eight seats with or without him, but the party as a whole will be damaged for a long time.
Trumpet had a woman wearing a hijab who was protesting silently thrown out of his NH rally along with a man who stood beside her…
That wavelet didn’t last long.