Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) surged into second place in a New Hampshire poll released Wednesday by the Emerson College Polling Society, although real-estate billionaire Donald Trump retained a double-digit lead in Granite State.
The poll showed support for Trump at 35 percent of likely Republican voters, a 17-point lead over Bush, who came second with 18 percent. The only other candidate with a double-digit showing was Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R). Although this is Emerson’s first poll of New Hampshire voters in the 2016 cycle, Trump’s standing is consistent with virtually all other polling of the state.
The ECPS poll shows an unusually strong result for Bush, who has generally been stuck in the middle of the pack in low single-digits. No other New Hampshire polls have shown Bush polling in second place. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Kasich have all held this position in various polls.
The ECPS poll was conducted from Jan. 25-26 and interviewed 373 likely Republican voters by automated phone survey, with a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
This post has been updated.
Small candidates should stick to small States
Outlier polls are outlier polls and should be viewed with a grain of salt. Plus, likely voters are not necessarily likely primary attendees. Still, I’m sure this is at some level good news for McCain!
Jeb rising sort of seems out of the blue. Will have to see if this is confirmed by other polls.
Yea, we should give this one some weight - not.
“The only other candidate with a double-digit showing was former Ohio Gov. John Kasich ®”. Last I heard, John is still Governor of Ohio until 2018.