A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has narrowed her lead over former President Trump in New Hampshire, with nearly two weeks left until the nation's first primary.
new CNN/University of New Hampshire (UNH) poll; Announced Tuesday, Haley won about 32% of likely Republican primary voters in the Granite State, an increase of 12 percentage points. since november.
Trump, who remains the front-runner in the Republican primary, had a 7-point lead over Haley with 39% approval among likely Republican primary voters.this is a slight drop From November For a president who had 42% approval.
Other Republican candidates are far behind in New Hampshire, the pollster found.
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is next with 12% support, followed by biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy with 8%, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with 5% and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. followed at less than 1%.
The increase in support for Haley, a former U.N. ambassador, follows a series of polls showing her gaining momentum in recent months.
A CNN poll found that Haley's popularity has increased by about 18 points since November, especially among undeclared registered voters, a category of independent voters in New Hampshire. She also jumped 20 points among people with moderate ideologies.
Meanwhile, USA TODAY/Boston Globe/Suffolk University Recently discovered poll Although Haley has made gains, she lags behind Trump by a much larger margin, 46% to 26%.
The Hill/Decision Desk's New Hampshire polling index shows Trump leading Haley in the Granite State by 11.9 percentage points, 41.6 percent to 29.7 percent. Mr. Christie's approval rating is about 10.9%, Mr. DeSantis's approval rating is 7.4%, and Mr. Ramaswamy's approval rating is 4.9%.
New Hampshire's primary will be held on January 23, nearly a week after Iowa held its caucuses to begin its primary voting season.
The CNN/New Hampshire poll was conducted online from January 4-8 among 1,864 New Hampshire adults by the University of New Hampshire Research Center. There is a margin of sampling error of ± 2.3 percentage points.
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