Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is inching closer to former President Donald Trump's lead in the New Hampshire primary, coming within single digits of the lead, according to a new poll.
Among potential Republican voters in the Granite State, Haley trails Trump by seven points. CNN poll It turns out that the study was conducted by the University of New Hampshire and announced on Tuesday.
The former South Carolina governor has the support of 32% of voters, compared to 39% for Trump, according to the poll.
Haley's approval rating in New Hampshire has skyrocketed since November, up 12 points from the last CNN/UNH poll.
The former U.N. ambassador's huge rise in opinion polls stems from her strength among moderates, independents, and people with college degrees. In these precincts, Ms. Haley has wide double-digit margins over the 77-year-old former president in some cases.
Haley leads Trump by 42 points among moderates, 26 points among undocumented voters and 12 points among college graduates, but among conservatives Haley leads the 51-year-old former governor by 40 points and among registered Republican voters. It has a 37-point lead among voters, and a 17-point lead among voters. People who didn't go to university.
With only two weeks left until the New Hampshire primary, there is no other candidate other than Haley who is within striking distance of Trump.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's approval rating plummeted to 12%, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy's approval rating fell to 8%, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' approval rating plummeted to 5%, according to a CNN/UNH poll.
a USA TODAY/Boston Globe/Suffolk University Opinion polls also show Haley with a wide margin of victory over Trump, but she still trails the former president by 20 points in the nation's first primary.
A poll released Tuesday showed Trump leading Haley 46% to 26% in New Hampshire, with momentum on the former South Carolina governor's side.
The same poll in October showed Trump with a 30-point lead over Haley, but since then the former president's approval rating has fallen by 3 points and the former governor's approval rating has increased by 7 points.
If Christie were to withdraw from the race before the Jan. 23 election, many of her supporters would flock to Haley, but research suggests that would not be enough to propel the former UN ambassador to the top. It turned out that.
In this scenario, Trump's lead over Haley would shrink to 47% to 32%, but Christie insists she has no plans to withdraw from the race.
New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Chris Agar declared last month that Haley “absolutely” can win the Granite State, having received a much-needed endorsement from New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu in December.
“Expect the unexpected,” Agar told “Cats & Cosby Show” host John Catsimatidis.
The state Republican Party chairman has two upcoming debates scheduled in New Hampshire, one hosted by ABC News and WMUR-TV on January 18th and the other hosted by CNN on January 21st. The vote will be aired on the same day, so if “someone gets caught on fire,” he said. , this is the place to do it. ”
