Post-election polling data on Tuesday revealed that tough feelings remain among New Hampshire Republican primary voters in the wake of former President Donald Trump.
A significant 35% of Republican voters said they would be extremely dissatisfied with Trump if he won the Republican nomination and would not vote for the 77-year-old in the November general election. What Fox News' voter analysis reveals.
Not surprisingly, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley won 96% of that demographic, with 1% voting for Trump anyway.
Another 11% of exit poll respondents said they would be “unhappy” if Trump won the nomination but would still vote for him in November.
The 45th president won 36% of that demographic, and Ms. Haley received 59% support from that demographic.
Of the 53% who said they were satisfied and would vote for Trump in November if he were the Republican standard-bearer, 94% voted for the former president.
Live election results from New Hampshire
Elsewhere in the analysis, 32% of exit poll respondents said they would not support Haley, 52, if she defeated Trump and won the Republican nomination, compared with 13% of those in that group anyway. voted for Haley in the primary.
Only 39% said they were satisfied with Haley as the Republican candidate, while 26% said they were dissatisfied but would still vote for her. Almost three-quarters (73%) of respondents in the latter group voted for Trump and 25% for Haley.
Ahead of the primary, the former president lamented New Hampshire's open system that allows undeclared voters to help decide Republican races.
President Trump lamented Tuesday night that “a huge number of independents have come out.” “They're just voting because they want to make me look as bad as possible.”
Only 13% of Republican primary voters considered themselves independents, with Haley having a 67% to 31% split. Another 10% described themselves as Democrats or Democratic-leaning, and 94% of them supported Ms. Haley.
The remaining 74% of voters who identified themselves as Republicans or Republican-leaning supported Trump by a 2-1 margin.
Meanwhile, only 13% of New Hampshire Democratic primary participants said they did not plan to vote for Biden in November if he was nominated for a second term.
Another 31% said they were dissatisfied but would still vote for the president in November.
Biden-Harris campaign manager Quentin Fawkes told reporters Wednesday that Trump's “extremism has made it difficult for him to engage with some of the different voters he needs to win.” Ta.
“His policies are toxic and voters aren't buying what he's selling.”
The Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
Fox News Voter Analysis surveyed about 2,000 Republican primary participants in the Granite State from Jan. 17 to Jan. 23 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
