Former President Donald Trump has a double-digit lead over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a lead in the Granite State, according to a poll released Wednesday. 's approval rating remains in the single digits.
of St. Anselm University Poll It comes after Trump's landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday, with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy recently withdrawing from their 2024 campaign. What happened is also taken into consideration.
Siena's poll is the second poll released Wednesday that showed the 77-year-old former president maintaining a double-digit lead over Haley in New Hampshire.
Haley's approval rating has increased 7 points since last week's St. Anselm College poll, rising to 38% with less than a week to go until the January 23 New Hampshire Republican primary.
President Trump's approval rating also appears to be benefiting from his performance in Iowa, jumping 7 points from last week to 52%, leaving him with a 14-point lead over the 51-year-old former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the United Nations. is attached.
Even though DeSantis finished second in Iowa, New Hampshire remained unmoved, with a St. Anselm University poll showing the 44-year-old Sunshine State governor's approval rating at just 6%.
The poll found that 60% of respondents who said they had changed their preferred candidate after recent withdrawals from the race now support Haley, and based on the results of the Iowa caucuses It turns out that 51% of respondents who changed their opinion now support Trump.
“Mr. Trump and Ms. Haley have divided most of the former candidates' supporters.” [Christie and Ramaswamy]'' Neil Levesque, executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, said of the survey results.
Levesque also said Haley's campaign may have missed an opportunity to expand Trump's support, pointing to Haley's absence from Thursday's currently canceled debate with DeSantis in New Hampshire. did.
“Haley faces questions about her decision to sit out the New Hampshire debate and remains trailing by a wide margin, which would give her the consensus she needs to gain ground with the front-runners.” “She may be denied the best chance of enacting the law.” she said.
a Suffolk University/NBC10 Boston/Boston Globe Poll Trump's approval rating among likely Republican voters in New Hampshire was pegged at 50%, followed by Haley at 34% and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at 5%.
The poll, also released Wednesday, followed Trump's landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses and the withdrawal of Christie and Ramaswamy from the race.
