Trump holds wide lead in New Hampshire poll ahead of primary 

Former President Trump has a wide lead in New Hampshire ahead of next week's Republican presidential primary, according to a new poll.

new poll A study by the St. Anselm College Research Center found that Mr. Trump enjoys a majority of support among likely Republican primary voters in the Granite State, at 52 percent.

That's about the same number he got in Monday's Iowa caucuses, where the former president comfortably won with 51 percent. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) came in a close second, followed closely by former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.

In New Hampshire, 51% of respondents who said they had changed their support plans after the Iowa caucuses said they now support Trump.

At the same time, 60% of respondents said their support had changed due to recent candidate withdrawals, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last week and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday. Ta. They support Hayley now.

According to a St. Anselm poll, Ms. Haley's approval rating in the state is 38%, trailing Mr. Trump by 14 points.

This differs from an American Research Group poll that found Haley and Trump tied at 40% each, ahead of the nation's first primary election next week.

Trump's approval rating in the state is 43%, followed by Haley at 34% and DeSantis at nearly 6%, according to an average of the latest polls from Decision Desk HQ and The Hill.

Neil Levesque, executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, said in a poll report that Christie and Ramaswamy's withdrawal from the race meant that Trump, DeSantis and Haley had “left the scene.” Ta.

“Mr. Trump and Ms. Haley divided most of the former candidate's supporters… But Ms. Haley, facing questions about her decision to sit out the New Hampshire debate, remains trailing by a wide margin. “Together with voters, she needs to gain ground against the front-runners,” Levesque said.

After Iowa, Haley said she would not participate in the CNN and ABC debates scheduled for New Hampshire unless Trump, who has so far skipped all party debates, participates.both networks event canceled.

Notably, DeSantis' approval rating remained unchanged at just 6% in the Anselm poll, compared to the previous poll, while Haley and Trump's approval ratings increased during this time.

The poll, conducted on January 16, the day after the Iowa caucuses, surveyed 1,398 likely New Hampshire Republican presidential primary voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. .