Polls & Research

Romney is Top Republican in New Hampshire

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Mitt Romney is the most popular presidential hopeful for Republican Party backers in New Hampshire, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by KWCH-TV. 32 per cent of likely GOP primary voters in the Granite State would support the former Massachusetts governor in the 2008 United States primary.

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is second with 23 per cent, followed by Arizona senator John McCain with 22 per cent, actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson with 11 per cent, and former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich with four per cent.

In the sample of Democratic Party supporters, New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is first with 40 per cent, followed by Illinois senator Barack Obama with 24 per cent, and former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 22 per cent.

New Hampshire traditionally hosts the first presidential primary in the United States. Since 1952, 11 Republicans and eight Democrats have won the Granite State contest and later earned their party's presidential nomination. New Hampshire allows independent voters to take part in primaries.

In 2004, Massachusetts senator John Kerry won the Democratic New Hampshire primary with 38.4 per cent, followed by former Vermont governor Howard Dean with 26.3 per cent, retired general Wesley Clark with 12.4 per cent, and Edwards with 12.1 per cent. Incumbent president George W. Bush won the Republican primary without serious opposition.

Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next U.S. presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.

Polling Data

If the Republican primary were today, would you vote for... Rudy Giuliani? John McCain? Mitt Romney? Fred Thompson? Newt Gingrich? Or some other Republican?

If the Democratic primary were today, would you vote for... Hillary Clinton? Barack Obama? John Edwards? Or some other Democrat?