Polls & Research

New Hampshire Voters Like Romney, Hillary

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Mitt Romney is the best-rated presidential hopeful for Republican Party supporters in the Granite State, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 26 per cent of likely GOP primary voters in New Hampshire would vote for the former Massachusetts governor in the 2008 United States primary.

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson are tied for second with 17 per cent, followed by Arizona senator John McCain with 15 per cent, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee with three per cent.

In the sample of Democratic Party supporters, New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is first with 38 per cent, followed by Illinois senator Barack Obama with 21 per cent, former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 10 per cent, and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson with nine per cent. Support is lower for Delaware senator Joe Biden, Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, and Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich.

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

Election 2008: New Hampshire Republican Primary

Election 2008: New Hampshire Democratic Primary