With the New Hampshire primary just days away, former President Donald Trump is maintaining a strong lead in the race, according to a recent Boston Globe/Suffolk University/NBC-10 Boston poll.
With 50 percent of support among likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters, Trump is ahead of all competitors.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley trails behind with 34 percent support, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis draws 5 percent support.
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The poll indicates that Trump’s lead in New Hampshire remains consistent with previous polls released last week. It appears that Trump’s popularity among Republican voters in the state remains strong, despite the competition.
About 87 percent of those surveyed expressed that they were unlikely to change their candidate choice ahead of the primary.
“Haley’s had a tough week: underperforming in Iowa, trying to answer Trump’s attacks on her positions on Social Security and immigration, and the recent [Vivek] Ramaswamy endorsement of Trump helping him with younger GOP voters,” David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, told The Boston Globe. “Still there is time to at least close the gap with undecided voters or even with some Trump voters, and pull Trump below 50.”
Nikki Haley, who came in third place in the Iowa caucuses, is intensifying her criticism of Trump as the primary approaches. She has declared the GOP presidential primary a “two-person race” and has challenged Trump to participate in a debate with her.
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However, Trump has not held back in his criticism of Haley either. At a recent campaign event in New Hampshire, he described her as “not tough enough” and not conservative enough.
The Boston Globe/Suffolk University/NBC-10 Boston poll is a daily tracking survey that provides insights into the New Hampshire primary. The poll consists of a two-day rolling average of 500 likely voters and is released each day leading up to the primary. It is important to note that each poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
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