Former President Donald Trump might be dominating the 2024 Republican presidential primary field, but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has moved into second place in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/University of New Hampshire poll.
Trump's advantage in national primary polls is not as evident in the Granite State, where 42% say they would vote for him, but 20% say they would vote for Haley. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came in at 14% support, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 9%, and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy at 8%.
Haley's support has risen by 8 percentage points from the last CNN/University of New Hampshire poll in September, while Ramaswamy's has dropped by 5 points; support for Trump, Christie, and DeSantis has remained relatively stable.
The survey found that Trump's position as the front-runner in New Hampshire is bolstered by majority support among registered Republicans, with 55% supporting him, 17% supporting Haley and 11% supporting DeSantis. Among Republican-leaning undeclared voters, Trump receives 24% to Haley's 25% and Christie's 24%.
Undeclared voters, who have a choice about which party's primary to vote in, make up approximately 43% of likely GOP primary voters in the poll — roughly the same as their share of the Republican primary electorate in 2012.
According to CNN, that's the last time there was a competitive GOP primary with an incumbent Democrat president seeking reelection. In the 2016 primary, when Trump first ran for the presidency, undeclared voters made up 36% of the Republican electorate.
Overall, a 54% majority of likely GOP primary voters would feel at least satisfied if Haley became the nominee. Among undeclared voters, Haley has a slight edge over Trump, with 50% saying they would be satisfied if she became the nominee and 44% saying they would be with Trump.
A full 49% of all likely Republican primary voters would be at least satisfied if DeSantis were the nominee, while 44% said the same of Ramaswamy and 32% of Christie.
On Wednesday, New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan announced that the state's first-in-the-nation primary would be held Jan. 23, about a week after the Iowa caucuses.
The poll was conducted Nov. 10-14 and surveyed 1,946 New Hampshire adults, including 841 likely Republican primary voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points for the full sample and plus or minus 3.1 percentage points for likely Republican primary voters.
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