Campaign

Trump support at 47 percent in New Hampshire poll

by Miranda Nazzaro - 09/05/23 10:03 AM ET

Former President Trump is garnering an estimated 47 percent of the likely GOP primary vote in New Hampshire as his rivals struggle to catch up in the key early voting state, according to a new poll.

The NMB Research poll, first reported by Politico, found Trump has a more than 30-point lead over his closest challengers in the state.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley appears to be making some headway, however, tying with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 10 percent support in New Hampshire.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy each came in at 8 percent, while Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) had 5 percent of the vote. Former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former Rep. Will Hurd (Texas) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson all had less than 5 percent support.

As for New Hampshire GOP voters’ second choice, DeSantis came out on top with 20 percent of the vote, while Ramaswamy was close behind with 18 percent support and Haley at 15 percent.

Trump also led in favorability among his rivals, with 65 percent of voters reporting a favorable impression of the candidate, compared to DeSantis with 58 percent and Pence at 29 percent.

Every GOP candidate and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu — who announced in June he would not launch a 2024 bid for the White House — scored higher in favorability over President Biden, who had 9 percent of support.

The NMB Research poll was conducted among 800 likely Republican presidential primary voters from Aug. 25-31. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percent.