The poll includes interviews with a random sample of 887 adult residents of New Hampshire, including 362 who plan to vote in the Republican presidential primary and 363 who say they plan to participate in the Democratic primary.
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Ninety-year-old Barbara Bush flew up from Texas to campaign for her son last week and spent time over the weekend talking to voters and the press about her son, his character, and his accomplishments.
“Wow, wow, wow, wow”, Trump declared, savoring his victory at a campaign rally before promising swift action as president on the economy, trade, health care and more.
A humbled Marco Rubio took the blame for his disappointing New Hampshire finish on Tuesday night – then sought to raise money from it. In Iowa, where Trump suffered an upset loss to Cruz, he clearly underperformed from his poll numbers.
Christie said many MA residents have helped him campaign in New Hampshire, and he will encourage New Hampshire activists to travel to MA before the its March 1 primary.
In the two-way Democratic party race, Sanders (54 per cent) has a 14-point advantage over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (40 per cent), CNN said. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Sen. The large Republican field was winnowed after Iowa, but there remains a crowded grouping of more traditional candidates, including Rubio. If the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders said anything definitive about our politics, it was that the media did not understand its own audience. Rubio played into Christie’s hands by responding with the same well-rehearsed line each time he was challenged by the governor. Now, as New Hampshire holds its pivotal primary on Tuesday, the Republican presidential contender has to hope the sky does not come crashing down on him.
Voters who showed up to celebrate with Cruz Tuesday night cited his social conservatism, his stances on immigration and the Second Amendment, and his strong grasp of the Constitution, among other issues. That’s not much. New Hampshire – less conservative and less evangelical than Iowa – is not considered favorable ground for Cruz. During a debate Saturday, Christie went on the attack against Sen.
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Both Trump and Sanders went into last week’s Iowa caucus looking for wins, with Trump holding a small but significant lead in final polls and Sanders polling close to even with Hillary Clinton. The Vermont senator led among women (50 percent to 46 percent), usually a strong point for Clinton, and Sanders also had a 51 percent to 46 percent lead among registered Democrats.
