New Hampshire Voters Like Romney, Hillary

[oberliner]

(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.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=16401

[plusfiftyfive]

1. As a NH voter I don't like either very much

Will choose Obama over Hillary, my dog-catcher over Romney

[bigdarryl]

4. I agree all these polls mean nothing at this point

[Totally Committed]

5. Coloquial wisdom from NH-ites I know really goes against this "poll"

I have a lot of friends and acqaintances in NH, and NONE of them can abide Mrs. Clinton. The feeling is about the same for old Mittens. I don't know who these people talked to, but this info is very misleading.

Also, it is really early. FWIW, that's my experience with the Democratic voters of NH -- at least the ones I know personally.

TC

[Redneck Socialist]

2. Look for Thompson and Huckabee to move up

and Richardson will gain ground as well.

[ellisonz]

3. That Richardson has 9% shows how unsettled the field is at this point.