Poll: Democrats are not big on Biden in New Hampshire, and Trump still leads on GOP side

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A poll conducted by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics shows President Joe Biden is struggling for support among Democrats in the Granite State. Biden’s approval rating is 45%, and only 34% of those planning to vote in the Democratic presidential primary indicated support for Biden. 

New Hampshire is a bellwether state, meaning that it can be an indicator of how candidates will do in a general election around the country. It is also the first primary held in the nation, although Democrats have moved their South Carolina primary to Feb. 4, 2023, to try to get ahead of New Hampshire, where other polling has shown weakness for Biden. South Carolina came in for Biden in 2020.

Trailing Biden on the Democrat side is Secretary of Transportation and 2020 New Hampshire Primary runner-up Pete Buttigieg (18%), former First Lady Michelle Obama (14%), and Senator and 2020 New Hampshire primary winner Bernie Sanders (11%) Sanders is 81 years old.  Governors Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gavin Newsom of California along with Vice President Kamala Harris are at 4% each, while declared candidate new-ager Marianne Williamson (2%) and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (1%) have little support, according to the poll.

For the Republicans, former President Donald Trump led the poll with 42%, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (29%), Governor Chris Sununu (14%), former South Carolina Gov. and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (4%), and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (3%).

Only 15% of New Hampshire voters polled believe that the country is on the “right track,” which is the lowest percentage in the history of this poll.  74% believe that it is on the “wrong track” – tied for the highest percentage. 70% believe the electoral system would be improved with inclusion of additional parties; a strong 79% willing to consider an independent or third-party candidate.

The poll was conducted March 28-30, with 1,320 respondents.

Read the poll results at this link.

9 COMMENTS

  1. How could Joe Biden have even a 4.5% approval rating, or ANY approval rating?
    I don’t buy the quoted 45% approval rating whatsoever.
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    But then again, look how many gullibly lined up for the clot shots.

  2. Governor Chris Sununu (New Hampshire) has been quite vocal about New Hampshire maintaining the initial primary in the nation (as required by New Hampshire state law 1977) and thus still pre-dating the one in S.C. Sununu sees the move desired by the Dem Party for what it is: a political stunt to favor positive optics for Biden.

  3. “70% believe the electoral system would be improved with inclusion of additional parties; a strong 79% willing to consider an independent or third-party candidate.”

    Sounds like New Hampshire is ripe to be an RCV state.

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