The Republican primary field is shifting…
A new poll of likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire showed former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley— not Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — running second in the first primary state.
Haley beat DeSantis 19 percent to 10 percent in a Suffolk University/Boston Globe/USA TODAY survey released on Wednesday morning.
But they both remain far behind the frontrunner, Donald Trump. The former president leads his Republican rivals with 49 percent support in the poll of 500 likely GOP primary voters that was conducted after the second debate and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
But Trump remains immovable atop the field. And no other candidate cracked double digits in the Suffolk/Globe/USA TODAY survey. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie notched 6 percent support, while entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott got roughly 4 percent apiece. Former Vice President Mike Pence and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum trailed even further behind, with just 1 percent each.
The poll comes days before GOP candidates will descend on New Hampshire next week, starting with the former president on Monday and most of the rest of the field at a weekend cattle call hosted by the state GOP.
Not bad. She would make a great Prez.
I have no faith in New Hampshire and even less in Haley.
Who cares about 2nd place? The Left is delighted that we’re throwing away money in these shout fests!
Drop the debates, and let’s focus on saving AMERICA!
Why the devil is Ron DeSantis having so much trouble raising his standing in these polls? He has military experience and offers fine Leadership as displayed by his huge successes in FL. Yale and then, Harvard Law…finally, he joined the Navy Seals after 9/11. I love him but am perplexed as he struggles now to beat Nicki Hailey who is now placing #2 but talks too fast and promises to deliver on stuff that she can’t do without Congress.
:^) I agree!