Friday, April 29, 2011

WMUR/UNH Poll: Romney Beats Obama in New Hampshire

In matchups against potential Republican presidential candidates, the polls shows Obama would lose to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
The poll shows Romney beating Obama 50 to 43 percent. Smith said the result shows Obama losing steam with a particular group of voters.
"He's in danger of losing those independents," Smith said. "They've been sliding away over the last year because of health care and the continuing weakness in the economy."
When pitted against former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Obama comes out on top, 45 to 38 percent. But Smith said again the numbers signal trouble for the incumbent.
"Even against a largely unknown candidate, Obama is not able to reach 50 percent," Smith said. "And then when you put him up against social conservative Mike Huckabee, Obama is still not doing that well. He's leading, but only by a 46 percent to 42 percent margin over Huckabee.
Head-to-Head: (These were the only match-ups)

Romney 50   Obama 43
Obama 45   Pawlenty 38
Obama 46   Huckabee 42
These findings are based on the latest WMUR Granite State Poll,∗ conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Five hundred four (504) randomly selected New Hampshire adults were interviewed by telephone between April 15 and April 26, 2011. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.4 percent.
The full story is HERE.
The crosstabs can be viewed HERE.

1 comment:

Revolution 2012 said...

This is the 3rd national poll that has Romney cleaning Obama's clock in a state that could be red again if he is the nominee.