Nikki Haley gets bump in New Hampshire but still trails front-runner Donald Trump
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has cut front-runner Donald Trump’s lead to just 15 percentage points in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire, according to a CBS News poll released Sunday.
In a hypothetical matchup, Mr. Trump received 44% of the vote among Republicans, followed by Ms. Haley at 29%, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 11%, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 10% and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy at 5%.
But in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa, Mr. Trump dominates at 58%, with Mr. DeSantis at 22%, Ms. Haley at 13%, Mr. Ramaswamy at 4% and Mr. Christie at 3%.
In New Hampshire, Ms. Haley gets the best marks for being “likeable” and “reasonable,” while 99% of GOP voters in Iowa said they are considering Mr. Trump because of his previous term.
The survey was conducted Dec. 8-15 among 1.054 registered voters in Iowa and 855 in New Hampshire, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 percentage points in Iowa and 5.5 points in New Hampshire.
