[caption id=”attachment_146126″ align=”aligncenter” width=”1024″] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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A recent poll from Public Policy Polling shows Donald Trump with his biggest lead yet, while John Kasich and Carly Fiorina rose to second and third in New Hampshire.
Trump has gained 35 percent support in New Hampshire. Ohio Governor John Kasich reached his highest level of support as well with 11 percent, and Carly Fiorina has garnered 10 percent support, a high for her as well.
“This is by far the best we’ve found Donald Trump doing anywhere during his entire surge,” Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling, said in a press release. “If anything he just seems to be getting stronger as the campaign rolls on.”
Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, and Rand Paul have seen deep drops in support in New Hampshire. Walker, once leading with 24 percent support, now receives only 7 percent support. Cruz is down from 14 percent to 4 percent. Paul and Huckabee have fallen in support and in favorability. Paul dropped from 12 percent to 4 percent, and a positive net favorability rating of 29 to a negative net favorability rating of 15. Huckabee has dropped from 7 percent to less than 1 percent, and a positive net favorability rating of 16 to a negative net favorability rating of 7.
A big twist has occurred among Democrats in New Hampshire as well. Bernie Sanders now leads against Hillary Clinton and has a better favorability rating.
Sanders has 42 percent support among Democrats polls compared to 35 percent for Hillary Clinton, 6 percent for Jim Webb, and 4 percent for Martin O’Malley.
Sanders’ favorability among voters is on the up-and-up: 78 percent see him favorably, while Clinton has been declining, now at 63 percent.
Democrats are split more by age; Clinton leads with seniors above the age of 65, but those under 65 prefer Sanders.
New Hampshire isn’t a microcosm of the United States, with its Republicans in a more moderate mindset than the country at large. Regardless, the state helps shape media coverage of the candidates and shows who can compete in how they run a campaign, gain supporters, and fundraise.
