Former President Donald Trump has a landslide lead in national polls of the GOP’s presidential primary… but he just hit a speedbump in New Hampshire, according to a shocking poll from CBS News.
The former president is polling at only 44 percent among likely primary voters in New Hampshire. In the proportional primary, the former president is running only two delegates ahead of rival Nikki Haley.
In a state with 22 delegates, Haley is suddenly very close to overtaking Trump.
“We estimate that Trump’s current support would translate to winning… 10-16 delegates in New Hampshire,” the CBS News pollsters wrote in their analysis. “Haley’s support in New Hampshire would get her 5-8 delegates, with DeSantis and Christie’s support hovering around the state’s 10% threshold to qualify for any delegates at all.”
Haley is gaining momentum, and now she’s set to peel some delegates away from Trump.
On Dec. 12, Haley received an endorsement from New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a “Never Trump” Republican. According to this new poll, Haley has appealed to other Granite State voters, too.
In New Hampshire, more than half of likely primary voters described Haley as reasonable. According to CBS News, only 36 percent said they found Trump reasonable.
A landslide majority — 55 percent — described Haley as likable. If the poll is to be believed, only 36 percent said the same of Trump. The respondents said they found both DeSantis and Ramaswamy to be more likable than Trump.
The former president has noticed Haley’s momentum, and he’s targeted Sununu in a classic Trump attack.
“He’s a spoiled brat,” Trump reportedly said at a rally Saturday, in a reference to the governor. “Nobody’s ever fought for your state like I did… I didn’t like your governor very much, but I got him everything he needed.”
However, Trump got some good news from the poll, too. In terms of the popular vote, he still enjoys a huge lead and is running 15 points ahead of Haley in New Hampshire. Plus, he’s currently enjoying a massive 36-point lead in Iowa, according to the same poll.
A whopping 66 percent of likely primary voters described Trump as a strong leader, with 41 percent saying the same of Haley.
Also, most likely voters said that Trump could “definitely” beat incumbent President Joe Biden. They didn’t say that about anyone else.
Still, Trump appears to be losing momentum in this early-voting state.
CBS News/YouGov surveyed 459 likely primary voters in New Hampshire between Dec. 8 and 15, around the time of Haley’s big endorsement. They considered the respondent’s voting history, and they estimated the margin of error at 5.5 points.
The Horn editorial team