Unfortunately this poll is fairly consistent with other recent New Hampshire polls, except for showing a moderate surge for Huntsman and a slight surge for Santorum.
The last bastion of conservatism in the Northeast is rapidly sinking. New Hampshire, we hardly knew you.
Correction: slight surge for Gingrich, not Santorum
Current RealClearPolitics averages for New Hampshire (not including this PPP poll):
Romney 40.2
Paul 20.8
Santorum 10.6
Huntsman 9.4
Gingrich 8.6
Perry 1.0
New Hampshire really seems to be a strange bird, even more this year than usual.
It sank into the moderate/liberal abyss long ago...it just took the rest of the country time to figure it out...
It is consistent with the Suffolk tracking poll taken on the same days, Saturday and Sunday.
The Suffolk poll shows a big drop in Romney's support over the past week, from 43% to 33%, and over the past few days a rise in Huntsman's numbers and a slight uptick in Santorum/Gingrich as undecideds pick their choice.
| Latest poll represents interviews from Jan 3rd and 4th | |||||||||
| Release date | Jan 1 | Jan 2 | Jan 3 | Jan 4 | Jan 5 | Jan 6 | Jan 7 | Jan 8 | Jan 9 |
| Romney | 41 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 35 | 33 |
| Paul | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Huntsman | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Gingrich | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Santorum | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Perry | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Roemer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Karger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bachmann | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | na | na | na | na |