NH is a purple state. Sununu got elected because he was the only choice. Sununu is democrat lite. If he likes Haley, you can bet she’s the swamp creature.
Sununu’s father was a Reaganite, and held the tiller for New Hampshire Republicans for quite a while. The son is a minor epigon of his patronym.
The claimed recent "surge" in Haley poll numbers was because the poll included DEM VOTERS in the GOP primary poll survey, but not GOP voters in the Dem primary poll survey. See the obnoxious trickery that happened, below:
In other words, there WAS no 'surge.' The image above is from a recent story published in NH's Granite Grok, https://eadn-wc04-5702663.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-24-at-10.21.14%E2%80%AFAM.png