Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley emerged as the runner-up to former President Trump in a recent New Hampshire poll.
Haley, the former United Nations ambassador, saw double-digit gains in support since August, according to the Emerson College Polling survey.
Trump held his lead from previous polls, earning 49 percent of the support. Haley jumped ahead of several other candidates, increasing her support from 4 percent in August to 18 percent in the November poll.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s support remained the same at 9 percent, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis saw a decrease in support, earning 7 percent in the recent poll.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy increased his share slightly, up to 5 percent from 3 percent in the previous poll.
Nine percent of New Hampshire respondents said they would vote for someone else or are undecided about whom they would vote for in the Republican primary.
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Emerson College Polling Executive Director Spencer Kimball said voters with college and postgraduate degrees were increasingly more likely to support Haley, though Trump still earned the most support.
“Trump leads among non-college educated with 57 percent to 12 percent for Haley, but among college-educated GOP voters Trump leads 35 percent to 27 percent, and among those with postgraduate degrees Trump leads 29 percent to 26 percent over Haley,” Kimball’s statement said.
Kimball noted that Haley earned support from older voters rather than people younger than 40.
“While Trump leads across all age groups, Haley gets 21 percent of the vote from voters over 40 while getting about 8 percent from voters under 40,” Kimball’s statement said.
Haley still came in second place, behind DeSantis, when respondents were asked to rank their second-choice candidate; 22 percent of voters chose DeSantis as their second choice, while 18 percent chose Haley and 15 percent said Ramaswamy was their runner-up candidate.
The polling is reflected elsewhere, too. A recent New York Times/Siena College poll found Haley earning support against Trump in several key swing states. In a hypothetical 2024 match-up, Trump beat President Biden in five out of six battleground states, while Haley beat Biden in all six.
Haley recently dismissed Trump’s lead in national polls, arguing that people are “getting tired” of the “drama and chaos” that follows the former president.
The Emerson College survey was conducted Nov. 10-13 among 917 New Hampshire voters registered in the Republican primary. The survey has a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.