New Hampshire Likely Voters
Please tell me if you would find each of the following candidates acceptable, acceptable but with reservations, or not acceptable as the Republican nominee for president: Newt Gingrich?
Acceptable Acceptable with reservations Not acceptable Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row %
New Hampshire Likely Voters 29% 27% 44% 0%
Party Registration Republican 33% 29% 37% 1%
Independent 22% 23% 54% 0%
Tea Party Supporters 37% 30% 33% 0%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 44% 32% 24% 0%
Support Tea Party 34% 30% 37% 0%
Does not support Tea Party 24% 24% 52% 1%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 19% 25% 56% 0%
Conservative 35% 30% 35% 0%
Very conservative 36% 28% 35% 2%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 19% 25% 56% 0%
Conservative-Very conservative 35% 29% 35% 1%
Past Participation** Yes 29% 27% 43% 1%
No 25% 26% 49% 0%
Top Tier Republican Candidates Mitt Romney 25% 30% 45% 0%
Ron Paul 17% 27% 56% 0%
Rick Santorum 33% 30% 37% 0%
Newt Gingrich 81% 13% 6% 0%
Jon Huntsman 16% 26% 58% 0%
Candidate Support Strongly support 29% 25% 46% 0%
Somewhat support 25% 31% 45% 0%
Might vote differently 36% 28% 35% 0%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 27% 26% 45% 2%
Is closest to you on the issues 24% 28% 48% 0%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 34% 30% 36% 0%
Has the experience to govern 31% 22% 46% 1%
Gender Men 34% 26% 39% 1%
Women 21% 29% 50% 0%
Age Under 45 29% 28% 42% 1%
45 or older 29% 26% 45% 0%
Region Hillsborough 29% 24% 48% 0%
Rockingham 26% 32% 42% 0%
Northern Counties 31% 30% 38% 1%
Southern Counties 29% 25% 45% 1%
Household Income Less than $75,000 31% 26% 43% 0%
$75,000 or more 27% 27% 45% 0%
Evangelical Christians 30% 27% 42% 2%
Mormons are Christians Yes 29% 26% 45% 0%
No-Unsure 29% 28% 42% 1%
Education Not college graduate 30% 23% 46% 1%
College graduate 27% 31% 42% 0%
Interview Type Landline 28% 27% 45% 1%
Cell Phone 33% 29% 38% 0%
NBC News/Marist Poll New Hampshire Likely Republican Primary Voters. Interviews conducted January 4th and 5th, 2012, N=711 MOE +/- 3.7 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
**Past participation refers to previous participation in a New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary.