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: Jon Huntsman?
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Row % Row % Row % Row %
New Hampshire Likely Voters 31% 30% 33% 6%
Party Registration Republican 29% 29% 36% 6%
Independent 35% 33% 28% 4%
Tea Party Supporters 30% 28% 36% 6%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 29% 29% 40% 3%
Support Tea Party 31% 27% 35% 7%
Does not support Tea Party 32% 33% 30% 5%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 36% 34% 25% 6%
Conservative 30% 29% 36% 5%
Very conservative 23% 27% 45% 5%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 36% 34% 25% 6%
Conservative-Very conservative 28% 28% 38% 5%
Past Participation** Yes 32% 30% 32% 6%
No 27% 31% 37% 5%
Top Tier Republican Candidates Mitt Romney 25% 34% 35% 6%
Ron Paul 27% 33% 39% 1%
Rick Santorum 25% 28% 43% 4%
Newt Gingrich 24% 36% 33% 7%
Jon Huntsman 88% 11% 1% 0%
Candidate Support Strongly support 33% 25% 38% 5%
Somewhat support 28% 41% 28% 4%
Might vote differently 34% 34% 31% 1%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 25% 26% 37% 12%
Is closest to you on the issues 34% 36% 27% 2%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 32% 26% 38% 4%
Has the experience to govern 32% 33% 29% 6%
Gender Men 33% 31% 33% 3%
Women 29% 30% 32% 8%
Age Under 45 25% 30% 39% 6%
45 or older 35% 30% 30% 5%
Region Hillsborough 32% 26% 36% 6%
Rockingham 32% 26% 34% 7%
Northern Counties 30% 39% 26% 5%
Southern Counties 31% 33% 32% 5%
Household Income Less than $75,000 31% 29% 33% 7%
$75,000 or more 32% 31% 33% 3%
Evangelical Christians 25% 33% 34% 8%
Mormons are Christians Yes 35% 31% 30% 4%
No-Unsure 25% 31% 37% 7%
Education Not college graduate 27% 29% 35% 9%
College graduate 35% 32% 31% 3%
Interview Type Landline 32% 30% 33% 6%
Cell Phone 30% 34% 33% 3%
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.