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: Mitt Romney?
Acceptable Acceptable with reservations Not acceptable Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row %
New Hampshire Likely Voters 60% 23% 16% 1%
Party Registration Republican 63% 22% 14% 1%
Independent 55% 26% 19% 1%
Tea Party Supporters 54% 29% 17% 0%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 49% 24% 27% 0%
Support Tea Party 56% 31% 13% 0%
Does not support Tea Party 64% 20% 16% 1%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 62% 23% 15% 0%
Conservative 63% 23% 14% 1%
Very conservative 46% 28% 25% 1%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 62% 23% 15% 0%
Conservative-Very conservative 58% 24% 17% 1%
Past Participation** Yes 60% 24% 15% 1%
No 58% 19% 22% 1%
Top Tier Republican Candidates Mitt Romney 93% 7% 0% 0%
Ron Paul 29% 35% 36% 1%
Rick Santorum 36% 35% 30% 0%
Newt Gingrich 55% 34% 8% 2%
Jon Huntsman 35% 43% 23% 0%
Candidate Support Strongly support 60% 20% 19% 0%
Somewhat support 70% 21% 9% 0%
Might vote differently 50% 33% 15% 2%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 49% 23% 28% 1%
Is closest to you on the issues 52% 27% 21% 0%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 72% 21% 6% 0%
Has the experience to govern 67% 22% 10% 1%
Gender Men 59% 24% 17% 1%
Women 61% 23% 15% 1%
Age Under 45 59% 20% 21% 0%
45 or older 61% 25% 13% 0%
Region Hillsborough 57% 25% 18% 0%
Rockingham 67% 23% 10% 0%
Northern Counties 64% 18% 16% 2%
Southern Counties 54% 26% 20% 0%
Household Income Less than $75,000 55% 23% 22% 1%
$75,000 or more 67% 22% 11% 1%
Evangelical Christians 52% 29% 18% 1%
Mormons are Christians Yes 68% 20% 12% 0%
No-Unsure 46% 29% 23% 1%
Education Not college graduate 59% 23% 18% 0%
College graduate 60% 24% 15% 1%
Interview Type Landline 59% 24% 17% 1%
Cell Phone 63% 22% 14% 1%
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.