2012 New Hampshire Primary Polls

See all the latest New Hampshire polls ranking the 2012 presidential candidates:


American Research Group Poll - January 9, 2012


Mitt Romney 37%
Jon Huntsman 18%
Ron Paul 17%
Rick Santorum 11%
Newt Gingrich 10%
Rick Perry 1%
Other 2%
Undecided 4%


Suffolk University Poll - January 9, 2012

Mitt Romney 33%
Ron Paul 20%
Jon Huntsman 13%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Rick Santorum 10%
Rick Perry & Buddy Roemer 3% (combined)
Undecided 12%


Public Policy Polling - January 8, 2012

Mitt Romney 35%
Ron Paul 18%
Jon Huntsman 16%
Newt Gingrich 12%
Rick Santorum 11%
Buddy Roemer 3%
Rick Perry 1%


Suffolk University Poll - January 8, 2012

Mitt Romney 35%
Ron Paul 20%
Jon Huntsman 11%
Newt Gingrich 9%
Rick Santorum 8%
Rick Perry 1%
Buddy Roemer 1%
Undecided 15%



Mitt Romney 41%
Ron Paul 17%
Jon Huntsman 11%
Rick Santorum 11%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Rick Perry 1%
Buddy Roemer 1%
Michele Bachmann 1%



American Research Group Poll - January 6-7, 2012


Mitt Romney 40%
Jon Huntsman 17%
Ron Paul 16%
Rick Santorum 12%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Rick Perry 1%
Other 2%
Undecided 4%


Suffolk University Poll - January 7, 2012


Mitt Romney 39%
Ron Paul 17%
Newt Gingrich 10%
Rick Santorum 9%
Jon Huntsman 9%
Rick Perry 1%
Undecided 15%


WMUR UNH Granite State Poll - January 6, 2012


Mitt Romney 44%
Ron Paul 20%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Rick Santorum 8%
Jon Huntsman 7%
Rick Perry 1%
Buddy Roemer 1%
Michele Bachmann 1%
Gary Johnson 1%
Fred Karger less than 1%


Washington Times JZ Analytics Poll - January 5, 2011


Mitt Romney 38%
Ron Paul 24%
Rick Santorum 11%
Not sure 10%
Newt Gingrich 9%
Jon Huntsman 8%
Rick Perry 1%


Suffolk University Poll - January 5, 2011


Mitt Romney 41%
Ron Paul 18%
Undecided 17%
Rick Santorum 8%
Newt Gingrich 7%
Jon Huntsman 7%
Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Buddy Roemer (combined) 2% 


Suffolk University Poll - January 4, 2011

Mitt Romney 43%
Ron Paul 14%
Newt Gingrich 9%
Jon Huntsman 7%
Rick Santorum 6%

CNN ORC Poll - January 3, 2011 

Mitt Romney 47%
Ron Paul 17%
Jon Huntsman 13%
Rick Santorum 10%
Newt Gingrich 9%
Michele Bachmann 1%
Someone else 1%
None 1%
No opinion 1%
Rick Perry *


Suffolk University Poll - January 2, 2011


Mitt Romney 43%
Ron Paul 16%
Undecided 13%
Jon Huntsman 10%
Newt Gingrich 9%
Rick Santorum 5%
Michele Bachmann 2%
Rick Perry 2%
Buddy Roemer 0%


Suffolk University Poll - January 1, 2011


Mitt Romney 43%
Ron Paul 17%
Undecided 15%
Jon Huntsman 9%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Rick Santorum 3%
Michele Bachmann 2%
Rick Perry 2%
Buddy Roemer 1%
Gary Johnson 0%


Suffolk University Poll - December 31, 2011


Mitt Romney - 41%
Undecided 16%
Ron Paul 15%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Jon Huntsman 9%
Michele Bachmann 3%
Rick Santorum 3%
Rick Perry 2%
Buddy Roemer 1%


CNN Time ORC Poll - December 28, 2011


Mitt Romney 44%
Ron Paul 17%
Newt Gingrich 16%
Jon Huntsman 9%
Rick Santorum 4%
Michele Bachmann 3%
Rick Perry 2%
None 1%
No opinion 4%


University of New Hampshire Survey Center - December 25, 2011

Mitt Romney 39%
Newt Gingrich 17%
Ron Paul 17%
Jon Huntsman 11%
Rick Santorum 3%
Other 4%
Don't Know 8%


Public Policy Polling - December 19, 2011

Mitt Romney 35%
Ron Paul 19%
Newt Gingrich 17%
Jon Huntsman 13%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Someone else/not sure 4%
Rick Santorum 3%
Rick Perry 2%
Gary Johnson 1%


Suffolk University poll - December 14, 2011


Mitt Romney 38%
Newt Gingrich 20%
Jon Huntsman 13%
Ron Paul 8%
Michele Bachmann 3%
Herman Cain 2%
Rick Santorum 2%
Gary Johnson 1%
Rick Perry 1%

Rasmussen Reports poll - December 13, 2011

Mitt Romney 33%
Newt Gingrich 22%
Ron Paul 18%
Jon Huntsman 10%
Rick Perry 3%
Michele Bachmann 3%
Rick Santorum 3%
Other 2%
Undecided 5%


Rasmussen Reports poll - November 29, 2011

Mitt Romney 34%
Newt Gingrich 24%
Ron Paul 14%
Jon Huntsman 11%

Note: Where are the rest of the candidates? Full results are only available to Rasmussen Reports subscribers - just click on the link above if you are among those select few.


Suffolk University poll - November 21, 2011


Mitt Romney - 40%
Ron Paul 14%
Newt Gingrich 14%
Jon Huntsman 9%
Herman Cain 8%
Rick Santorum 3%
Rick Perry 2%
Michele Bachmann 1%


NH Journal and Magellan Strategies - November 18, 2011


Mitt Romney 29%
Newt Gingrich 27%
Ron Paul 16%
Herman Cain 10%
Jon Huntsman 8%
Michele Bachmann 2%
Rick Perry 2%
Rick Santorum 2%
Other 2%
Undecided 3%


Bloomberg News Poll - November 16, 2011


Mitt Romney 40%
Ron Paul 17%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Herman Cain 8%
Jon Huntsman 7%
Rick Perry 3%
Michele Bachmann 2%
Rick Santorum 1%
Other 1%
Note sure 10%


CNN/Time/ORG poll - October 26, 2011


Mitt Romney 40%
Herman Cain 13%
Ron Paul 12%
Jon Huntsman 6%
Newt Gingrich 5%
Rick Perry 4%
Michele Bachmann 2%
Rick Santorum 1%
None/No one 5%
No opinion 14%


Institutes of Politics at Harvard, Saint Anselm - October 10, 2011


Mitt Romney 38%
Herman Cain 20%
Ron Paul 13%
Newt Gingrich 5%
Jon Huntsman 4%
Rick Perry 4%
Michele Bachmann 3%
Gary Johnson 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
Don't know 11%


University of New Hampshire Poll - October 7, 2011 


Mitt Romney 37%
Herman Cain 12%
Ron Paul 9%
Rudy Giuliani 8%
Jon Huntsman 8%
Rick Perry 4%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Sarah Palin 3%
Michele Bachmann 2%
Rick Santorum 2%


American Research Group Poll - September 21, 2011


Mitt Romney 30%
Rick Perry 13%
Ron Paul 12%
Jon Huntsman 10%
Michele Bachmann 7%
Herman Cain 4%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Sarah Palin 4%
Rick Santorum 2%
Buddy Roemer 1%
Other 1%


Suffolk University & 7 NEWS Poll - September 21, 2011

Mitt Romney 41%
Ron Paul 14%
Jon Huntsman 10%
Rick Perry 8%
Sarah Palin 6%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Buddy Roemer 1%
Rick Santorum 1%

Magellan Strategies - August 17, 2011


Mitt Romney 36%
Rick Perry 18%
Ron Paul 14%
Michele Bachmann 10%
Undecided 10%
Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, "Other" candidate 3%
Newt Gingrich 2%
Rick Santorum 1%

































Mitt Romney 35%
Michele Bachmann 12%
Ron Paul 7%
Rudy Giuliani 7%
Rick Perry 4%
Tim Pawlenty 3%
Sarah Palin 3%
Jon Huntsman 2%
Herman Cain 2%
Newt Gingrich 1%
Gary Johnson, Rick Santorum, Buddy Roemer – less than 1%



Suffolk University/7 News (WHDH TV) - 06/28/2011


Mitt Romney 36%
Michele Bachmann 11%
Ron Paul 8%
Rudy Giuliani 5%
Jon Huntsman 4%
Sarah Palin 4%
Rick Perry 2%
Herman Cain 2%
Tim Pawlenty 2%
Newt Gingrich 2%
Rick Santorum 1%
George Pataki 1%


NH Journal/Magellan Strategies - 06/16/2011


Mitt Romney 42%
Michele Bachmann 10%
Ron Paul 10%
Sarah Palin 7%
Rudy Giuliani 6%
Tim Pawlenty 5%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Herman Cain 3%
Jon Huntsman 3%
Rick Santorum 2%


CNN/WMUR NH Primary Poll  - 05/23/2011


Conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center


Mitt Romney 32%
Ron Paul 9%
Rudy Giuliani 6%
Newt Gingrich 6%
Sarah Palin 5%
Michele Bachmann 4%
Herman Cain 4%
Jon Huntsman 4%
Rick Santorum 4%
Other 3%

WMUR  Granite State Poll  - 05/04/2011







Conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center

Mitt Romney 36%
Donald Trump 11%
Rudy Giuliani 7%
Mike Huckabee 6%
Ron Paul 6%
Sarah Palin 4%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Michele Bachmann 4%
Tim Pawlenty 2%
Mitch Daniels 2%


Public Policy Poll of 2012 Republican New Hampshire Primary Voters - 04/04/2011


This poll examines a number of hypothetical scenarios:


1. If Donald Trump does not run:


Mitt Romey 31%
Mike Huckabee 15%
Newt Gingrich 13%
Undecided 12%
Sarah Palin 10%
Ron Paul 10%
Tim Pawlenty 4%
Michele Bachmann 4%
Haley Barbour 2% 


2. If Mike Huckabee does not run:


Mitt Romney 37%
Newt Gingrich 14%
Sarah Palin 14%
Ron Paul 13%
Someone else/Undecided 11%
Tim Pawlenty 5%



































Michele Bachmann 4%
Haley Barbour 2%

3. If Sarah Palin does not run:

Mitt Romney 35%
Mike Huckabee 14%
Ron Paul 13%
Newt Gingrich 13%
Someone else/Undecided 10%
Michele Bachmann  7%
Tim Pawlenty 6%
Haley Barbour 2%

4. If Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee do not run:

Mitt Romney 40%
Ron Paul 18%
Newt Gingrich 17%
Someone else/Undecided 10%
Michele Bachmann 8%
Tim Pawlenty 5%
Haley Barbour 3%

5. If Rudy Giuliani does run: 

Mitt Romney 29%
Rudy Giuliani 17%
Mike Huckabee 12%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Ron Paul 9%
Someone else/Undecided 7%
Sarah Palin 6%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Tim Pawlenty 5%

6. If Donald Trump does run: 

Mitt Romney 27%
Donald Trump 21%
Newt Gingrich 12%
Mike Huckabee 12%
Ron Paul 9%
Sarah Palin 7%
Tim Pawlenty 4%
Michele Bachmann  3%

Saint Anselm College 2012 Republican Presidential Straw Poll - 3/31/2011


Number of votes:


Fred Karger 79
Mitt Romney 74
Donald Trump 26
Tim Pawlenty 24
Ron Paul 24
Rudy Giuliani 22
Rick Santorum 20
Sarah Palin 9
Herman Cain 8
Gary Johnson 8
Mike Huckabee 8

Newt Gingrich 7
Haley Barbour 3
Rand Paul 1
Other 6


WMUR/UNH Survey Center Granite State Poll - 2/14/2011


Mitt Romney 40%
Rudy Giuliani 10%
Tim Pawlenty 7%
Mike Huckabee 7%
Newt Gingrich 6%
Sarah Palin 6%
Ron Paul 6%
Donald Trump 3%
Rick Santorum 1%
Haley Barbour 1%



NH Journal/Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies - 2/11/2011


Barack Obama 48%     Mitt Romney 44%
Barack Obama 51%     Mike Huckabee 38%
Barack Obama 57%     Sarah Palin 34%
Barack Obama 56%     Newt Gingrich 33%



Strategic National Breaking Poll of New Hampshire Voters - 1/23/2011



Mitt Romney 33%

Mike Huckabee 13%

Sarah Palin 12%

Newt Gingrich 8%

Tim Pawlenty 5%

Mitch Daniels 1%

Rick Santorum 1%



WMUR, ABC News, NH GOP 2012 Straw Poll - 1/22/2011



Mitt Romney 35%  
Ron Paul 11% 
Tim Pawlenty 8% 
Sarah Palin 7% 
Michelle Bachmann, Jim Demint 5% 
Herman Cain 4%
Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, Mitch Daniels, Newt Gingrich 3%
Mike Huckabee, Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani, Judd Gregg, Gary Johnson 2% 
Donald Trump, Haley Barbour 1%


Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies - 1/6/2011



Mitt Romney 39%
Sarah Palin 16%
Mike Huckabee 10%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Ron Paul 7%
Tim Pawlenty 4%
Rick Santorum 3%
Haley Barbour 1%
Other 4-8%


Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies - 12/17/2010



Barack Obama 58% Hillary Clinton 28%

Barack Obama 78% Howard Dean 10%

Barack Obama 78% Bernie Sanders 8%

Public Policy Polling - 11/09/2010


Mitt Romney 40%

Other 19%

Mike Huckabee 13%

Sarah Palin 10%

Newt Gingrich 10%

Tim Pawlenty 4%

Mike Pence 3%

Mitch Daniels 1%

John Thune 1%

CNN Exit Poll - 11/02/2010 

Mitt Romney 39%

Sarah Palin 18%

Mike Huckabee 11%

New Gingrich 8%

Other 19%

Public Policy Polling - 07/28/2010

Mitt Romney 31%

New Gingrich 14%

Ron Paul 13%

Mike Huckabee 12%

Sarah Palin 9%

Tim Pawlenty 3%

Mitch Daniels 1%

Other 19%

UNH Survey Center - April 2010


Mitt Romney 41%
Sarah Palin 12%
Rudy Giuliani 11%
Mike Huckabee 9%
Ron Paul 6%
Newt Gingrich 5%
Tim Pawlenty 3%
Rick Santorum 2%
John Thune 0%
Gary Johnson 0%
Other 3%
Undecided 9%