WBUR Poll: Trump’s Call To Ban Muslims Not Hurting His Prospects In N.H.
Source: wbur.org
December 11, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives at a campaign stop last week in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. (Jim Cole/AP)
MANCHESTER, N.H. Donald Trump’s divisive plan for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. sure isn’t hurting his prospects in New Hampshire.
A new WBUR poll (topline, crosstabs) shows him with his strongest lead yet among likely New Hampshire GOP primary voters, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie building momentum in the race’s second tier.
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Trump has climbed pretty steadily now in a series of New Hampshire surveys conducted for WBUR by The MassINC Polling Group. And pollster Steve Koczela says Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. is not slowing the trend........................
(Source: WBUR/MassINC Polling Group)
Support for Trump now stands at 27 percent among likely Republican primary voters. Kozcela says the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have put ISIS and terrorism at the top of most GOP voters’ concerns, turning this into the first “security election” since the post 9/11 race in 2004.
Read more: http://www.wbur.org/2015/12/11/donald-trump-new-hampshire-support-climbs
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