Republican Chances are Good in New Hampshire Senate Race
July 27, 2010Only Blue Hampshire lead by left wing loonie Kathy Sullivan and Dean “not from anywhere” Barker could find good things about this PPP poll. On BlueHampshire the left wing liberals are praising a poll that states things look good for republicans. The poll states that Hodes has low favorability numbers, which we all knew would be very high. Ayotte and Binnie beat Hodes; and Bender is only 1 point behind. Can you imagine how these numbers change once NH voters realize what Hodes is all about? Read the poll below.
Republican Chances are Good in New Hampshire Senate Race
Democratic nominee Representative Paul Hodes has low favorability ratings and is falling
behind most of his potential Republican challengers in the race for Senator Judd Gregg’s seat.
40% of voters of have an unfavorable opinion of the Representative.
Hodes falls behind the most popular Republican candidates Kelly Ayotte and Bill Binnie. Ayotte
leads Hodes 45:42 and Bill Binnie is ahead of Hodes 46:41. Only 26% of voters and 23% of
Republicans have yet to form an opinion of Ayotte. 41% of voters have no opinion of Binnie, Ayotte’s closest competitor, including 36% of Republicans.
Amongst the less popular Republican candidates Hodes fares better but doesn’t do well. The
Representative is statistically tied with Republican Jim Bender and leads Ovide Lamontagne
43:38.
There is some good news for Democrats in New Hampshire. President Obama’s approval ratings
haven’t slipped in the Granite State. New Hampshire approves of Obama 49 to 47. While New
Hampshire voters don’t support or oppose Obama’s health care plan, more voters support it
today than did in April.
New Hampshire voters have mixed feelings about Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s work in
Washington. New Hampshire voters approve of Shaheen 45:44. 44% approve of Senator Gregg’s
work and 39% disapprove.
“Things may change for Paul Hodes once New Hampshire enters the general election,” said
Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “But for now it seems like the Republicans
have done a good job of using the primary to their advantage.”
PPP surveyed 900 New Hampshire voters from July 23-25, 2010. The survey’s margin of error
is +/-3.26%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce
additional error that is more difficult to quantify.
