Poll: Romney Thumps Obama In New Hampshire
Jon Terbush | April 22, 2011, 4:53PM
Mitt Romney has consistently cleaned house in early polls of the New Hampshire Republican primary. Now, a new poll by Dartmouth College shows him handily winning The Granite State in a general election matchup with President Obama.
In the poll of registered voters, Romney beat Obama 47% to 39%. However, Obama easily led all other comers by between eight and 27 points.
Obama led Mike Huckabee 45%-37%, and topped Ron Paul 47% to 27%. Obama also beat Haley Barbour (42%-23%), Tim Pawlenty (41%-25%), Donald Trump (51%-29%), and Sarah Palin (54%-27%.)
Romney has dominated the GOP field in polls of the New Hampshire primary, garnering as much as 40% of the vote in the state scheduled to hold the nation's second primary contest next year. Though he's struggled in more conservative parts of the country, he's always polled well in the Northeastern swing-state.
The poll is another in a recent string of bad results for Obama that have shown his approval rating sliding and his leads on potential 2012 rivals diminishing.
The Dartmouth survey was conducted April 11-14 among 426 registered voters. It has margin of error of 4.8%.
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