Governor Romney First in Many Important Categories in New Hampshire
Following are results of a CNN exit poll conducted in New Hampshire Tuesday among 1,520 voters. Though these results reflect the fact that the majority of voters chose McCain and Romney, there are some very interesting differences, especially where Romney ended ahead of the winner, McCain:
Republican Voters (”Vote by party ID” — excludes independents) chose:
MR — 35%
JM — 34%
MH — 13%
RG — 10%
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All voters chose their candidate as the “Strongest Leader” — This measures the strength of the voters’ choice (in other words, which candidate got the most votes in this category by comparison to the others?):
MR — 86%
MH — 84%
JM — 81%
RG — 55%
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Voters of New Hampshire that strongly oppose civil unions:
MR — 37%
JM — 32%
MH — 11%
RG — 6%
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Very worried about Terrorism:
MR — 39%
JM — 33%
MH — 12%
RG — 10%
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Voters that think the new President should be more conservative than President Bush:
MR — 35%
JM — 31%
MH — 13%
RP — 10%
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The following result was stunning to me. John McCain, the military man came in third! Even McCain supporters are less sold on McCain by comparison to the other voters. And Giuliani 4th at 58%? What about his “9/11″ credentials?
All voters chose their candidate as the “Best Commander in Chief” — This measures the strength of the voters’ choice (in other words, which candidate got the most votes in this category by comparison to the others?):
MR — 94%
MH — 89%
JM — 78%
RG — 58%
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Conservative Voters chose:
MR — 38%
JM — 30%
MH — 12%
RG — 8%
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Check the gap here between Governors Romney and Huckabee:
Very Conservative Voters chose:
MR — 43%
MH — 19%
JM — 18%
RP — 7%
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Voters that think this candidate shares their values:
MR — 38%
MH — 22%
JM — 16%
RP — 12%
See link in the opening paragraph for many more results. These are but few of many very interesting numbers. Governor Romney was the strongest candidate in many of the voters’ minds.
~ Vic
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January 10th, 2008 at 8:31 am
These stats tell a huge story, driving home the fact that he is very popular, trusted, and a “front runner.” But with all the first place finishes he must have gotten crushed in some of the other categories.
I just heard reported on my local channel last night (KET) that MR lost the pure Republican vote to McCain. But according to the stats here, that is not true. They of course, were making the case that Romney lost big, and couldn’t even win the majority of Republicans.
Despite the media smear and the anti-Mormon rage, Romney appears to be doing well.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
According to Washington Times, which wrote this article about MSNBC’s exit polls, 36% of Republican voters “said they had reservations about their choice, half of whom pulled the lever for John McCain.” I like how it opens the article with this:
This really do say much about how they feel about John. It sounds like to me they are not sure they can trust Mitt that he won’t change his positions, like “he was supposed to have the past 3 years” (that is according to media). I think Mitt should go around a bit more about how he always follow through on his promises, and he does have plenty of actions to back him up.