Following former President Donald Trump’s dominant win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday, the GOP primary now shifts to New Hampshire, where Trump holds a smaller lead in the polls.
The most recent polls of the Granite State show Trump in the lead by an average of 13 points, according to Real Clear Politics, suggesting the New Hampshire primary will be a far more competitive race than Iowa, where Trump blew out his GOP opponents by nearly 30 points and won in 98 of the state’s 99 counties.
According to the RCP average of New Hampshire polls, Trump stands at 44.5%, and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is at 31.3%. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who finished in second place in Iowa, is polling just under 6% in New Hampshire, the RCP average shows, as he remains behind former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who have both dropped…
