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Hello, my name is __________ and I am conducting a brief 7-question tracking
survey for 7NEWS/Suffolk University and I would like to get your opinions on
some political questions. This weekend we are calling all New Hampshire
households statewide. Would you be willing to spend a few minutes answering
some questions? (..or someone in that household, per PRE-SET QUOTAS)
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Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/ 87) 1000 100%
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RECORD GENDER
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Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/ 88) 486 49%
Female ......................................... 2 514 51%
S2. Thank You. How likely are you to vote in the New Hampshire Primary in
January?
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Very likely .................................... 1 ( 1/ 89) 955 96%
Somewhat likely ................................ 2 45 5%
Not very likey ................................. 3 0 0%
Not at all likely .............................. 4 0 0%
Other/Dk/RF .................................... 5 0 0%
S3. At this point, which Primary will you vote in - Democratic or Republican?
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Democratic ..................................... 1 ( 1/ 92) 499 50%
Republican ..................................... 2 501 50%
Other .......................................... 3 0 0%
Undecided ...................................... 4 0 0%
Refused ........................................ 5 0 0%
Q1. And are you currently registered to vote as a Democrat, Republican,
Independent/Undeclared, not registered, or something else?
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Democrat ....................................... 1 ( 1/101) 316 32%
Republican ..................................... 2 344 34%
Independent/Undeclared ......................... 3 302 30%
Other .......................................... 4 5 1%
Not registered yet ............................. 5 33 3%
Refused ........................................ 6 0 0%
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I just want to be sure. You said you are voting in the<S3 >Primary even though
you are registered as a<Q1 >- is that correct? Thank you.
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Correct ........................................ 1 ( 1/102) 10 100%
Incorrect - fix S3 or Q1 ....................... 2 0 0%
Q2. There are 22 Democratic candidates for President listed on your New
Hampshire Primary ballot. Of these, the major eight candidates listed
alphabetically on your ballot, are: (READ LIST).
For whom will you vote or toward whom would you LEAN at this time?
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Joe Biden (BY-Den) ............................. 01 ( 1/103) 7 1%
Hillary Clinton ................................ 02 178 36%
Christopher Dodd ............................... 03 0 0%
John Edwards ................................... 04 66 13%
Mike Gravel (GRAY-Vel) ......................... 05 5 1%
Dennis Kucinich (Coo-SIN-Itch) ................. 06 5 1%
Barack Obama (Bah-RAHK, Oh-BAH-Mah) ............ 07 146 29%
Bill Richardson ................................ 08 22 4%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 61 12%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 9 2%
Q3. Now, how likely are you to change your mind about your choice before the
January Primary?
N= 499 100%
Its very likely I'll change my mind before ..... 1 ( 1/105) 33 7%
January
Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 134 27%
before January
Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 317 64%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 13 3%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 2 0%
Q4. There are 21 Republican candidates for President listed on your New
Hampshire Primary ballot. Of these, the major eight candidates listed
alphabetically on your ballot, are: (READ LIST).
For whom will you vote or toward whom would you LEAN at this time?
N= 501 100%
Rudy Giuliani (Julie-AH-Knee) .................. 01 ( 1/106) 53 11%
Mike Huckabee .................................. 02 55 11%
Duncan Hunter .................................. 03 6 1%
Alan Keyes ..................................... 04 0 0%
John McCain .................................... 05 130 26%
Ron Paul ....................................... 06 39 8%
Mitt Romney .................................... 07 150 30%
Fred Thompson .................................. 08 8 2%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 51 10%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 9 2%
Q5. Now, how likely are you to change your mind about your choice before the
January Primary?
N= 501 100%
Its very likely I'll change my mind before ..... 1 ( 1/108) 39 8%
January
Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 156 31%
before January
Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 290 58%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 15 3%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 1 0%
Q6. Finally, regardless of whom you currently support, who do you believe will
be the next President of the United States?
DO NOT READ LIST
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Hillary Clinton ................................ 01 ( 1/109) 214 21%
Barack Obama ................................... 02 135 14%
John Edwards ................................... 03 24 2%
Mitt Romney .................................... 04 122 12%
Rudy Giuliani .................................. 05 36 4%
John McCain .................................... 06 66 7%
Mike Huckabee .................................. 07 20 2%
Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 08 20 2%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 354 35%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 9 1%
DEMOS
[THE FINAL QUESTIONS WILL HELP US CLASSIFY YOUR RESPONSES WITH OTHERS TAKING
THE SURVEY]
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Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/111) 1000 100%
Q7. What is your age category? (READ LIST)
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18-25 .......................................... 1 ( 1/112) 50 5%
26-35 .......................................... 2 106 11%
36-45 .......................................... 3 221 22%
46-55 .......................................... 4 236 24%
56-65 .......................................... 5 204 20%
Over 65 years .................................. 6 164 16%
Refused ........................................ 7 19 2%