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Hello, my name is __________ and I am conducting a survey for 7NEWS/Suffolk

University and I would like to get your opinions on some political questions.

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)

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RECORD GENDER

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Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/ 86) 296 49%

Female ......................................... 2 304 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/ 87) 551 92%

Somewhat likely ................................ 2 49 8%

Not very likely ................................ 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/ 90) 300 50%

Republican ..................................... 2 300 50%

Other .......................................... 3 0 0%

Undecided ...................................... 4 0 0%

Refused ........................................ 5 0 0%

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Great, I am going to read you a list of individuals in state and national

politics. For each, please tell me if your opinion of them is generally

favorable or generally unfavorable. If you are undecided or if you have never

heard of someone, just tell me that.

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First, take Jeanne Shaheen.

Q2. Is your opinion of Jeanne Shaheen generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/102) 19 6%

Favorable ...................................... 2 190 63%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 42 14%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 49 16%

Q3. Is your opinion of John Edwards generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/103) 3 1%

Favorable ...................................... 2 225 75%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 42 14%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 30 10%

Q4. Is your opinion of Hillary Clinton generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/104) 2 1%

Favorable ...................................... 2 206 69%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 71 24%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 21 7%

Q5. Is your opinion of Barack Obama (Bah-RAHK, Oh-BAH-Mah) generally favorable

or generally unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/105) 3 1%

Favorable ...................................... 2 219 73%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 47 16%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 31 10%

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Great, I am going to read you a list of individuals in state and national

politics. For each, please tell me if your opinion of them is generally

favorable or generally unfavorable. If you are undecided or if you have never

heard of someone, just tell me that.

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First, take John Sununu (Suh-NOO-Noo)

Q6. Is your opinion of John Sununu generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/107) 13 4%

Favorable ...................................... 2 181 60%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 48 16%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 58 19%

Q7. Is your opinion of Rudy Giuliani generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/108) 0 0%

Favorable ...................................... 2 182 61%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 88 29%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 30 10%

Q8. Is your opinion of John McCain generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/109) 0 0%

Favorable ...................................... 2 223 74%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 52 17%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 25 8%

Q9. Is your opinion of Mitt Romney generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/110) 0 0%

Favorable ...................................... 2 193 64%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 65 22%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 42 14%

Q10. Is your opinion of Mike Huckabee generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

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Never heard of ................................. 1 ( 1/111) 5 2%

Favorable ...................................... 2 118 39%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 119 40%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 58 19%

Q11. 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 ( 1/112) 11 4%

Hillary Clinton ................................ 02 108 36%

Christopher Dodd ............................... 03 4 1%

John Edwards ................................... 04 43 14%

Mike Gravel (GRAY-Vel) ......................... 05 0 0%

Dennis Kucinich (Coo-SIN-Itch) ................. 06 9 3%

Barack Obama (Bah-RAHK, Oh-BAH-Mah) ............ 07 65 22%

Bill Richardson ................................ 08 20 7%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 36 12%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 4 1%

Q12. Now, how likely are you to change your mind about your choice before the January Primary?

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Its very likely I'll change my mind before ..... 1 ( 1/114) 29 10%

January

Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 85 28%

before January

Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 168 56%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 16 5%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 2 1%

Q13. If Ted Kennedy were to endorse a candidate next week, would that make you

more or less likely to vote for that candidate?

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More likely .................................... 1 ( 1/115) 3 8%

Less likely .................................... 2 5 14%

No difference (DO NOT READ) .................... 3 25 69%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 3 8%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 0 0%

Q14. If Al Gore were to endorse a candidate next week, would that make you

more or less likely to vote for that candidate?

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More likely .................................... 1 ( 1/116) 9 25%

Less likely .................................... 2 3 8%

No difference (DO NOT READ) .................... 3 18 50%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 6 17%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 0 0%

Q15. 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?

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Rudy Giuliani (Julie-AH-Knee) .................. 01 ( 1/117) 43 14%

Mike Huckabee .................................. 02 26 9%

Duncan Hunter .................................. 03 0 0%

Alan Keyes ..................................... 04 4 1%

John McCain .................................... 05 92 31%

Ron Paul ....................................... 06 18 6%

Mitt Romney .................................... 07 75 25%

Fred Thompson .................................. 08 6 2%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 35 12%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 1 0%

Q16. Now, how likely are you to change your mind about your choice before the

January Primary?

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Its very likely I'll change my mind before ..... 1 ( 1/119) 21 7%

January

Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 102 34%

before January

Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 160 53%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 17 6%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 0 0%

Q17. There have been a number of recent endorsements from celebrities and area

newspapers. Have any of these endorsements influenced your choice of the

candidate you currently support?

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Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/120) 36 6%

No ............................................. 2 556 93%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 3 8 1%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 4 0 0%

Q18. Which endorsement has influenced your choice of the candidate you

currently support? {OPEN - Get the name of ONE person}

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Oprah Winfrey .................................. 01 ( 1/121) 7 19%

Enter 1 person ................................. 97 20 56%

Don't know/Refused ............................. 98 9 25%

Q19. Do you believe the United States is going in the right direction or is on

the wrong track?

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Right direction ................................ 1 ( 1/123) 174 29%

Wrong track .................................... 2 366 61%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 3 55 9%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 4 5 1%

Q20. Are you better off than you were eight years ago?

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Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/124) 271 45%

No ............................................. 2 295 49%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 3 33 6%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 4 1 0%

Q21. Regardless of whom you currently support, which candidate has the most

momentum in New Hampshire right now?

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Hillary Clinton ................................ 01 ( 1/125) 123 21%

Barack Obama ................................... 02 98 16%

John Edwards ................................... 03 18 3%

Mitt Romney .................................... 04 77 13%

Rudy Giuliani .................................. 05 15 3%

John McCain .................................... 06 109 18%

Mike Huckabee .................................. 07 19 3%

Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 08 5 1%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 131 22%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 5 1%

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Q22. Thinking about the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday, regardless of whom you

currently support, who do you think will win the<S3 >Caucus in Iowa?

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Hillary Clinton ................................ 01 ( 1/127) 102 34%

Barack Obama ................................... 02 58 19%

John Edwards ................................... 03 25 8%

Mitt Romney .................................... 04 0 0%

Rudy Giuliani .................................. 05 0 0%

John McCain .................................... 06 0 0%

Mike Huckabee .................................. 07 0 0%

Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 08 6 2%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 106 35%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 3 1%

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DO NOT READ LIST

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Hillary Clinton ................................ 01 ( 1/129) 0 0%

Barack Obama ................................... 02 0 0%

John Edwards ................................... 03 0 0%

Mitt Romney .................................... 04 72 24%

Rudy Giuliani .................................. 05 22 7%

John McCain .................................... 06 31 10%

Mike Huckabee .................................. 07 90 30%

Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 08 2 1%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 80 27%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 3 1%

Q23. Finally, regardless of whom you currently support, who do you believe

will be the next President of the United States?

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Hillary Clinton ................................ 01 ( 1/133) 148 25%

Barack Obama ................................... 02 73 12%

John Edwards ................................... 03 18 3%

Mitt Romney .................................... 04 85 14%

Rudy Giuliani .................................. 05 35 6%

John McCain .................................... 06 56 9%

Mike Huckabee .................................. 07 11 2%

Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 08 7 1%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 158 26%

Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 9 2%

DEMOS

[THE FINAL QUESTIONS WILL HELP US CLASSIFY YOUR RESPONSES WITH OTHERS TAKING

THE SURVEY]

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Q28. What is your age category? (READ LIST)

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18-25 .......................................... 1 ( 1/136) 24 4%

26-35 .......................................... 2 47 8%

36-45 .......................................... 3 115 19%

46-55 .......................................... 4 179 30%

56-65 .......................................... 5 113 19%

Over 65 years .................................. 6 112 19%

Refused ........................................ 7 10 2%

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Q29. Are you...

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White (Caucasian) .............................. 1 ( 1/137) 567 95%

Black (African American) ....................... 2 7 1%

Asian .......................................... 3 4 1%

Hispanic ....................................... 4 9 2%

Other .......................................... 5 4 1%

Refused ........................................ 6 9 2%