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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) 488 49%
Female ......................................... 2 512 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) 946 95%
Somewhat likely ................................ 2 54 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) 500 50%
Republican ..................................... 2 500 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) 306 31%
Republican ..................................... 2 344 34%
Independent/Undeclared ......................... 3 315 32%
Other .......................................... 4 0 0%
Not registered yet ............................. 5 34 3%
Refused ........................................ 6 1 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.
N= 11 100%
Correct ........................................ 1 ( 1/102) 11 100%
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) 0 0%
Hillary Clinton ................................ 02 175 35%
Christopher Dodd ............................... 03 0 0%
John Edwards ................................... 04 70 14%
Mike Gravel (GRAY-Vel) ......................... 05 4 1%
Dennis Kucinich (Coo-SIN-Itch) ................. 06 3 1%
Barack Obama (Bah-RAHK, Oh-BAH-Mah) ............ 07 163 33%
Bill Richardson ................................ 08 23 5%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 56 11%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 6 1%
Q3. Now, how likely are you to change your mind about your choice before the
January Primary?
N= 500 100%
Its very likely I'll change my mind before ..... 1 ( 1/105) 24 5%
January
Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 113 23%
before January
Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 344 69%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 18 4%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 1 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= 500 100%
Rudy Giuliani (Julie-AH-Knee) .................. 01 ( 1/106) 50 10%
Mike Huckabee .................................. 02 37 7%
Duncan Hunter .................................. 03 4 1%
Alan Keyes ..................................... 04 0 0%
John McCain .................................... 05 136 27%
Ron Paul ....................................... 06 44 9%
Mitt Romney .................................... 07 150 30%
Fred Thompson .................................. 08 8 2%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 62 12%
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= 500 100%
Its very likely I'll change my mind before ..... 1 ( 1/108) 36 7%
January
Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 148 30%
before January
Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 291 58%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 24 5%
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
N= 1000 100%
Hillary Clinton ................................ 01 ( 1/109) 188 19%
Barack Obama ................................... 02 177 18%
John Edwards ................................... 03 27 3%
Mitt Romney .................................... 04 104 10%
Rudy Giuliani .................................. 05 37 4%
John McCain .................................... 06 77 8%
Mike Huckabee .................................. 07 17 2%
Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 08 18 2%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 350 35%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 5 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%
Q28. What is your age category? (READ LIST)
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18-25 .......................................... 1 ( 1/112) 37 4%
26-35 .......................................... 2 96 10%
36-45 .......................................... 3 207 21%
46-55 .......................................... 4 240 24%
56-65 .......................................... 5 207 21%
Over 65 years .................................. 6 192 19%
Refused ........................................ 7 21 2%