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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)
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Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/ 87) 1000 100%
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RECORD GENDER
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Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/ 88) 492 49%
Female ......................................... 2 508 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) 960 96%
Somewhat likely ................................ 2 40 4%
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) 309 31%
Republican ..................................... 2 339 34%
Independent/Undeclared ......................... 3 334 33%
Other .......................................... 4 4 0%
Not registered yet ............................. 5 12 1%
Refused ........................................ 6 2 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) 0 0%
Hillary Clinton ................................ 02 169 34%
Christopher Dodd ............................... 03 0 0%
John Edwards ................................... 04 75 15%
Mike Gravel (GRAY-Vel) ......................... 05 2 0%
Dennis Kucinich (Coo-SIN-Itch) ................. 06 2 0%
Barack Obama (Bah-RAHK, Oh-BAH-Mah) ............ 07 194 39%
Bill Richardson ................................ 08 18 4%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 38 8%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 2 0%
Q3. 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 ( 1/105) 28 6%
January
Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 88 18%
before January
Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 371 74%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 13 3%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 0 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?
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Rudy Giuliani (Julie-AH-Knee) .................. 01 ( 1/106) 57 11%
Mike Huckabee .................................. 02 65 13%
Duncan Hunter .................................. 03 4 1%
Alan Keyes ..................................... 04 2 0%
John McCain .................................... 05 129 26%
Ron Paul ....................................... 06 25 5%
Mitt Romney .................................... 07 152 30%
Fred Thompson .................................. 08 10 2%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 51 10%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 5 1%
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) 34 7%
January
Its somewhat likely that I'll change my mind ... 2 113 23%
before January
Its unlikely I'll change my mind before January 3 337 67%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 4 12 2%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 5 4 1%
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) 153 15%
Barack Obama ................................... 02 258 26%
John Edwards ................................... 03 33 3%
Mitt Romney .................................... 04 103 10%
Rudy Giuliani .................................. 05 35 4%
John McCain .................................... 06 103 10%
Mike Huckabee .................................. 07 18 2%
Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 08 10 1%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 09 279 28%
Refused (DO NOT READ) .......................... 10 8 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 80 8%
36-45 .......................................... 3 190 19%
46-55 .......................................... 4 254 25%
56-65 .......................................... 5 247 25%
Over 65 years .................................. 6 159 16%
Refused ........................................ 7 20 2%