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N.H. poll tabs Trump as clear frontrunner

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RINDGE, N.H. - Franklin Pierce University and the Boston Herald released the most recent Presidential Poll for the Republican candidates leading up to the 2016 New Hampshire primary on Wednesday with the results indicating Donald Trump has emerged as the party's clear frontrunner in New Hampshire with 36 percent of likely Republican voters identifying him as the candidate most likely to win the GOP Nomination.

More than one-fourth (28%) of likely Republican primary voters identified Donald Trump as their candidate of choice if the primaries were held today. Ben Carson placed second at 16% and Carly Fiorina was third with 10%. Governor Jeb Bush (9%), and Ohio Governor John Kasich (6%) rounded out the top five candidates.

Trump phoned into Herald Radio Wednesday morning to discuss the results with hosts Jaclyn Cashman and John Sapochetti. Trump credited his time spent in New Hampshire for the increase in both his poll numbers and favorability rating (55%), as well as the decrease in his unfavorable ratings from 46% in August to 42% in this most recent poll. Trump says that Granite Staters are just getting to know him and he feels "tremendous love in the room" during his campaign stops.

"I like the people and they like me," said Trump of New Hampshire residents.

Another big winner in the poll is physician Ben Carson who registered 16 percent in the poll, up 12-points from August, and also surged in favorability from 55 percent in August to 69 percent. Carson boasts the highest favorability rating amongst all GOP candidates, with Carly Fiorina in second at 60 percent and Florida Senator Marco Rubio in third with 59 percent.

The results also show that several candidates register high negatives, including frontrunner Donald Trump (42% unfavorable), Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (47% unfavorable), South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (46% unfavorable), former New York Governor George Pataki (46% unfavorable), and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (43% unfavorable).

While Donald Trump has expanded his lead over the field, the poll suggests that the race is far from over, indicating many republican voters could change their minds:

... the electorate remains highly fluid. Two-thirds of likely Republican primary voters report that they could change their mind (67%) between now and the election. Only 33 percent of Republican primary voters reported that they have made a firm choice of who they intend to vote for in the primary. As shown above, at this point in time, support for almost all of the candidates under investigation is subject to change between now and the New Hampshire primary early next year.

The poll was conducted October 14-17, 2015, by political pollster Kelly Myers, president of RKM Communication and a Fellow at the university's Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. The survey is based on a sample of 440 likely Republican presidential primary voters in New Hampshire.

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