Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) New Hampshire 2012 Gubernatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) New Hampshire 2012 Gubernatorial Poll

• Ovide Lamontagne (R) 41%
• Jackie Cilley (D) 39%

• Jackie Cilley (D) 39%
• Kevin Smith (R) 37%

• Ovide Lamontagne (R) 42%
• Maggie Hassan (D) 36%

• Kevin Smith (R) 39%
• Maggie Hassan (D) 36%

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted June 20, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.

Inside the numbers:

Lamontagne is viewed very favorably by 18% of voters in the state and very unfavorably by 21%. For Smith, very favorables are nine percent (9%), very unfavorables, 15%.

Eleven percent (11%) share a very favorable opinion of Cilley, while 12% view her very unfavorably. Hassan is seen very favorably by 12% and very unfavorably by 15%.

But 24% don’t know enough about Lamontagne to voice any kind of opinion of him, and 33% say the same of the other three candidates.

Lamontagne draws slightly stronger support than Smith does among Republicans against both Democratic hopefuls. Cilley and Hassan do equally well among Democrats in both matchups, but Democrats have a lot more undecideds at this stage than Republicans do.

Voters not affiliated with either major party give the edge to the Democrats over both Republicans.

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