President 2012 New Hampshire GOP Watch: Michele Bachmann Breaks Through
According to the latest Magellan Strategies for NH Journal Poll.
- Mitt Romney – 42%
- Michele Bachmann – 10%
- Ron Paul – 10%
- Sarah Palin – 7%
- Rudy Giuliani – 6%
- Tim Pawlenty – 5%
- Newt Gingrich – 4%
- Herman Cain – 3%
- Jon Huntsman – 3%
There is little doubt that Michele Bachmann’s debate performance this week is propelling these poll numbers.
With Bachmann’s strength in Iowa, the likelihood of a win there, and while she trails former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by a goodly amount now, she is poised to give him battle in New Hampshire.
Michele Bachmann is emerging as the anti-establsihment, Tea Party and anti-Romney candidate.
But the most surprising numbers emerged when we asked which candidates had the strongest debate performance. We asked this question of the 54% of respondents who said they watched the televised debate either on WMUR or CNN.
Thirty-nine percent said Romney gave the strongest performance. But an impressive 28% said Bachmann did. No other candidate finished in double-digits. Among self-identified conservatives who watched the debate, Bachmann performed even better. Among this group, 37% said Romney had the strongest performance, while 33% said Bachmann.