Getty Poll: Trump dominates in New Hampshire, while Sanders edges Clinton

Donald Trump is dominating the Republican field in New Hampshire, and Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by a hair, according to a new Fox News poll out Wednesday.

The poll found that the business mogul has a significant lead over the rest of the Republican field with 27 percent support, more than double his nearest rival, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has 13 percent. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz comes in third with 11 percent.


Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are tied at 9 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 7 percent and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has 6 percent. The other candidates all have 3 percent or less.

But in a testament to the fluidity of poll scores, 55 percent of GOP primary voters in the state say they could change their mind before they officially make their selection in February; 44 percent are sold on their choice.

On the Democratic side, Sanders is 1 percentage point ahead of Clinton, within the margin of error, 45 percent to her 44 percent. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley lags significantly behind with 5 percent.

Sanders’ owes his lead to the support of a significant portion of people under age 45. Fifty-nine percent of Democratic primary voters under that age back him, compared with Clinton’s 30 percent. Clinton leads Sanders with Democratic primary voters over age 45, 52 to 35 percent.

In general election matchups, Clinton beats Trump (47percent to 40 percent), Cruz (44 percent to 41 percent) and Christie (44 percent to 43 percent). She ties with Fiorina, 43 percent each.

Rubio, Bush, Kasich and Carson all beat Clinton in general election matchups. Rubio has 47 percent to her 40, Bush has 45 percent to 42 percent, Kasich is 3 percentage points ahead (43-40 percent) and Carson leads 45 percent to 43 percent.

The Fox News poll of 804 registered New Hampshire voters was conducted via telephone Nov. 15-17. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The margin of error for 302 Democratic primary voters is plus or minus 5.5 percentage points, and the margin of error for 353 Republican primary voters is plus or minus 5 percentage points. Hypothetical matchups were split sampled and have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.