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Martin Pengelly

Major poll gives Trump 16-point lead in New Hampshire days before primary

A campaign sign for Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in a yard on January 16, 2024 in Atkinson, New Hampshire.
Other polls have shown Nikki Haley closing the gap in New Hampshire, with the American Research Group showing her tied at 40% with Donald Trump. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Donald Trump continues to dominate the race for the Republican presidential nomination, enjoying a 16-point lead in New Hampshire days before it becomes the second state to vote, according to a major new poll.

Suffolk University, the Boston Globe and NBC found the former president at 50% support in New Hampshire, to 34% for the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. Ron DeSantis, the hard-right governor of Florida, who edged out Haley for second in Iowa this week, was a distant third at 5%.

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