Former President Donald Trump has left some hard feelings among New Hampshire Republican primary voters in his wake, according to polling data following Tuesday’s contest.
As many as 35% of GOP voters indicated they would be so unhappy if Trump won the Republican nomination that they would not vote for the 77-year-old in the November general election, Fox News Voter Analysis found.
Not surprisingly, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley won 96% of that cohort, with 1% voting for Trump anyway.
Another 11% of exit poll respondents said they would be “unhappy” if Trump won the nomination, but would still vote for him in November.
The 45th president won 36% of the cohort, while Haley had 59% of the group’s support.
Among the 53% who said they were satisfied and would vote for Trump in November if he were the Republican standard bearer, 94% pulled the lever for the former president.
Live election results from New Hampshire
Elsewhere in the analysis, 32% of exit poll respondents said they would not support Haley, 52, if she beats Trump to clinch the Republican nomination — even though 13% of that cohort voted for her in the primary.
Only 39% said they would be satisfied with Haley as the GOP nominee, while 26% said they were not satisfied, but would still vote for her.
Nearly three-quarters of respondents in the latter group (73%) voted for Trump, while 25% chose Haley.
Ahead of the primary day, the former president lamented New Hampshire’s open system, which allows undeclared voters to help decide the Republican contest.
“A lot of free people are out,” Trump lamented on Tuesday afternoon. “They just voted because they wanted to make me look as bad as possible.”
Trump lashed out at Nikki Haley for staying in the race after a double-digit loss in New Hampshire. AFP via Getty Images
Only 13% of GOP primary voters consider themselves independent voters, with that group breaking for Haley 67% to 31%. Another 10% call themselves Democrats or Democrats, and 94% of that group voted for Haley.
The remaining 74% of voters who call themselves Republican or lean Republican chose Trump by a 2-to-1 margin.
Meanwhile, just 13% of New Hampshire’s Democratic primary participants said they do not plan to vote for Biden in November if he is nominated for a second term.
Haley pointed out that there are still 48 states to go. Amanda Sabga/UPI/Shutterstock
Another 31% said they were dissatisfied, but would still vote for president in November.
“Trump’s excesses cost him some of the voters he needed to win,” Biden-Harris deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks told reporters Wednesday.
“His agenda is toxic and voters aren’t buying what he’s selling.”
Trump has praised Republicans who have rallied around him. AP Biden’s presidential campaign has already determined he will run against Donald Trump in November. Reuters
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fox News Voter Analysis polled about 2,000 Republican primary contestants in the Granite State between Jan. 17 and 23 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
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