Five different polls have been published Sunday indicating that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is the heavy favorite to win Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
However, full-scale battle for second place has emerged, with establishment candidates
Meanwhile, support in the Granite State for outsider candidates Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson continue to fall, as the two candidates continue to poll in the single digits, along with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
The poll results do not reflect the outcome of Saturday night’s ABC News debate, as the surveys were gathered beforehand.
In the five polls, Trump averaged 32 percent. Kasich averaged 12 percent, Rubio averaged 15 percent, Bush averaged 10 percent, Christie averaged 5 percent, Fiorina averages 3.5 percent, and Carson averaged 2.5 percent.
Trump leads all the polls. But Rubio gets three second-places and two third-place scores, including tied scores. Kasich gets two second-place finishes, Bush gets one third-place score.
Below is a summary of where the Republican candidates placed in the five polls released Sunday, ranked by their finish in the following polls in order: Monmouth, CNN/WMUR, Boston Herald/FPU, Umass/7News, ARG.
Donald Trump: 1(+16); 1(+17); 1(+15); 1(+22); 1(+14)
Sen. Marco Rubio: T3; 2; 3; 2; T2
Sen. Ted Cruz: 4; 3; 2; 3; 5
Gov. John Kasich: 2; 4; 4; 5; T2
Jeb Bush: T3; 5; 5; 4; T4
Gov. Chris Christie: 6; 7; 6; T6; 6
Carly Fiorina: 7; 6; 7; 7; 7
Dr. Ben Carson: 8; 8; 8; 8; 8
On the Democratic side,