NH-Purple Strategies/Bloomberg/Saint Anselm: Romney/Clinton far ahead

[Tender Branson]

With Romney:

30% Romney
11% Paul
  9% Christie
  8% Bush
  6% Carson
  5% Huckabee
  5% Ryan
  5% Cruz
  3% Jindal
  2% Perry
  1% Someone else
  3% None of these people
11% Undecided

Without Romney:

16% Christie
16% Paul
14% Bush
  9% Carson
  8% Huckabee
  7% Ryan
  5% Cruz
  4% Jindal
  3% Perry
  1% Someone else
  4% None of these people
13% Undecided

Dems:

62% Clinton
13% Warren
  6% Sanders
  5% Biden
  2% Patrick
  1% O'Malley
  2% None of these people
  8% Undecided

The Bloomberg Politics/St. Anselm New Hampshire poll was conducted Nov. 12-18 and surveyed a base sample of 500 likely 2016 general election voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points, as well as 407 likely Republican presidential primary voters and 404 likely Democratic presidential primary voters, each with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

http://www.businessweek.com/pdfs/bloomberg-saint-anselm-purple-NH-survey-Q1-to-Q9-11-2014.pdf

[Tender Branson]

Also:

[pbrower2a]

Hillary Clinton will win New Hampshire -- primary and general.

[Phony Moderate]

There must be 'insider' info spreading around that Romney is more likely to run that his public statements would suggest. Why else would he be included in these polls?

[IceSpear]

#Hillaryunder70, RIP Hillary.

Gotta love that 88/9 favorability rating as well. Dems clearly are hungry for an alternative. Oh, and being the only one to break 50% favorability among the general electorate? SO POLARIZING AND UNPOPULAR!

[tmthforu94]

Good numbers for Ayotte - she is probably safe unless Hassan takes the plunge, and even then she should stand a good chance.

[IceSpear]

There must be 'insider' info spreading around that Romney is more likely to run that his public statements would suggest. Why else would he be included in these polls?

I think you're overthinking it. They also included Ryan for some reason even though his chances of running took a huge hit once he got the Ways and Means chairmanship.

[Ljube]

There must be 'insider' info spreading around that Romney is more likely to run that his public statements would suggest. Why else would he be included in these polls?

They include Romney, because he is the best known Republican of all potential 2016 candidates. It gives you a slightly more realistic picture than polling a 100% known Hillary against any 60-80% known Republican.