UNH Survey Center

Let's pick up where we left off last week, and put the Democrats' current 6-point advantage in party ID (as measured by my colleague Andy Smith at the University of New Hampshire Survey Center) in recent historical perspective.

So far this decade, New Hampshire has had two close elections and two lopsided ones. In all four, UNH Survey Center polling of voters' party identification offered an important clue as to the strength and heading of the political winds.

President George Bush, and the Iraq war, continues to remain unpopular among Granite State residents.

Only 28 percent of New Hampshire adults approve of the job Bush is doing and 69 percent disapprove, according to a new Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

Governor John Lynch (D-Hopkinton) continues to enjoy a high approval rating from New Hampshire residents.

According to The Granite State Poll, conducted by The University of New Hampshire, seventy-three percent of adults favor the job Lynch has done so far. Only twelve percent disapprove of Lynch's performance.

U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) will have to improve his standing among independents if he has any chance of holding to his seat this fall, a poll released yesterday suggests.

The Granite State Poll, conducted by The University of New Hampshire Survey Center, received a lot of attention yesterday when it showed Sununu down 17 percentage points behind former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in his re-election campaign. A closer look into the poll show the difference could be in how independent voters view him.

First-term Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rockingham) and Congressman Paul Hodes (D-Concord) continue to remain relative unknowns in their districts, according to a recent poll by The University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

Shea-Porter enjoys a forty-three percent favorable rating from voters in the First Congressional District, yet twenty-six percent said they did not know enough about her to give their opinion.

U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-Rye), Congressman Paul Hodes (D-Concord) and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester) all enjoy a high favorable rating.

The Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, shows that Hodes and Shea-Porter, both facing Republican challengers, have solid favorable ratings.