Poll indicates strong Tea Party support for Romney in NH
Activism Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
By Matt Viser, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON – Former Governor Mitt Romney has struggled to attract support among Tea Party activists in pockets throughout the country, but he appears to have secured broad support among the movement’s supporters in New Hampshire.
In a new WMUR poll, his favorability among supporters of the Tea Party is strikingly high – 77 percent and far exceeds any other candidate.
“People hear Tea Party and think small government, and the small government message is something people in this state are raised with,” said Andy Smith, who conducted the poll as director of the UNH Survey Center. “Romney’s attractiveness here is because he’s philosophically attuned to most of the Republicans in the state.”
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