Senate 2010

New Hampshire
A Public Policy Polling (D) (IVR) poll; conducted 4/17-18; surveyed 1,474 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.6%. Subsample of 642 GOP primary voters; margin of error +/- 3.9% (releases, 4/20-21). Party ID breakdown of main sample: 33%D, 30%R, 37%I. Tested: '04/'08 candidate/'96 NH-02 candidate/ex-state Rep. Tom Alciere (R), ex-AG Kelly Ayotte (R), businessman Jim Bender (R), businessman Bill Binnie (R), '96 GOV nominee/atty/ex-NH Bd. of Ed. chair Ovide Lamontagne (R) and Rep. Paul Hodes (D-02).

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)

-              All Men Wom
K. Ayotte      43% 42% 43%
B. Binnie      19  22  17
J. Bender      11  11  11
O. Lamontagne   5   6   4
T. Alciere      1   1   1
Undec          21  17  25

General Election Matchups

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
K. Ayotte      47% 15% 81% 49% 51% 45%
P. Hodes       40  76   7  34  36  43
Undec          13   9  12  17  13  13

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
P. Hodes       43% 83%  6% 37% 38% 46%
J. Bender      40   7  75  39  45  35
Undec          18  10  19  24  17  19

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
B. Binnie      46% 12% 82% 46% 50% 42%
P. Hodes       41  80   5  36  36  46
Undec          13   8  13  18  14  12

-              All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
P. Hodes       43% 83%  7% 38% 39% 47%
O. Lamontagne  38   7  71  38  43  33
Undec          19  10  22  24  17  20

Fav/Unfav

-              All     Dem     GOP     Ind
K. Ayotte      34%/24% 20%/40% 50%/ 9% 35%/23%
P. Hodes       32 /39  61 /13   7 /61  28 /45
B. Binnie      25 /23   9 /37  39 /10  28 /20
O. Lamontagne  12 /28   5 /35  18 /20  14 /30
J. Bender       6 /18   1 /28   8 /10   8 /17

Fav/Unfav (GOPers)

-              All     Men     Wom
K. Ayotte      50%/12% 49%/14% 52%/10%
B. Binnie      40 /12  45 /11  35 /12
O. Lamontagne  20 /22  23 /25  18 /19
J. Bender       9 /12  10 /14   7 /10