Trump Maintains 17% Lead Over Haley in Latest New Hampshire Poll - jan 21, 2024

Trump maintains 17% lead over Haley in latest NH poll
Ron DeSantis is still a distant third at 7% with three days until the state's first-in-the-nation primary
By Marc Fortier • Published January 20, 2024 • Updated on January 20, 2024 at 7:52 am

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Republican presidential hopeful and former US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, on January 19, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump maintained his 17% lead over challenger Nikki Haley with three days remaining until the state's primary, according to the latest Suffolk University/NBC10 Boston/Boston Globe tracking poll.

The survey results, released Saturday morning, have Trump at 53%, one percentage point higher than on Friday. But Haley also jumped 1%, going from 35% on Friday to 36% on Saturday. Ron DeSantis is still a distant third with just 7%, up one percentage point from the day before. Another 1% chose someone else, 4% were undecided and 1% refused to answer. The survey of 500 likely Republican primary voters was conducted from Jan. 18-19. The margin of error is 4.4%.

New tracking polls will be released every day leading up to the Jan. 23 primary. Check NBC10Boston.com each day at 5 a.m. to see the latest results.