The New Hampshire primary election is today, and it seems as if the Tea Party and evangelical voters that were a major factor in the Iowa caucuses have no presence in the Granite state.
Two of the front running candidates in New Hampshire according to the latest polls, Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney are not what you would call Tea Party Republican candidates. Mr. Romney is known as a successful businessman and Mr. Huntsman a more moderate conservative candidate with an international background.
Only 20 percent of the more than 1700 New Hampshire voters polled in the Public Polling Policy poll released Sunday identified themselves as members of the Tea Party.
Additionally just 21 percent of the voters identified themselves as evangelical Christians. In contrast, the PPP poll of voters in Iowa two days before the Iowa caucuses found that 49 percent of them identified themselves as evangelical Christians, helping former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum finish just eight votes behind Mr. Romney in the Hawkeye state.
Sunday’s PPP poll of New Hampshire voters also showed that 37 percent of the voters identified themselves as Independent voters, which gives Mr. Huntsman a slight chance at having voters change their minds the day of the New Hampshire Republican primary election.
