Kasich is at 14 percent, tied with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is in third at 12.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is at 8 percent, Carly Fiorina is at 5, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is tied with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at 4.
Ben Carson, who had been toward the top of the pack in the past, has fallen to 3 percent in New Hampshire.
Other than Trump, Cruz has seen the biggest gain. He is up 5 points since November. Carson plummeted from 16 percent.
Credit: Anthony Shoemaker
Credit: Anthony Shoemaker
“As Granite State voters start to firm up their decision, it’s looking more and more unlikely that Trump will be toppled from his perch. The real fight is for second place,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, NJ.
New Hampshire's primary is Feb. 9.
Bad news for Bush in the poll, he is the only Republican candidate whose unfavorable rating is higher than his favorable rating. The poll shows 47 percent of New Hampshire Republicans have an unfavorable view of him compared to 39 favorable.
The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from January 7 to 10, 2016 with 414 New Hampshire voters likely to vote in the Republican presidential primary. This sample has a margin of error of +4.8 percent.
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