Major poll gives Trump 16-point lead in New Hampshire days before primary

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54% : The FiveThirtyEight average for South Carolina puts Trump at 55%, Haley at 25% and DeSantis at 12%.
48% : Nationally, the site puts Trump at 63%, and Haley and DeSantis both 41 points behind.
46% : "Haley told CNN that Trump was "who I'm running against, that's who I want.
43% : On Wednesday, the American Research Group had Haley and Trump tied at 40% each.
41% : In the new poll, Trump dominated among registered Republicans and voters who called themselves conservatives.
33% : For Haley, Paleologos said, there was still time "to at least close the gap with undecided voters or even with some Trump voters, and pull Trump below 50".
31% : With Trump displaying such dominance despite facing unprecedented legal jeopardy - 91 criminal charges, various civil suits and attempts to keep him off the ballot for inciting an insurrection - most observers think Haley must win in New Hampshire if the primary is to present anything like a meaningful contest.
25% : Haley led among moderates and independents.David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, told the Globe: "Haley's had a tough week: underperforming in Iowa, trying to answer Trump's attacks on her positions on social security and immigration, and the recent [Vivek] Ramaswamy endorsement of Trump helping him with younger GOP voters.
25% : As Trump has skipped all debates so far, that left DeSantis the only contender willing to appear.
25% : It tells you the weakness of Donald Trump and also the opportunity for Democrats because in the end ... if the base doesn't turn out for Donald Trump in the general election enthusiastically and Democrats turn out [their] base, this is all about independents - and independents don't like Donald Trump."
15% : Seeking to present a straight choice between her and Trump, Haley said she would not take part in New Hampshire debates planned for Thursday (to be hosted by ABC) and Sunday (CNN).
14% : Claiming Haley was "terrified of getting smoked" on the debate stage, the DeSantis campaign posted Iowa remarks in which Haley said of Trump: "You can't have an election and not appear on a debate stage in front of the people who are gonna be voting for you.
12% : Digesting the result in Iowa, JB Pritzker, the Democratic governor of Illinois and a Biden surrogate, told MSNBC: "Almost half of the base of the Republican party showing up for this caucus voted against Donald Trump.
11% : DeSantis sought to sound a warning to voters, telling CNN that should Trump be the Republican nominee, the presidential election "will revolve around all these legal issues, his trials, perhaps convictions ... and about things like January 6" - the deadly attack on Congress Trump incited as he attempted to overturn his 2020 defeat.
7% : "But on Wednesday Trump was more than 250 miles south of New Hampshire, in court in New York City in a defamation suit brought by the writer E Jean Carroll, whose claim that Trump raped her has already been deemed "substantially true" by the judge.

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