It's a tight race in the battle to succeed popular swing state Republican governor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : A New Hampshire-based Republican strategist told Fox News "Trump is definitely an anchor on Kelly and her campaign right now, and she's the flagship.
63% : But four years ago, President Biden topped Trump by over seven points in New Hampshire.
58% : Trump came within roughly 3,000 votes of carrying New Hampshire in his 2016 presidential election victory.
55% : Ayotte stayed neutral in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary, but she endorsed Trump in early March, right after he clinched the GOP nomination.
37% : The UNH poll indicates Trump is down by 11 points to Vice President Kamala Harris.
32% : Rath, pointing to Ayotte's backing of Trump, said "her position, which was to embrace him and not create space, I understand why she's made it, and you take the consequences of it ... if that's the top of the ticket, and you're the next level down, it's really hard to get around that problem in a race.
21% : "[Trump's] not focusing on New Hampshire.
19% : But the new polls suggest Trump may be doing Ayotte no favors.
11% : But just ahead of the 2016 election, she withdrew her support for Trump over the "Access Hollywood" controversy, when Trump made crude comments about grabbing women without their consent.

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