The New Hampshire governor’s decision looms large over the 2022 map.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE Even as Senate elections become more and more about a state’s presidential partisanship, the individual decisions of candidates matter a lot. There are a number of important candidate choices that helped define recent Senate cycles. Gov. Chris Sununu’s (R-NH) decision as to whether he will challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) could be the most important candidate choice of the 2022 cycle. While Republicans will target vulnerable Democrats in states that are more competitive at the presidential level than New Hampshire, they very well may struggle to produce a candidate in those states as proven as Sununu.
A survey released late last week shows how Granite Staters are feeling about wearing masks in the wake of relaxed mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and improving numbers in New Hampshire.
A survey released late last week shows how Granite Staters are feeling about wearing masks in the wake of relaxed mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and improving numbers in New Hampshire. The University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll released last Wednesday asked 1,824 people between May 13 and May 17 their feelings about wearing masks. The CDC’s new guidance, which says fully vaccinated people can stop.
STILL NOT CONVINCED. It’s been six weeks since former President Donald Trump urged his supporters to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, calling it “a great vaccine.” But many of his supporters have yet to be convinced, and many say they will not follow through on Trump‘s recommendation. And that includes many in the Granite State. A survey this week by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center’s Granite State Panel showed that in New Hampshire, as in the rest of the country, there is a clear divide on plans to get vaccinated, along party lines and according to which candidate people voted for in the 2020 presidential race. READ the polling memo here.The survey center took the pulse on the subject of 1,942 New Hampshire adults who participate in its Granite State Panel, a group of about 6,000 New Hampshire adults. The survey center sends surveys to “subgroups” randomly.According to the survey center, 42 percent of those surveyed were registered undeclared vot