WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - While the 2020 New Hampshire presidential primary is more than two years away, a new survey from the University of New Hampshire has provided an early look at the potentially pivotal contest.
The Granite State Poll showed Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are the early frontrunners on the Democratic side.
In an open-ended question about whom they would support, 58 percent of likely Democratic primary voters are undecided or could not provide a name.
Fourteen percent named Sanders, while Biden and last year's Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were each mentioned by five percent. Another 4 percent mentioned Warren and 3 percent named Congressman Joseph Kennedy III, D-Mass.
When provided with a list of potential candidates for the Democratic nomination, 31 percent chose Sanders, who won the New Hampshire primary in 2016. Biden came in second at 24 percent followed by Warren at 13 percent.
The poll showed lower levels of support for other potential candidates such as Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, and Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Meanwhile, the survey results provided some potential warning signs for President Donald Trump's bid for a second term in the White House.
Forty-seven percent of likely Republican primary voters said they plan on voting for Trump in 2020, although 23 percent said they plan to vote for another candidate. Thirty percent don't know or are unsure.
At the same point in his presidency, 64 percent of likely Democratic primary voters said they planned on voting for President Barack Obama in the 2012 primary.
The survey of 573 New Hampshire adults was conducted October 3rd through 15th and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
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