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New Hampshire poll shows Governor Lynch may be beatable

April 11, 2010

  A new Rasmussen poll on the New Hampshire gubernatorial race has come out and there is some encouraging news in it for Republicans. The new poll shows Governor John Lynch leading likely Republican candidate John Stephen by a 47-37% margin.

  How is a ten point deficit in the poll encouraging to New Hampshire Republicans? Because John Lynch has been able to maintain very high approval ratings as governor, but this poll shows that his support may be dwindling heading towards the November election. John Lynch has won his two previous re-election bids by a margin of about 2-1, this is the tightest any poll has shown the governor in a re-election bid.

He could be vulnerable; he is below 50% and the three Republican candidate vying for the party’s nomination are still little known to the voters. Karen Testerman and Jack Kimball are the other two Republicans looking to win the primary and they both fare just a little worse than does John Stephen, trailing the governor 50-33% and 50-34% respectively. Voters in the poll admit that they do not know much about either of the three Republican challengers and yet Governor Lynch is still in a surprisingly close campaign.

  Once the campaign heats up and voters find out what these three stand for and the voters settle on the nominee I think that this poll will tighten up and Governor John Lynch may face a tough time in winning re-election.

  Although he still remains personally popular with a rating of 60%– doesn’t that sound  a bit familiar, he seems to have that in common with Barack Obama– even that is down from his high of 80%, and he had consistently been in the high 60’s to low 70’s; it seems as if people are finally starting to realized that the spending and tax increases have got to stop and that means that Governor Lynch must be defeated.

  The polls are tightening, but there is allot to do and allot of time before the election. It will be up to whomever comes out of the Republican primary to get his or her message out to the voters of New Hampshire. It is looking more hopeful than it has in the past that this governor can be defeated; Republicans just need a good candidate and a good message.

  This latest poll, coupled with the fact that Republicans have won seven out of the last eight special elections since 2008– may signal a shift in New Hampshire politics, it will be up to the Republicans to take advantage of this shift. These special elections have shown us that it can be done. It must be done.

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3 Comments leave one →
  1. Matt's avatar
    April 12, 2010 8:01 pm

    Well, we should try to get Obama to come and campaign for him. It worked well in Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, didn’t it?

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  2. Peter's avatar
    January 11, 2012 10:02 am

    How to make people see
    There is nothing one can do to make US citizens see the truth. The USA has become so big that it has lost sight of it’s own people. If one speaks up: his character is marked as looking for fifteen minutes of fame, looking to make money or just a criminal trying to distort the truth for self-gain. The NH Supreme Court now protects brother Judge/Attorneys by diminishing our guaranteed rights as citizens of the USA. Everyone has learned to conform or compromise to keep from being marked as a troublemaker. Freedom of speech has become speak nice so your message does not harm the powerful. The truth is so distorted by the news media no one can understand life is just passing you by. US military Veterans coming home even today find help is hard to get for the simple reason we as a nation have become so big it has lost sight of is own citizens.
    A 100% disabled US Military Veteran (Me) with PTSD, TBI, broken back and loss of hearing writes letters everyday. So few pick apart my letters as gibberish, rambling, a mental case that no one hears my words for fear of their own character. The VA calls me a mental case unable to make since so I am cast aside as a stray dog left like the homeless on the street. The NH government calls me a danger to public safety for the sole purpose to take my freedom with public gratification. My medical care is stopped to teach me to obey government authority. No one hears my words for I am a mental case from what I did to keep you the citizens of the USA free under the control of your own government.
    I volunteer my time to help a Madbury NH family that I did not even know that called to ask for help. The NH Supreme Court refuses to hear a case clearly documented of judge Peter Fauver criminally violating the Constitution to enable the Madbury NH selectmen to take from local residents with the trusted power of government for personal self gain. Law enforcement harassment and judicial miss conduct put me in jail as a terrorist under the patriot act.
    Publicly my letters are read around the world but nothing can be done. The VA ignores with their finger on the death button in hope of suicide. The elected officials use law enforcement intimidation to cause acts to take my freedom to satisfy public inquires. Hopeless, lost and nothing can be done as the words of US Military Veterans no one hears as you tell us that you are listening.
    The number of times prominent citizens have told me in a civilized society we talk that violence is not necessary. US Military Veterans coming home even today are lost in a system that just is too big to see us. No one sees my disabilities as to believe veterans take advantage of government handouts.
    I am classified as so big of a danger my words are censored by the news media to protect the public. Can the USA be so big that the individual no longer matters? You have no idea what the life of a US Military Combat Veteran is until you have been in our shoes. To make people see must be to stop the news media from censoring a disabled veterans words of the VA stopping medical care for the sole purpose of government retribution.
    Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC Semper Fi
    465 Packers falls Rd Lee NH 03824
    603-781-3839

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