selected randomly from 45 Republican polling places
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
* National Election Pool is a consortium of ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News.
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are due to rounding
Choice of most important issue was limited to the four categories and thus excludes options not included in the polling survey.
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New Hampshire Republican primary 2016 exit polls: votes by voter priority
This graph shows how well each Republican candidate performed in the New Hampshire Republican primary with respect to cohorts of those surveyed segregated by what issue they stated as their priority, according to the exit polls conducted on *. Donald Trump obtained a majority of support among those voters who view immigration as the most important issue, **%. Trump obtained the most support in each cohort of voters with Kasich coming second in all except the immigration cohort where he received a mere *% of support from those voters.
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New York Times. (February 9, 2016). Exit polls of the 2016 New Hampshire Republican primary in the United States on February 9, 2016, share of votes by voter priority [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved August 08, 2026, from /statistics/515858/new-hampshire-republican-primary-2016-exit-polls-votes-by-issues/
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