Jeb Bush Leads NH GOP Presidential Primary Poll

BOSTON (CBS) – There's about ten months to go before New Hampshire's first in the nation presidential primary, but a new poll in the Republican race was released Thursday.

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush leads the Suffolk University poll of likely GOP Primary voters with 19-percent.

Read: Poll Results (.pdf)

Scott Walker was second with 14-percent and Rand Paul was third at 7-precent.

Donald Trump had 6-percent. Chris Christie and Ted Cruz were tied with just 5-percent.

"The single-digit candidates need to go to New Hampshire and make a personal appeal to likely Republican voters there if they want to become the Republican alternative to Jeb Bush," David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center said in a statement.

"There are still plenty of undecided voters who might be won over if they make their case."

Bush had a favorable rating of 54-percent compared to Walker's 46-percent.

As for unfavorable ratings, Walker's was 15-percent compared to Bush's 27-percent.

Paleologos told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 one in four of those polled are undecided on a candidate.

New Hampshire voters, he said, like to be wooed.

"They want to see the candidates go up to the Granite State and they want to evaluate the candidates eyeball-to-eyeball before they make a commitment," Paleologos told WBZ.

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