Trump rejects 'fake' NH poll showing Haley 4 points behind him: 'Just another scam!'

Former President Donald Trump on Friday fumed over a recent survey showing that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley had significantly improved her standing in New Hampshire following an endorsement from Gov. Chris Sununu.

American Research Group on Thursday published a survey showing Trump leading the primary with 33% support among likely primary voters. Haley placed a close second with 29% while former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned 13%, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took 6%, and tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy took 5%.

Conducted Dec. 14-20, the survey questioned 600 likely Republican primary voters, including 361 Republicans and 239 independents. Undeclared voters may participate in New Hampshire party primaries.

Trump, for his part, rejected the poll rejects, insisting they were not accurate.

"FAKE NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL WAS RELEASED ON BIRDBRAIN. JUST ANOTHER SCAM! RATINGS CHALLENGED FOXNEWS WILL PLAY IT TO THE HILT. SUNUNU NOW ONE OF THE LEAST POPULAR GOVERNORS IN U.S. REAL POLL TO FOLLOW:" he posted on Truth Social. 

Trump later reshared survey results from the University of Massachusetts Lowell/YouGov showing him 30 points ahead.

The American Research Group survey appears to be a major outlier among Republican primary surveys in the Granite State. The RealClearPolitics polling average currently assigns Trump a 21.5% lead based on four surveys, including the UMass Lowell poll, which show Trump with leads of 14%, 30%, 15%, and 27%. Trump's lowest support among those was in a St. Anselm survey showing him with 44%.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.