Mitt Romney Crushes Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman in New Hampshire

No matter what happens in the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night, a poll from Suffolk University/7NEWS released on Tuesday afternoon shows that the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls will have a hard time knocking off Mitt Romney in New Hampshire.

The poll finds Romney running away with the primary in the Granite State with 43 percent, followed by Ron Paul in second with 16 percent and Jon Huntsman in third with 10 percent. Newt Gingrich takes fourth with 9 percent, followed by Rick Santorum with 5 percent and Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann lagging behind with 2 percent each.

Gingrich had been second in New Hampshire polls last month but is showing signs of fading in the Granite State.

Newt Gingrich is struggling to revive his campaign in New Hampshire, said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, in a statement released on Tuesday. But Rick Santorum now trails Gingrich by only 4 points, and if he surpasses Gingrich and knocks him into fifth place, it would be fatal for Gingrich.

The poll of 500 likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters was taken on Jan. 1-2 and had a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percent.