Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) leads her Republican challenger Don Bolduc by 11 factors, in line with an Emerson Faculty-WHDH ballot launched Friday, within the race for one of many seats that would decide which celebration controls the Senate for the subsequent two years. 

The ballot discovered that 51 p.c of voters help Hassan whereas 40 p.c help Bolduc, a retired Military brigadier normal. Six p.c of respondents stated they have been undecided, and 4 p.c plan to vote for another person. 

Hassan can be seen as extra more likely to win the race, with 6 in 10 saying they anticipate the incumbent senator to carry her seat. 

She holds a major benefit in favorability ranking, with 51 p.c of respondents viewing her favorably and 44 p.c viewing her unfavorably. Bolduc is seen favorably by 41 p.c and unfavorably by 39 p.c, whereas 20 p.c haven’t heard of him or are not sure. 

“Bolduc has low identify recognition, which presents each a problem and a chance,” stated Spencer Kimball, the manager director of Emerson Faculty Polling. 

Sixty p.c of undecided voters are not sure of their opinion of Bolduc, whereas solely 27 p.c of them say the identical of Hassan. 

Hassan has a 12-point lead amongst independents and a 16-point lead amongst ladies. She additionally leads extra modestly amongst males, by 6 factors. 

Emerson’s first New Hampshire normal election ballot of the cycle comes days after Bolduc defeated New Hampshire state Senate President Chuck Morse for the Republican nomination. 

Some Republicans have expressed considerations that nominating Bolduc might make their path to successful the seat and retaking the bulk in the Senate tougher. 

Bolduc as soon as referred to as the state’s governor, Chris Sununu (R), a “Chinese language communist sympathizer” and had till just lately backed former President Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. 

Bolduc reversed his place on the 2020 election on Thursday, the day after he clinched the nomination, saying that he concluded after chatting with state residents that the election was not stolen. 

Hassan’s marketing campaign stated Bolduc is “desperately attempting to run” away from his previous claims. 

The ballot additionally discovered that the 2 incumbent Democrats representing the state’s congressional districts lead their Republican opponents. Rep. Chris Pappas leads Republican nominee Karoline Leavitt, 47 p.c to 42 p.c, whereas Rep. Ann Kuster leads Republican Robert Burns, 54 p.c to 36 p.c. 

The ballot was performed amongst 800 considerably and really probably voters from Sept. 14 to fifteen. The margin of error was 3.4 factors.