Businessman Donald Trump is now the Republican front runner for President after winning the New Hampshire Primary.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich came in second.
New Hampshire results may also mean at least one candidate leaves the race.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he’ll head home to reassess his campaign rather than head directly to South Carolina for its primary.
Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders easily beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among New Hampshire Democrats.
Trump More than Doubles Result of Nearest Competitor
With 77% of the precincts reporting, Trump leads with 34% of the vote followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 16%.
Iowa Caucus winner Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has 12%, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has 11%, and Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has 10%.
In single digits with just 8% of the vote are Gov. Christie at 8%, former business executive Carly Fiorina at 4%, and neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 2%.
Sanders Wins Neighboring State Decisively
With 77% of precincts reporting, Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has received 60% of the New Hampshire vote with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at 39%.
New Hampshire’s secretary of state says voter turnout in Tuesday’s presidential primary is likely to be slightly higher than in 2008.
Bill Gardner predicted several days ago that roughly 282,000 Republican ballots cast would be and 268,000 Democratic ballots cast.
He says his visits to various polling places Tuesday lead him to believe his predictions are on par.
Dissatisfied Voters
Voters in New Hampshire’s primary are deeply unhappy with the way the federal government is working, according to early results of the exit poll conducted by Edison Research for the Associated Press and television networks.
Half of Democratic voters said they’re dissatisfied with the way government is working, with another 1 in 10 saying they’re angry. That’s even higher among Republican primary voters, with 9 in 10 voters saying they’re either dissatisfied or angry.
About a third of Republican voters said the most important quality in a candidate is someone who shared their values, while about the same proportion said it was someone who could bring about needed change.
Democratic voters said honesty, experience and someone who cares about people like them were the most important qualities in a candidate.
The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Research as voters left their polling places at 44 randomly selected sites in New Hampshire. Preliminary results include interviews with 1434 Democratic primary voters and 1257 Republican primary voters and have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
(The Associated Press and ABCNews.com contributed to this report.)
