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  [NH Governor] Lynch Ratings Improve, Strong Backing For Increase in Cigarette Tax
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Last EditedArmyDem  May 09, 2005 04:09pm
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News DateMonday, May 9, 2005 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy: Andrew E. Smith, Ph.D. 603/862-2226

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UNH Survey Center May 9, 2005
www.unh.edu/survey-center

DURHAM, NH – Governor John Lynch is seen as doing a good job after four months in office. New Hampshire residents believe the budget deficit is a serious problem and strongly back an increase in cigarette taxes as a way to balance the budget.

These findings are based on the latest Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey
Center. The Granite State Poll is sponsored by the University of New Hampshire. Five hundred two (502) randomly selected adults were interviewed by telephone between April 24 and May 2, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/-4.4
percent. (For more detailed results, visit the Survey Center web site at www.unh.edu/survey-center/govapp50905.pdf)

Gubernatorial Approval

John Lynch has been in office for four months and is in the midst of a difficult struggle to agree on a budget with the Republican controlled legislature. And although there are many political stumbling blocks ahead, the New Hampshire public approves of how Governor Lynch is handling his job. In the most recent Granite State Poll, 53 percent of New Hampshire
adults say they approve of the job Lynch has done as governor, only 8 percent disapprove, and 39 percent are neutral. The percentage of people who approve of the job Lynch is doing has increased 10 percentage points since the February, 2005 Granite State Poll. By comparison, 48 percent of Granite Staters approved of the job Craig Benson was doing at a similar point
in his administration, but 22 percent disapproved and 30 percent were neutral.
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