Politics | Mitt Romney Romney Poised for Landslide Victory in NH Ron Paul is a distant second in poll By Kevin Spak Posted Jan 5, 2012 2:54 PM CST Copied A volunteer hands out a sticker before a Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney event at a Boys and Girls Club, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Mitt Romney may have only squeaked out a win in Iowa, but he's going to cruise to an overwhelming victory next week in New Hampshire, according to the latest Suffolk University/7News poll. Romney leads all candidates with a whopping 41%; his closest competitor, Ron Paul, has just 18%, and Iowa victor Rick Santorum merely 8%. Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich are tied with 7%. Rick Perry has 0%. The results make sense given New Hampshire's primary voters, who are less conservative and less evangelical, the Washington Post points out—45% identified themselves as either liberal or moderate in a 2008 CNN exit poll. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air notes that the poll sample group was 46% independent, so Paul isn't being undersold here. "Absent an uncharacteristic and game-changing error from Romney … the best that anyone can hope to do is change the order of finish below Romney," he concludes. (South Carolina on Jan. 21 will be a truer test of Romney's strength, notes the National Journal.) Read These Next Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Mark Zuckerberg's 'list' has Silicon Valley buzzing. Report an error