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1 Copyright 2014 April 24-30, Interviews New Hampshire HAI3235 Margin of Error: +/- 4.9% Hello, my name is from HAI, a national research firm. [IF LANDLINE] We're conducting a survey in New Hampshire to get people's opinions on important issues. This number was selected at random and according to the research procedure, I would like to speak to the [ALTERNATE: YOUNGEST/OLDEST] [ALTERNATE: MAN/WOMAN] at this address who is registered to vote. [IF CELL PHONE] We're conducting a survey of cell phone users in New Hampshire to get people's opinions on important issues. Since you are on a cell phone, I can call you back if you are driving or doing anything else that requires your full attention. Can you talk safely and privately now? [IF YES, CONTINUE. IF NO, SCHEDULE CALLBACK] RESUME ASKING ALL RESPONDENTS QB. At the present time, are you officially registered to vote in that county in New Hampshire? [IF YES] Regardless of how you might feel about the parties, or how you intend to vote this year, are you officially registered as a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent, or in some other way? QC. In November, elections will be held for Governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, and other offices. But there is no election for President. Although it is a while away, how likely are you to vote in that election: will you definitely vote; probably but not certainly vote in it; are the chances about that you will vote, or is it likely that you will not vote in November? Q1. When it comes to politics, do you generally think of yourself as a Democrat, an Independent or a Republican? ASK IF DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN Would you call yourself a strong [DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN] or a not very strong [DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN]? YES: Democrat... 28% YES: Republican YES: Independent YES: Other... 4 No/(Don t know) > TERMINATE Definitely vote... 85% Probably vote All other responses----> TERMINATE Strong Democrat... 19% Weak Democrat... 6 Independent Weak Republican... 6 Strong Republican VOL: (Green Party)... - VOL: (Other/Don't know)... 5 TOTAL DEMOCRAT... 25% TOTAL INDEPENDENT TOTAL REPUBLICAN RESUME ASKING ALL RESPONDENTS Q2. Now I'd like to ask your impressions of some people in public life. As I read each name, tell me whether your impression of that person is very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable. If you don't recognize a name, just say so. Here's the first one: [READ ITEM] Have you heard of that person? [IF YES] Is your impression of that person very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable? FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE (Can t Never RECOGNITION TOTAL ROTATE Very Some (Mixed) Some Very rate) heard Effective Total Fav Unfav Jeanne Shaheen... 29% % 98% 53% 38 Barack Obama... 25% % 100% 45% 53 Scott Brown... 12% % 93% 39% 42 Q3. In the election for Governor later this year, if the candidates are [ROTATE:] Maggie Hassan, the Democrat, AND Andrew Hemingway, the Republican, for whom would you vote? [IF UNDECIDED, ASK] Who would you lean toward supporting if the election were held today? Likely Definite Hassan... 47% 46% (Lean Hassan) Hemingway (Lean Hemingway) VOL: (Don't know) TOTAL HASSAN... 50% 50% TOTAL HEMINGWAY Q4. As you may know, Jeanne Shaheen is running for another term in the U.S. Senate this year. At this point, would you most likely vote for Shaheen to serve another term in the U.S. Senate, or would you most likely vote to replace her with a Republican? [IF CHOICE] Do you strongly or only somewhat support [ING SHAHEEN/REPLACING SHAHEEN WITH A REPUBLICAN]? Likely Definite SHAHEEN: Strongly... 34% 36% SHAHEEN: Somewhat REPUBLICAN: Somewhat REPUBLICAN: Strongly VOL: (Depends) VOL: (Don t know) TOTAL SHAHEEN... 47% 47% TOTAL REPUBLICAN

2 Hickman Analytics, Inc. HAI3235 New Hampshire Page 2/3 Q5. In particular, if the election for U.S. Senate were held today, and the candidates are [ROTATE:] Jeanne Shaheen, the Democrat, AND Scott Brown, the Republican, for whom would you vote? [IF UNDECIDED, ASK] Who would you lean toward supporting if the election were held today? Now for a few questions on other issues. Q6. Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose expanding existing natural gas pipelines and building new natural gas infrastructure to increase the natural gas supply for electricity generation and home heating in the Northeast? Likely Definite Shaheen... 47% 47% (Lean Shaheen) Brown (Lean Brown) VOL: (Don't know) TOTAL SHAHEEN... 49% 48% TOTAL BROWN SUPPORT: Strongly... 43% SUPPORT: Somewhat OPPOSE: Somewhat... 8 OPPOSE: Strongly... 9 VOL: (Don't know) TOTAL SUPPORT... 72% TOTAL OPPOSE Q7. Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline across Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska to bring oil from Canada and the northern U.S. to refineries in Texas? SUPPORT: Strongly... 35% SUPPORT: Somewhat OPPOSE: Somewhat OPPOSE: Strongly VOL: (Don't know) TOTAL SUPPORT... 58% TOTAL OPPOSE As you may have heard, after five years of studying the Keystone XL pipeline, the Obama administration recently announced that it will delay a final decision, possibly until after the elections this fall. Q8. The administration says it needs more time to gather information about the legal status and environmental impact of the pipeline. Pipeline supporters in both parties say the delay is a political favor to Obama s liberal allies that will cost the country jobs and energy independence. How about you, [ROTATE] Do you think the delay is necessary to gather more information, OR... 23% Do you think the delay is mostly about politics? VOL: (Don't know) Q9. For this question, assume that President Obama delays making a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until after the election. Would Obama delaying a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline make you much more likely, somewhat more likely, somewhat less likely, or much less likely to vote for Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate? MORE LIKELY: Much... 8% MORE LIKELY: Somewhat... 8 LESS LIKELY: Somewhat LESS LIKELY: Much VOL: (No difference) VOL: (Don't know)... 7 TOTAL MORE LIKELY... 17% TOTAL LESS LIKELY ASK IF SUPPORT [N = 232, MoE = 6.4%] Q9. And, assume that President Obama denies the permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. Would Obama denying the permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline make you much more likely, somewhat more likely, somewhat less likely, or much less likely to vote for Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate? MORE LIKELY: Much... 4% MORE LIKELY: Somewhat... 9 LESS LIKELY: Somewhat LESS LIKELY: Much VOL: (No difference) VOL: (Don't know)... 8 TOTAL MORE LIKELY... 13% TOTAL LESS LIKELY RESUME ASKING ALL RESPONDENTS Q10. Looking ahead, how important are energy issues, including the Keystone XL pipeline, in terms of how you will vote in this year s election? Are they very important, somewhat important, not very important, or not important at all in determining how you will vote? Very important... 30% Somewhat important Not very important Not important at all... 5 VOL: (Depends)... * VOL: (Don't know)... 2 TOTAL IMPORTANT... 76% TOTAL NOT IMPORTANT Now I would like to ask you a few final questions for statistical purposes only. D100. Sex. Male... 48% Female... 52

3 Hickman Analytics, Inc. HAI3235 New Hampshire Page 3/3 D101. What is your age? % VOL: (Refused)... 1 D105. When it comes to politics, do you generally think of yourself as liberal, somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat conservative or conservative? Liberal... 14% Somewhat liberal Moderate Somewhat conservative Conservative VOL: (Don t know)... 4 TOTAL LIBERAL... 25% TOTAL CONSERVATIVE D510. Do you have a landline telephone? Yes... 83% No VOL: (Don't know/not sure)... * D511. Do you have a mobile telephone? Yes... 89% No VOL: (Don't know/not sure)... - D512. Would you say you mainly use your landline telephone, mainly use your mobile phone, or do you use both equally? Landline only... 11% Landline mostly Both Cell mostly Cell only VOL: (Don't know)... 1 TOTAL LANDLINE... 32% TOTAL CELL D300. And just to make sure we have a representative sample of voters, could you please tell me your race? [IF NECESSARY] Well, most people consider themselves black or white? Black... * White VOL: (Other)... 4 VOL: (Don t know/refused)... 4 D301. Do you consider yourself a Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish-speaking American? Yes... 3% No VOL: (Don't know/refused)... 3 Thank you for taking the time to complete this interview.

4 Personal popularity of U.S. Senate candidates Jeanne Shaheen Scott Brown Total Total CR/ Net Total Total CR/ Net Total Fav Unfav NH Fav Fav Unfav NH Fav Total recognition Jeanne Scott Shaheen Brown Effective recognition Jeanne Scott Shaheen Brown TOTAL % % % 93% 94% 84% Definite voters % % % 95% 97% 85% North 72 51% % % 80% 88% 68% Central 57 64% % % 97% 99% 78% Southwest % % % 96% 97% 88% Southeast % % % 96% 93% 90% Democrat % % % 95% 98% 90% Republican % % % 97% 92% 85% Others % % % 90% 94% 78% Democrat % % % 95% 96% 93% Republican 93 22% % % 95% 93% 86% Others % % % 92% 94% 78% Male % % % 96% 95% 89% Female % % % 91% 94% 78% % % % 83% 88% 73% % % % 92% 97% 84% % % % 97% 94% 87% Liberal 98 81% % % 93% 97% 85% Conservative % % % 94% 95% 84% Other % % % 93% 93% 82% SHAHEEN: Rate favorably % % % 93% 100% 86% SHAHEEN: Rate not favorably 164 0% % % 96% 100% 86% BROWN: Rate favorably % % % 100% 94% 100% BROWN: Rate not favorably % % % 100% 99% 100% Can rate both % % % 100% 100% 100% Shaheen % % % 92% 97% 85% Republican % % % 95% 96% 85% Depends/Don't know 44 34% % % 90% 78% 72% Shaheen % % % 92% 97% 84% Brown % % % 96% 94% 86% Support % % % 94% 94% 85% Oppose 68 68% % % 93% 97% 87% Don't know 43 63% % % 90% 93% 72% Support % % % 94% 93% 84% Oppose % % % 92% 100% 85% Don't know 63 63% % % 92% 90% 81% Need more time 93 83% % % 94% 96% 85% Politics % % % 94% 95% 85% Don't know 44 75% % % 88% 86% 76% DELAY: More likely 67 92% % % 95% 100% 91% DELAY: Less likely % % % 93% 93% 85% DELAY: No difference/dk % % % 93% 94% 81% DENY: Less likely % % % 97% 96% 89% DENY: No difference/dk 92 38% % % 91% 88% 79% Very important % % % 96% 94% 88% Not very important % % % 92% 95% 82%

5 U.S. Senate vote preference Q4. Re-elect Shaheen Q5. Current vote Dep Net Net Total Re-elect Republican /DK Re-elect Shaheen Brown DK Shaheen TOTAL % % Definite voters % % North 72 50% % Central 57 54% % Southwest % % Southeast % % Democrat % % Republican % % Others % % Democrat % % Republican 93 11% % Others % % Male % % Female % % % % % % % % Liberal 98 84% % Conservative % % Other % % SHAHEEN: Rate favorably % % SHAHEEN: Rate not favorably 164 8% % BROWN: Rate favorably % % BROWN: Rate not favorably % % Can rate both % % Shaheen % % Republican 167 0% % Depends/Don't know 44 0% % Shaheen % % Brown 173 5% % Support % % Oppose 68 60% % Don't know 43 64% % Support % % Oppose % % Don't know 63 58% % Need more time 93 81% % Politics % % Don't know 44 73% % DELAY: More likely 67 81% % DELAY: Less likely % % DELAY: No difference/dk % % DENY: Less likely % % DENY: No difference/dk 92 35% % Very important % % Not very important % %

6 Keystone pipeline and expanding existing pipelines Q6. Expand natural gas infrastructure Q7. Keystone pipeline Net Net Total Support Oppose DK Support Support Oppose DK Support TOTAL % % Definite voters % % North 72 69% % Central 57 79% % Southwest % % Southeast % % Democrat % % Republican % % Others % % Democrat % % Republican 93 84% % Others % % Male % % Female % % % % % % % % Liberal 98 52% % Conservative % % Other % % SHAHEEN: Rate favorably % % SHAHEEN: Rate not favorably % % BROWN: Rate favorably % % BROWN: Rate not favorably % % Can rate both % % Shaheen % % Republican % % Depends/Don't know 44 65% % Shaheen % % Brown % % Support % % Oppose 68 0% % Don't know 43 0% % Support % % Oppose % % Don't know 63 61% % Need more time 93 55% % Politics % % Don't know 44 65% % DELAY: More likely 67 66% % DELAY: Less likely % % DELAY: No difference/dk % % DENY: Less likely % % DENY: No difference/dk 92 90% % Very important % % Not very important % %

7 Reason for delay and effect on Shaheen Senate vote Q8. Reason for delay Q9. Effect on vote if delayed Q10. Effect on vote if denied Gather Mostly Net More Less None Net More Less None Net Total information politics DK information likely likely /DK More Total likely likely /DK More TOTAL % % % Definite voters % % % North 72 24% % % Central 57 22% % % Southwest % % % Southeast % % % Democrat % % % Republican % % % Others % % % Democrat % % % Republican 93 7% % % Others % % % Male % % % Female % % % % % % % % % % % % Liberal 98 42% % % Conservative % % % Other % % % SHAHEEN: Rate favorably % % % SHAHEEN: Rate not favorably 164 7% % % BROWN: Rate favorably % % % BROWN: Rate not favorably % % % Can rate both % % % Shaheen % % % Republican 167 6% % % Depends/Don't know 44 18% % % Shaheen % % % Brown 173 7% % % Support % % % Oppose 68 43% % % Don't know 43 29% % % Support % % % Oppose % % % Don't know 63 34% % % Need more time % % % Politics 263 0% % % Don't know 44 0% % % DELAY: More likely 67 40% % % DELAY: Less likely 135 4% % % DELAY: No difference/dk % % % DENY: Less likely 110 3% % % DENY: No difference/dk 92 18% % % Very important % % % Not very important % % %