New Hampshire Business Conditions


The New Hampshire Poll

December 22, 2025

Quarterly Survey – December 2025

The following results are based on 600 completed interviews among a statewide random sample of adults in New Hampshire. Of the 600 interviews, 549 interviews were among registered voters (176 Republicans, 157 Democrats, and 216 undeclared voters). The interviews were conducted December 15 through 18, 2025.

The theoretical margin of error for the total sample of 600 is plus or minus 4 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split. The theoretical margin of error for the sample of 548 registered voters is plus or minus 4.2 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

Question wording and responses:

How do you rate the present business conditions here in New Hampshire - would you say good, normal, or bad?

	Good	Normal	Bad	Undecided
Total sample	23%	35%	35%	7%

Voters	23%	35%	36%	6%

9/25	25%	34%	33%	8%
6/25	28%	35%	31%	6%
3/25	31%	34%	28%	7%

12/24	34%	36%	23%	7%
9/24	40%	35%	21%	4%
6/24	35%	35%	17%	13%
3/24	35%	29%	25%	11%

12/23	27%	30%	26%	17%
9/23	26%	35%	24%	15%
6/23	19%	40%	17%	24%
3/23	24%	40%	19%	17%

12/22	30%	32%	22%	16%
9/22	37%	34%	16%	13%
6/22	40%	42%	7%	11%
3/22	32%	40%	8%	20%

12/21	29%	41%	15%	15%
9/21	30%	40%	14%	16%
6/21	29%	35%	15%	21%
3/21	21%	34%	20%	25%

12/20	24%	30%	31%	15%
9/20	30%	34%	15%	21%
6/20	32%	30%	18%	20%
3/20	47%	18%	27%	8%

12/19	40%	45%	14%	1%
9/19	42%	33%	14%	11%
6/19	39%	33%	18%	10%
3/19	40%	26%	20%	14%

12/18	36%	37%	14%	13%
9/18	39%	39%	16%	6%
6/18	29%	45%	18%	8%
3/18	30%	57%	11%	2%

12/17	45%	43%	6%	6%
9/17	40%	50%	6%	4%
6/17	45%	45%	4%	6%
3/17	50%	40%	5%	5%

12/16	27%	45%	28%	8%
9/16	39%	30%	23%	8%
6/16	22%	34%	42%	2%
3/16	15%	60%	19%	6%

12/15	23%	39%	26%	11%
9/15	25%	43%	20%	12%
6/15	26%	43%	26%	7%
3/15	20%	46%	30%	4%

12/14	26%	39%	29%	6%
9/14	26%	40%	20%	14%
6/14	16%	53%	22%	9%
3/14	18%	42%	31%	10%

12/13	14%	57%	26%	3%
9/13	19%	47%	23%	11%
6/13	24%	47%	24%	5%
3/13	16%	50%	27%	7%

12/12	16%	47%	27%	10%
9/12	29%	41%	23%	7%
6/12	18%	37%	36%	9%
3/12	23%	41%	26%	10%

12/11	14%	46%	29%	11%
9/11	10%	41%	33%	16%
6/11	9%	41%	41%	9%
3/11	13%	35%	47%	5%

12/10	15%	37%	33%	15%
9/10	11%	49%	31%	9%
6/10	13%	40%	37%	10%
3/10	9%	42%	42%	7%

12/09	12%	25%	52%	11%
9/09	8%	36%	46%	10%
6/09	5%	31%	47%	17%
3/09	14%	21%	59%	6%

12/08	9%	38%	48%	5%
9/08	12%	62%	26%	-
6/08	7%	39%	44%	10%
3/08	6%	41%	43%	10%

12/07	18%	49%	31%	2%
9/07	22%	56%	10%	12%
6/07	30%	50%	13%	7%
3/07	36%	48%	9%	7%

12/06	14%	59%	22%	5%
9/06	35%	47%	9%	9%
6/06	30%	50%	13%	7%
3/06	25%	50%	21%	4%

12/05	21%	54%	18%	7%
9/05	31%	51%	15%	3%
6/05	25%	50%	23%	1%
3/05	24%	50%	25%	1%

12/04	21%	55%	22%	2%
9/04	29%	51%	20%	-
6/04	24%	60%	10%	6%
3/04	13%	60%	22%	5%

12/03	29%	51%	20%	-
9/03	10%	62%	22%	6%
6/03	22%	46%	22%	10%
3/03	21%	51%	24%	4%

12/02	19%	62%	16%	3%
9/02	19%	53%	25%	3%
6/02	33%	58%	5%	4%
3/02	35%	43%	22%	-

12/01	37%	51%	10%	2%
9/01	22%	56%	19%	3%
6/01	40%	52%	7%	1%
3/01	51%	46%	3%	-

12/00	69%	30%	1%	-
9/00	64%	28%	4%	4%
6/00	55%	40%	1%	3%
3/00	70%	28%	2%	-

12/99	58%	37%	5%	-
9/99	71%	28%	1%	-
6/99	64%	22%	3%	1%
3/99	76%	20%	3%	1%

Six months from now do you think business conditions will be better, the same, or worse?

	Better	The same	Worse	Undecided
Total sample	21%	32%	40%	7%

Voters	21%	31%	41%	7%

9/25	21%	33%	37%	9%
6/25	24%	33%	33%	10%
3/25	28%	32%	31%	9%

12/24	31%	32%	21%	16%
9/24	40%	26%	11%	23%
6/24	23%	47%	26%	4%
3/24	25%	42%	31%	2%

12/23	17%	42%	37%	4%
9/23	18%	43%	34%	5%
6/23	25%	42%	30%	3%
3/23	23%	40%	35%	2%

12/22	25%	37%	35%	3%
9/22	19%	40%	35%	6%
6/22	20%	30%	49%	1%
3/22	28%	28%	40%	4%

12/21	41%	36%	17%	6%
9/21	49%	32%	12%	7%
6/21	58%	22%	15%	5%
3/21	65%	18%	15%	2%

12/20	42%	20%	36%	2%
9/20	53%	30%	14%	3%
6/20	57%	21%	15%	7%
3/20	43%	9%	39%	9%

12/19	31%	42%	14%	13%
9/19	21%	57%	13%	9%
6/19	22%	50%	20%	8%
3/19	28%	43%	22%	7%

12/18	23%	45%	24%	8%
9/18	24%	58%	7%	11%
6/18	37%	31%	29%	3%
3/18	42%	37%	16%	5%

12/17	32%	43%	21%	4%
9/17	23%	49%	22%	6%
6/17	30%	41%	24%	5%
3/17	32%	40%	25%	3%

12/16	24%	41%	22%	13%
9/16	38%	42%	12%	8%
6/16	8%	60%	29%	3%
3/16	14%	70%	11%	5%

12/15	30%	43%	22%	5%
9/15	25%	58%	13%	4%
6/15	34%	50%	15%	1%
3/15	22%	51%	22%	5%

12/14	32%	43%	17%	8%
9/14	26%	44%	13%	17%
6/14	23%	53%	17%	7%
3/14	26%	43%	24%	7%

12/13	23%	48%	22%	7%
9/13	24%	45%	19%	12%
6/13	33%	49%	17%	1%
3/13	32%	40%	21%	7%

12/12	35%	30%	28%	7%
9/12	32%	38%	13%	17%
6/12	27%	41%	14%	18%
3/12	35%	38%	16%	11%

12/11	34%	38%	22%	6%
9/11	15%	40%	36%	9%
6/11	21%	50%	20%	9%
3/11	23%	42%	22%	13%

12/10	41%	38%	14%	7%
9/10	34%	43%	15%	8%
6/10	36%	34%	22%	8%
3/10	32%	46%	18%	4%

12/09	26%	46%	22%	6%
9/09	29%	37%	26%	8%
6/09	24%	34%	27%	15%
3/09	32%	38%	25%	5%

12/08	18%	46%	33%	3%
9/08	3%	29%	56%	12%
6/08	15%	35%	43%	7%
3/08	8%	32%	56%	4%

12/07	9%	40%	44%	7%
9/07	10%	56%	27%	7%
6/07	8%	56%	17%	19%
3/07	15%	55%	20%	10%

12/06	5%	65%	16%	14%
9/06	21%	51%	23%	5%
6/06	7%	73%	17%	3%
3/06	13%	54%	25%	8%

12/05	10%	54%	23%	13%
9/05	13%	45%	29%	13%
6/05	15%	49%	30%	6%
3/05	14%	55%	22%	9%

12/04	17%	61%	15%	7%
9/04	12%	70%	8%	10%
6/04	41%	40%	12%	7%
3/04	34%	44%	10%	12%

12/03	39%	50%	6%	5%
9/03	27%	54%	14%	5%
6/03	39%	39%	20%	2%
3/03	30%	40%	22%	8%

12/02	33%	55%	6%	6%
9/02	38%	38%	15%	9%
6/02	28%	49%	20%	3%
3/02	32%	52%	11%	5%

12/01	35%	45%	15%	5%
9/01	23%	44%	28%	5%
6/01	25%	50%	17%	8%
3/01	12%	48%	26%	14%

12/00	10%	67%	14%	19%
9/00	16%	64%	8%	12%
6/00	25%	61%	9%	6%
3/00	15%	77%	4%	4%

12/99	20%	57%	14%	9%
9/99	5%	83%	8%	4%
6/99	17%	65%	9%	9%
3/99	15%	69%	3%	13%

A year from now do you think business conditions will be better, the same, or worse?

	Better	The same	Worse	Undecided
Total sample	21%	28%	44%	7%

Voters	20%	28%	45%	7%

9/25	20%	30%	42%	8%
6/25	23%	31%	37%	9%
3/25	26%	33%	34%	7%

12/24	30%	32%	29%	9%
9/24	50%	32%	14%	4%
6/24	30%	34%	26%	10%
3/24	33%	30%	29%	8%

12/23	27%	28%	37%	8%
9/23	34%	28%	31%	7%
6/23	34%	36%	27%	3%
3/23	27%	39%	31%	3%

12/22	30%	32%	30%	8%
9/22	26%	34%	26%	14%
6/22	24%	42%	30%	4%
3/22	36%	28%	32%	4%

12/21	47%	23%	20%	10%
9/21	45%	21%	24%	10%
6/21	58%	11%	25%	6%
3/21	68%	9%	19%	4%

12/20	49%	14%	32%	5%
9/20	65%	18%	13%	4%
6/20	62%	19%	15%	4%
3/20	41%	34%	16%	9%

12/19	26%	44%	17%	13%
9/19	27%	47%	20%	6%
6/19	22%	44%	27%	7%
3/19	27%	36%	29%	8%

12/18	26%	36%	29%	9%
9/18	33%	41%	17%	9%
6/18	44%	21%	29%	6%
3/18	50%	28%	19%	3%

12/17	33%	36%	25%	6%
9/17	29%	35%	27%	9%
6/17	32%	31%	29%	8%
3/17	35%	27%	30%	8%

12/16	27%	38%	24%	11%
9/16	49%	27%	14%	10%
6/16	27%	37%	25%	11%
3/16	36%	49%	10%	5%

12/15	32%	38%	18%	12%
9/15	25%	40%	21%	14%
6/15	33%	42%	17%	8%
3/15	23%	40%	20%	17%

12/14	29%	41%	19%	11%
9/14	34%	34%	18%	14%
6/14	34%	34%	20%	12%
3/14	32%	33%	27%	8%

12/13	32%	36%	22%	10%
9/13	33%	35%	20%	12%
6/13	38%	34%	25%	3%
3/13	32%	37%	21%	10%

12/12	42%	27%	21%	10%
9/12	46%	20%	12%	22%
6/12	35%	27%	14%	24%
3/12	43%	28%	16%	13%

12/11	38%	35%	13%	14%
9/11	30%	30%	30%	10%
6/11	37%	31%	22%	10%
3/11	35%	28%	23%	14%

12/10	48%	31%	15%	6%
9/10	46%	31%	12%	11%
6/10	42%	31%	16%	11%
3/10	48%	30%	15%	7%

12/09	41%	36%	18%	5%
9/09	44%	30%	17%	9%
6/09	47%	15%	20%	18%
3/09	37%	35%	16%	12%

12/08	40%	30%	23%	7%
9/08	26%	29%	35%	10%
6/08	27%	34%	30%	9%
3/08	14%	32%	34%	20%

12/07	22%	19%	33%	26%
9/07	21%	48%	25%	6%
6/07	12%	42%	21%	25%
3/07	20%	45%	12%	23%

12/06	16%	43%	27%	14%
9/06	30%	35%	25%	10%
6/06	17%	43%	33%	7%
3/06	25%	38%	25%	12%

12/05	18%	31%	33%	18%
9/05	22%	31%	33%	14%
6/05	21%	30%	42%	7%
3/05	33%	32%	26%	9%

12/04	41%	38%	11%	10%
9/04	47%	16%	5%	32%
6/04	40%	27%	6%	27%
3/04	43%	25%	7%	25%

12/03	50%	31%	10%	9%
9/03	56%	21%	12%	11%
6/03	62%	18%	11%	9%
3/03	51%	27%	8%	14%

12/02	52%	27%	3%	18%
9/02	50%	21%	12%	17%
6/02	54%	35%	5%	6%
3/02	46%	24%	11%	9%

12/01	54%	32%	8%	6%
9/01	47%	24%	17%	12%
6/01	40%	34%	14%	12%
3/01	19%	25%	34%	22%

12/00	16%	45%	23%	16%
9/00	25%	40%	12%	23%
6/00	30%	29%	18%	23%
3/00	25%	48%	7%	20%

12/99	25%	39%	14%	22%
9/99	20%	50%	18%	12%
6/99	21%	46%	11%	22%
3/99	21%	49%	7%	23%

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