Bush Surges to Second in Final NH Poll

Jeb Bush has come on strong in the final days leading up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, a new Emerson College poll released Monday evening shows.

The poll says front-runner Donald Trump will win the GOP race, with 31 percent of likely Republican voters in the Granite State, but Bush surged to second with 16 percent during the Thursday-Sunday polling period — and captured as much 19 percent on one of the survey's days, which included 686 registered likely primary voters.

Here's the poll breakdown:

• Donald Trump, 31 percent
• Jeb Bush, 16 percent
• John Kasich, 13 percent
• Marco Rubio, 12 percent
• Ted Cruz, 11 percent

Emerson found that on the Democrat side, Bernie Sanders maintains a 12-point lead over Hillary Clinton, 54 percent-42 percent, based on responses from 783 registered likely primary voters.

The GOP results have a margin of error of 3.7 points, while the Democrat contest's margin is 3.4 points.