Exit polls: New Hampshire Democrats trust Sanders

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Democratic primary after convincing voters that he was more honest and trustworthy than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to early results of the exit poll conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.

Voters in New Hampshire's primary are deeply unhappy with the federal government, with half of Democratic voters saying they're dissatisfied with the way government is working and another 1 in 10 saying they're angry.

Republican voters say they are more interested in nominating a candidate from outside the political establishment than Democrats.

When President Barack Obama was running for re-election in 2012 and there was no contested Democratic primary, self-identified independents made up nearly half (47 percent) of the Republican primary voters in New Hampshire.

On the GOP side, 3 in 10 of both newcomers and voting veterans favored Trump.

A third of Democratic voters valued honesty, more than said they wanted a candidate with experience, one who cares about people like them, or who preferred someone who could win in November.

[...] most voters in both primaries said they made their vote decisions based on candidates' positions on issues rather than personal qualities.

The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Research as voters left their polling places at 44 randomly selected sites in New Hampshire.

Preliminary results include interviews with 2,078 Democratic primary voters and 1,873 Republican primary voters and have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.