One day before primary, voters still undecided on Rubio

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Senator Marco Rubio spoke to a group of supporters at The Village Trestle on Monday in hopes of swaying voters just one day before the Granite State takes to the polls.

The crowd was mainly made up of supporters, reporters and New Hampshire natives still undecided about who they will cast their vote for on Tuesday.

Kevin Demste, a New Hampshire native, is one of those.

“I’m not a Rubio supporter. I’m still undecided,” Demste said. “I’m here because I’m still shopping around the candidates.”

In recent polls, Rubio was third behind Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and businessman Donald Trump, currently leading the field by a wide margin.

However, Rubio’s poor performance at the ABC News Republican Debate on Saturday seems to have stalled the momentum he started to gain before the debate took place.

During the debate, the Florida senator repeated the same phrase that President Obama “knows exactly what he’s doing” three times, which caused a scathing direct response from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

“There it is, there it is. The memorized 25-second speech. There it is, everybody,” Christie said to Rubio.

In the aftermath, Rubio has consistently hit back and defended his now infamous repetition at the debate.

“It’s what I believe. And it’s what I’m going to continue to say because it happens to be one of the main reasons why I am running,” Rubio said during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday.

Peter Georgantas, chairman of the Board of Selectmen in Goffstown and a New Hampshire native, was also at the Rubio event. In the past few days, Georgantas has attended several other rallies trying to make up his mind.

“I have a little bit of an issue with a first-time senator running for president,” Georgantas said. “He has so little experience. We need someone with more experience in government.”

Georgantas had more interest in voting for and more confidence in the governors in the race, which include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Christie.

“I’m looking more at the governors that are running because they have more experience,” Georgantas said. “Right now, I’m leaning towards Jeb.”