Nikki Haley closes the gap with Trump to just seven points in New Hampshire: a new poll shows Republicans rising hopeful with Chris Christie in third place and Ron DeSantis in FIFTH

Nikki Haley continues to rise in New Hampshire as a new poll puts her just seven points behind former President Donald Trump, solidifying her second-place finish in the early primaries.

This is the second time a poll has shown Haley within single digits of Trump in recent weeks.

There are also just six days left until the Iowa caucuses, as Haley remains in third place in the Midwest state polls.

The new CNN/University of New Hampshire poll from January 4 to 8, Trump has 39 percent among Republican Granite State voters, compared to Haley’s 32 percent.

Surprisingly, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis fell all the way to fifth place with just 5 percent. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in third place in the poll with 12 percent, followed by biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy with 8 percent.

DeSantis, in the latest New Hampshire poll, only beats former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is still in the race with less than 1 percent support despite failing to qualify for all but the first Republican primary debates and no real traction has managed to acquire.

Meanwhile, a Suffolk University/Boston Globe/USA Today puts Haley 19 points behind Trump in New Hampshire — 27 percent to 46 percent, respectively. The poll shows Christie in third place and DeSantis in fourth.

Haley saw a huge spike after New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu endorsed her candidacy.

An American Research Group poll conducted from December 27 to January 3 shows Haley at 33 percent, just four points behind Trump’s 37 percent.

Republican voters in New Hampshire tend to be more moderate and socially left than Iowa, where DeSantis consistently ranks second.

In Iowa, Haley is trying to make up some ground before the Jan. 15 caucuses.

According to the New Hampshire poll, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in fifth place with just 5%, a huge difference from Iowa, where he is in second place behind Trump and ahead of Haley.

On Tuesday morning, she held a rally in Waukee, Iowa — just 30 minutes away from Des Moines — where she made the case for why Trump should not be president again.

“I agree with many of his policies. But rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him. You know I’m right,” Haley told a room full of Iowans at Mickey’s Irish Pub. “But we can’t have a country in disarray and a world on fire and live through another four years of chaos.”

“We won’t survive,” she said.

Lauren, 19, a finance student at Iowa State University, told DailyMail.com at the campaign event on Tuesday: “I’m still thinking about it, but right now Nikki Haley is my top choice.”

Asked about a second choice, she said: “It’s kind of up in the air at the moment. I’m still figuring it all out.’