A fresh poll out of New Hampshire, a state former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been shuttling into for months, shows him rising out of his abysmal single-digit poll showings in the 2012 presidential primary race.

Of course, he's still way back in the Republican pack and a likely loser to President Obama in a head-to-head matchup, according to the poll. conducted annually by political scientists at Dartmouth College.

The poll found that in faceoff with Obama, Pawlenty would be supported by 25 percent of New Hampshirites, compared to 41 percent who say they'd vote to re-elect Obama. That puts him in sixth place in a seven-candidate field offered up by the pollsters. Former Gov. Mitt Romney led the bunch, outpolling Obama 47 percent to 39 percent. Flavor-of-the-month Donald Trump finished well back, roughly equal with Pawlenty.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, despite being named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, wasn't included in the poll.

The poll, conducted earlier this month, interviewed 426 residents of the Granite State; it has a margin of sampling error of 4.8 percentage points.