Manchester , New Hampshire ( CNN ) -- As people head to the polls in New Hampshire , the campaigns will learn whether all the funds used for direct marketing to voters was money well-spent . Mailings , robocalls , phone surveys , doorknob hangers , mass e-mails , texts -- it 's next to impossible to find a registered Republican or independent voter in the Granite State who has n't received several of each . A group of voters in the Manchester area told CNN some left an impression but most wound up in the trash or had no impact on their decision . While every candidate sent out something to voters , the group said one politician in particular went beyond the others . `` With Romney , it 's been almost a case of overkill , '' said Karin Page , a registered Republican and small business owner from Webster . `` I do n't understand why if he 's been leading the polls here all along . '' Ben LaBrecque received several mailings and phone calls from the Romney campaign . But he seemed more understanding . `` It 's a competition ; I mean you ca n't ease up , '' said the Republican from Londonberry . `` If you want to win , you have to go 100 % . I think that 's what Mitt Romney 's doing . So I think that makes sense . '' That method did n't have the same effect on Roy Teresky , a registered Republican : `` My take on it is he spends an inordinate amount of time focus-group testing everything he says and sanitizing it to find the exact way to phrase it , '' Teresky said . In addition to multiple mailings from the Romney campaign , the vice president of sales and marketing at the Institute for Environmental Education also received several survey calls . `` It made me pay attention to what he 's doing because I feel like everything is calculated . '' But James Basbas said he sees it differently . The Republican from Manchester said he thinks it shows that Romney has a team in place that can take him all the way to the White House . `` I think having the political infrastructure to win a campaign is important , especially for a candidate who wants to go up against ( President ) Barack Obama , '' said Basbas , who has lived in the state most of his life and voted in several presidential primaries . `` He 's done a lot of IDing of voters ... so he can understand who he needs to go after and who he needs to target . '' Basbas said he has received at least two mailings each week from the Romney campaign for the past few months . The glossy fliers with images of Romney and quotes from people supporting him did n't win over Republican Fred Ashfar . `` I 'm looking for substance , '' said the real estate consultant from Manchester . `` Empty promises are not really attractive to me . I 'm looking for people who use straight talk and give promises that they can deliver on after the election . '' Ashfar said he did n't get that from the mailings and phone calls . Most of the fliers wound up in his trash bin . One piece of marketing material did have an impact on Karin Page . `` There was one from Romney that I did actually open because it was almost like a booklet . It was interesting because it shows his Granite State supporters and a lot of the names in here are people that I support and like . '' Their support for Romney made her take another look at the candidate . But on the same day she received that booklet two other Romney mailings arrived at her house . They landed in the garbage . Romney may have blitzed the state with mailings and phone calls . But Rep. Ron Paul followed closely behind him , according to the voters taking part in the discussion . But most of Paul 's mailings were the opposite of Romney 's glossy postcards . The Texas lawmaker 's campaign often sent out long letters laying out the case for his positions on multiple issues . While Melinde Lutzbyrne 's mailbox was refilled every day , her phone was also ringing often . `` I got a lot of robocalls . I got a lot of surveys , '' said Lutzbyrne , an independent voter from Bedford who said she felt the most effective ones came from Paul 's campaign . `` I was impressed with two of them that actually caused me to go to an event in Nashua a few days ago . '' She said the robocalls concerned issues about which she cared . She said she had n't really looked at Paul 's positions before these calls . The folks who participated in the conversation unanimously expressed disdain for the calls and mailings that attacked other candidates ' positions . Yet they still received them from the campaigns or organizations supporting them .
Voters in Manchester area say some mailings leave impression but most end up in trash . Group interviewed says Mitt Romney outdid all the other candidates in New Hampshire . Score: 6 Rep. Ron Paul followed closely behind Romney with mailings and phone calls , voters say .