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January 3, 2008

McCain Drops, Clinton Surges

All eyes may be on the cornfields of Iowa today as that state prepares to caucus.
But a new poll from Suffolk University shows the Republican race in New Hampshire tightening between Sen. John McCain and Mitt Romney, while Sen. Hillary Clinton has widened her lead.
The Suffolk tracking poll released this morning shows Romney gaining two points in the last day, while McCain has slipped 3 points. McCain still leads Romney 29 percent to 25 percent, while the other Republican candidates have dropped off.
The change is within the margin of error, but it points to a Granite State GOP primary going down to the wire five days from now.
On the Democrats' side, Clinton has opened up a 16 point lead over Sen. Barack Obama, both moving up in the poll conducted between Jan. 2 and Jan. 3.
Clinton lead Obama 39 percent to 23 percent,according to the survey.
But, of course, all the could change for either candidate with a momentum shift out of Iowa.
— Matt Murphy, Statehouse Bureau

Posted by The Sun Newsroom at January 3, 2008 12:54 PM