After months of
leading the Democratic field in New Hampshire, New York
senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is effectively tied with
Illinois senator Barack Obama. Clinton had a 14-point
lead in the same poll last month. Television talk show
star Oprah Winfrey held big campaign events for Obama
while the poll was being conducted, including one in New
Hampshire December 9. Among Republicans, former
Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has been surging in
Iowa and nationally but remains in single digits in New
Hampshire. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has a
13-point lead over his nearest rivals, former New York
mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona senator John McCain.
After months of
leading the Democratic field in New Hampshire, New York
senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is effectively tied with
Illinois senator Barack Obama. Clinton had a 14-point
lead in the same poll last month. Television talk show
star Oprah Winfrey held big campaign events for Obama
while the poll was being conducted, including one in New
Hampshire December 9. Among Republicans, former
Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has been surging in
Iowa and nationally but remains in single digits in New
Hampshire. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has a
13-point lead over his nearest rivals, former New York
mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona senator John McCain.
DEMOCRATS
Hillary Rodham
Clinton, 31%
Barack Obama, 30%
John Edwards, 16%
Bill Richardson,
7%
___
REPUBLICANS
Mitt Romney, 32%
Rudy Giuliani,
19%
John McCain, 19%
Mike Huckabee, 9%
Ron Paul, 7%
The poll for CNN
and Manchester, N.H., television station WMUR was of 354
likely Republican primary voters and 378 likely Democratic
primary voters. The University of New Hampshire Survey
Center conducted the telephone poll December 6-10. It
has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus five
percentage points. (AP)
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