Poll: Obama,
Clinton Tied in New Hampshire

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%

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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)