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Jan 6, 2008 6:01 pm US/Eastern
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Obama, Clinton In Virtual Tie In N.H. Primary Poll
McCain Holds Onto Lead Over Romney
MANCHESTER, N.H. (WBZ) ―
With the New Hampshire Primary only days away, and exclusive new WBZ/Franklin Pierce poll shows Democratic candidate Barack Obama has closed the gap with opponent Hillary Clinton, while John McCain continues to hold nearly a 10 percent lead on the Republican side.
In a poll of Democratic voters, 34 percent of say they would vote for Obama if the election were held today -- that's six percent more than the last WBZ/Franklin Pierce poll, which was taken only four days ago.
Clinton has only gained one percent since the last poll, putting her at second with 31 percent. Edwards comes in third with 20 percent.
On the other side, McCain appears to have strengthened his lead over rival Mitt Romney. The Arizona senator tops the poll with 38 percent, while Romney comes in with 29 percent, which is 2 percent less than the four days ago.
Huckabee comes in at a distant third with 9 percent, but it seems he received a modest bounce from the Iowa results.
Support for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has significantly dropped over the past 11 months. Giuliani started off strong with 28 percent back in March 2007, but according to the latest poll results, only 8 percent of those polled would vote for Giuliani if the election was today.
On the Democratic side, 38 percent of voters polled said Obama will end up winning the Democratic nomination, which is up 17 percent from only four days ago. Thirty percent said Clinton would win and only 5 percent said Edwards would take it.
According to pollster R. Kelly Myers, "Any inevitability factor that Hillary Clinton possessed in previous polls has diminished since the Iowa caucuses."
Barack Obama 34%
Hillary Clinton 31%
John Edwards 20%
Bill Richardson 6%
Dennis Kucinich 1%
Joe Biden 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
Mike Gravel 0%
Undecided 7%
Among Republican voters polled, 29 percent think Romney will win the GOP nomination, which is only 1 percent more than McCain. Just four days ago, Romney was at 34 percent and McCain was at 25 percent.
John McCain 38%
Mitt Romney 29%
Mike Huckabee 9%
Rudy Giuliani 8%
Ron Paul 7%
Fred Thompson 2%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Undecided 7%
The poll also questioned voters' loyalty to their candidate of choice, the candidates' favorability, as well as what issues voters consider most important. You can view the complete results at the links below.
Republican Race - Complete Poll Results (pdf)Democratic Side - Complete Poll Resutls (pdf)The Republican poll interviewed 409 likely Republican Presidential Primary voters by telephone, and carries a margin of error of +/- 4.9%. The Democratic poll interviewed 403 likely Democratic voters by telephone, and carries a margin of error of +/- 4.9%.
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