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Posted: Fri Dec 14th, 2007 10:05 pm |
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Poll: Clinton Maintains Lead in New Hampshire
Friday, December 14, 2007
By Dana Blanton
In the wake of a Manchester event featuring mega-star Oprah Winfrey touting Barack Obama’s candidacy, the latest FOX News poll finds that Hillary Clinton still narrowly leads the field of Democratic contenders in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, with Obama in a strong second position to challenge the former first lady.
With less than a month before the New Hampshire primary, some likely Democratic voters are still undecided and a significant number say they may change their minds before Election Day.
The telephone poll was conducted for FOX News by Opinion Dynamics Corp. among 500 likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire from Dec. 11 to Dec. 13. The poll has a 4-point error margin.
Clinton bests Obama by 9 percentage points, up from a 7-point advantage at the end of November. Clinton receives the backing of 34 percent of likely Democratic primary voters, Obama 25 percent and Edwards trails with 15 percent. Bill Richardson drops to 6 percent in the new poll from 12 percent last month (Nov. 27 to Nov. 29).
Among undeclared voters, Clinton leads the pack, as well, by garnering 30 percent to Obama’s 24 percent, and Edwards receives the backing of 19 percent.
Despite Winfrey's attending the Obama campaign event in the Granite State, Clinton still bests Obama among women voters; he has gained a small bit of ground — narrowing Clinton’s advantage from 9 points to 4 points in the current poll.
Younger women break for Obama over Clinton by 23 points; women over age 45 give the edge to Clinton by 12 points.
Clinton’s support among men improved this week from a 5-point edge over Obama to 15 points today.
"Hard as it is to say, many New Hampshire men may be taking a cue off Clinton’s recently resigned co-campaign chair Bill Shaheen," comments Opinion Dynamics CEO John Gorman. "Continued talk about Obama’s drug use and the possible general election damage that might cause are likely to impact men first, and hardest."
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