UNH Poll shows Obama with small lead in Granite State
By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com ReporterA University of New Hampshire poll shows U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) leading his rival U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) a day before the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is scheduled to campaign in the Granite State.
The Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, has Obama leading McCain 46 percent to 43 percent. An poll conducted in the spring had McCain beating Obama 49 percent to 43 percent. The poll also has 51 percent of likely voters saying they "definitely" know who they will be voting for in November. Obama's lead is within the margin-of-error of +/- 4.3 percent.
"Neither Obama nor McCain can claim to have a hold on the New Hampshire electorate. The state will be a swing state in November," said Andrew Smith, director of the UNH Survey Center. "Both candidates have real opportunities to sway independent voters to their sides between now and the election."
Both McCain and Obama earn 12 percent of voters from the opposing party and enjoy high favorability ratings.
McCain will be hosting a town hall forum in Rochester tomorrow.
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That should be bad news for Obama, who was generally considered the favorite of Independents.
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