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Obama widens lead in N.H.

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor October 2, 2008 05:47 PM

Barack Obama's surge in battleground states appears to be extending to New Hampshire.

A new poll out this afternoon from the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College shows Obama ahead of Republican John McCain by 12 percentage points, 49 percent to 37 percent. Another 11 percent said they are undecided, but 88 percent of those who have selected a candidate say they will not change their mind.

"The results are significant and show upward movement for Obama, but it is still early in the world of elective politics,” institute fellow Michael Dupre, who designed the poll, said in a statement.

The institute reported: "Obama is ahead among likely voters who identify themselves as Democrats, independents, moderates and liberals. He is ahead among women, as well as voters in every age group and salary range listed in the survey. Men are almost evenly split between the two candidates, while conservatives, Republicans and Evangelical Christians are strongly in the McCain camp, the poll indicates."

The survey, conducted Sept. 27-30 by Abt SRBI in New York, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

A Suffolk University poll conducted last week found the race in a dead heat in New Hampshire, with Obama at 46 percent and McCain at 45 percent.

A series of polls released Wednesday also showed Obama widening leads in other swing states, including Florida and Pennsylvania.

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ahhhh, the conservatives and the evangelicals are 'strongly' for McCain!! Gosh, these are the same airheads that gave us George W Bush!!

Posted by don hearn October 3, 08 10:01 PM
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