New Hampshire Primary Early Results
In response to the length of lines across the state, The New Hampshire Secretary of State's office has announced that anyone who is in line at the 8 pm deadline to vote will be allowed to cast their ballots.
The first ballots were cast last night in two small hamlets in the state. McCain and Obama won both of these hamlet's, but their supported should not get too excited as one hamlet, Dixville Notch, has only 75 residents, while the other, Hart's location has only 42.
The last big polls were conducted this morning by CNN/WMUR and they showed that Barack Obama and John McCain maintained their leads into Tuesday morning. On the democratic side, Obama polled with 39%, Clinton with 30% and Edwards with 16%. On the republic side McCain still leads Romney. McCain showed 31% of the support, Romney 26% and Huckabee 13%.
While these leads seem somewhat large, in New Hampshire, 40% of the registered voters are independents, and a poll conducted by CNN/WMUR showed that 20% of voters either hadn't made up their minds or were likely to change their minds before they voted. This could make for a close race tonight.
It does look like McCain will take the state of New Hampshire since the momentum of Romney is going anything but downhill. Only a few weeks ago McCain was down by almost double-digits in the polls, but due to a disappointing performance in the polls and some attacks from several big papers in the New England area, Romney's lead not only disappeared, but it has turned into a decent lead for McCain. McCain won in New Hampshire in 2000 and he will win again in 2008.
A loss in New Hampshire, a state where Romney has some great name recognition as the governor of the neighboring Massachusetts, could spell doom for Romney's campaign.
It looks like Obama's message of change and young leadership has fallen on listening ears in New Hampshire as he has shot up in the polls. This is due to his message, but also his win in Iowa less than a week ago. Obama will probably capture New Hampshire tonight. If Clinton fails to come in a close second, than she could be in serious trouble on Super Tuesday, February 5th.
Information from the most recent CNN/WMUR poll was used in this article.
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