Obama/Clinton Race On

December 25th, 2006

Concord, NH - According to a new Concord Monitor poll, Senator Hillary Clinton is leading Senator Barack Obama by a slight margin among likely voters in the state's 2008 Democratic presidential primary.

According to a new Concord Monitor poll, Senator Hillary Clinton is leading Senator Barack Obama by a slight margin among likely voters in the state's 2008 Democratic presidential primary.

The poll found Clinton leading Obama 22 to 21 percent in New Hampshire. Last month, Clinton was leading the Illinois Democrat by 23 points in a Monitor poll.

But Obama has quickly made up ground in the polls since speaking to a Manchester crowd two weeks ago. And, a Democratic activist said he is not surprised with the new poll since Obama got five days of intense media coverage in New Hampshire.

Former senator John Edwards, who was John Kerry's running mate in 2004, had 16 percent.

On the Republican side, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain are about even, while Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is at 10 percent.

The telephone poll of 400 likely primary voters was conducted from Monday through Wednesday. The margin of error is plus or minus 5 percentage points.

New Hampshire is the first state to hold a presidential primary.