This is when I start to really love politics. The first votes are less than a month away, and the polls are starting to mean something.
Today, Scott Rasmussen reports new numbers on the Democratic race in New Hampshire and says it’s too close to call:
In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, New Hampshire has joined Iowa in the too close to call category.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone poll in the state finds Barack Obama with support from 31% of Likely Primary Voters while Hillary Clinton has earned the vote from 28%. Two weeks ago, Clinton had a seven-point lead in New Hampshire. A month ago, she was up by ten percentage points.
The latest poll found little change in support for other candidates–John Edwards now attracts 17% support, Bill Richardson 8%, Joe Biden 4% and Dennis Kucinich 3%. Mike Gravel and Chris Dodd split a point between them and 7% are undecided.
These results are consistent with the CNN/WMUR poll I wrote about this morning and only serve to underscore the fact that Hillary has a real fight on her hands and may have peaked way too early.
